Kenmore 14502, 14501 Pick up the Bobbin Thread, Hold the top thread loosely in your left hand

Pick up the Bobbin Thread

1. Raise the presser foot lever.

2. a. Hold the top thread loosely in your left hand.

b. With your right hand, rotate the hand wheel toward you until the take-up lever has come to the top again.

3. a. Pull the top thread with your left hand to bring up the bobbin thread.

b. Pull the bobbin thread until the end

comes through the opening of the needle plate.

4. Pull both threads under the presser foot toward the back of the machine.

If you did not pick up the bobbin thread with the above steps, check your method with the questions below:

1.Is the thread through the eye of the needle (front to back) ?

2.Isn't the thread tangled around the needle ?

3.Is the bobbin inserted in its case with the thread running counter clockwise ?

4.Is the thread pulled underneath the bobbin case tension spring ?

5.Isn't the thread in the bobbin tangled ?

6.Are there 3 to 4 inches of thread coming out of the bobbin case ?

After checking all of the questions above, repeat steps 1 to 4.

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