THREADING YOUR SIMPLICITY SEWING MACHINE
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UPPER THREADING
1.Turn the handwheel toward you to raise the
2.Raise the presser foot to release the thread tension [Fig. 2].
3.Place felt cushion on spool pin. Place spool of thread on the spool pin with thread coming from the back of the spool.
4.Snap the thread into the first thread guide at the top of the machine and bring the thread down between the tension discs [Fig. 3], down the right slot of the thread- ing path, then across to and up the left slot [Fig. 4].
5.Bring the thread through the
6.Bring the thread back down the left slot of the threading path [Fig. 7] and into the thread guide above the needle [Fig. 8].
Using the needle threader
1.Lower the presser foot.
2.Lower the needle threader lever with your left index finger and pull the thread to the left, catching it on the large hook. Hold the needle threader lever in its lowest position and pull the thread to the right, between the prongs that are around the needle. A mini hook that passes through the needle’s eye will catch the thread [Fig. 9]. Gently hold the thread and raise the needle threader lever [Fig. 10].
3.Pull the loop of thread through the eye of the needle [Fig. 11].
Raising the bobbin thread
1.Raise the presser foot lever.
2.Hold the end of the needle thread with your left hand. Turn the hand wheel toward you with your right hand until the needle goes down once and comes back up, stopping when the needle is at its highest position.
3.Gently pull up on the needle thread [Fig. 12]. The bobbin thread, looped around the needle thread, will be drawn up through the needle hole.
4.Pull about six inches of both the upper and lower threads toward the back of the machine, placing them under the presser foot [Fig. 13].
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