Originally Posted by J Miller

Granny,

Here is a pic of how the top end should be threaded:

The tread comes off the spool, through the guide at the rear of the faceplate, down to the outside of the tensioner, up around the tensioner, over the little curved arm from the outside to the inside, down and through the spring, then up to the outside of the needle take-up lever. Through the take-up lever, then from there down down through the guide in the face plate, through the guide on the needle shaft and through the needle from the outside in, (left to right).

The needle goes in flat side to the left.

When you thread the bobbin end, hold the bobbin case in your left hand open side toward you. Put the full bobbin in with the thread coming off over the top pointing to your right. Run the thread through the little cuts under the tension spring so that when you pull on it the bobbin rotates clockwise.

I hope this clarifies it a bit. Sometimes the pics in these photo copied manuals are less than clear.

Joe