5While holding the thread from the spool with your right hand, pass the thread toward you, in the groove on the thread guide.

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

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1Spring

6Feed the upper thread as shown in the following illustration.

7Make sure you guide the thread through the thread take-up lever from right to left as shown in the following illustration.

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1 Thread take-up lever

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●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.

8Putneedle.the thread behind the guide above the

• The thread can easily be passed behind the

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needle bar thread guide by holding the

thread in your left hand, then feeding the thread with your right hand.

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1Needle bar thread guide

9Thread the needle from front to back leaving a thread tail of about 5 cm (2 inches).

•If your sewing machine is equipped with a needle threader, use the needle threader to thread the needle (see next section).

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1 5 cm (2 inches)

Note

●Make sure you raise the presser foot lever and the thread take-up lever before you feed the upper thread.

●If you incorrectly feed the thread you may cause sewing problems.

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