Upper threading

(1) Spool pin
(2) Thread guide (back)
(3) Thread guide (front)
(4) Thread take-up lever
(5) Mark on the handwheel

1. Turn off the machine.

   

    

2. Raise the presser foot lever.

   

    

   (1) Presser foot lever

    

3. Raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up.
    

   

    

   (1) Mark on the wheel

   If the needle is not correctly raised, the sewing machine can not be threaded.
    

    

4. Pull up the spool pin completely.

    

   

    

5. Put a spool of thread on this pin.

    

   

    

   If the spool of thread is in the wrong place, or is set incorrectly, the thread may tangle on the spool pin and cause the needle to break.

    

6. While holding the thread from the spool with your right hand, pass the thread toward you, in the groove on the thread guide.

    

   

   (1) Spring

   Make sure that the spring in the groove catches the thread.
    

    

7. Feed the upper thread as shown in the following illustration.

   

    

8. Make sure you guide the thread through the thread take-up lever from right to left as shown in the following illustration.

    

   

    

   (1) Thread take-up lever

   If the thread take-up lever is lowered, the upper thread can not be wrapped around the thread take-up lever.
   Make sure you raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up.

    

9. Put the thread behind the guide above the needle.

   The thread can easily be passed behind the needle bar thread guide by holding the thread in your left hand, then feeding the thread with your right hand.

   

    

   (1) Needle bar thread guide

    

10. Pass the thread through the eye of the needle from the front to the back.

     

    
     

Drawing up the lower thread

11. While lightly holding the end of the upper thread, slowly turn the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) by hand to lower and then raise the needle.
     

    

     

12. Pull on the upper thread to draw up the lower thread.
     

    

     

    (1) Upper thread       (2) Lower thread

     

13. Pull out about 5 cm (2 inches) of both threads and put them toward the back of the machine under the presser foot.
     

    

     

    (1) Upper thread       (2) Lower thread