Re: new here and problem

Karen Maslowski wrote:

Heather, another thing beginners often have difficulty with is to make sure there is enough thread coming out of the needle that you can hold it as you turn the wheel (and it's important to turn the wheel the right way, which is back, over the top) that it will grab the bobbin thread. The top thread should be threaded through the toes in the foot, and beneath the foot in order to work properly, too.

Karen, I very rarely disagree with you, but turning the wheel BACK? NO! On ALL my machines the instructions say turn it ANTICLOCKWISE: that is, pull the top TOWARDS you as you sit at the machine. Some of them even have an arrow pointing the way to wind!

While I do wind the handle of the handcranks AWAY from me, the mechanism is such that the wheel itself turns anticlockwise.

Making sure there is enough thread is VERY important with all but the whizziest Top Of the line machines that will pick up when you thread them with what looks like no thread at all! Mi lovely Lily is like this. Fore safety's sake, Heather, make sure there's a good 9" hanging out the back! This is what I teach all my students.

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