JudyTheSewer

Yep, I use Paint also. This app was already installed when I bought the laptop.

KenmoreGal2

Tammy,

Thanks for going to the trouble of marking up the picture of my threading. However I think I have it right. I'm attaching 2 pics. One is right out of the manual, it looks like how I have it. The other is a side shot of my tension dial. Is that the hook you were looking thinking of? When I pull the thread, the hook moves up and down.

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ThayerRags

CD in Oklahoma

miriam

how do you get your picture in to paint???

maviskw

Those pictures are sort of unclear. I think Miriam is correct in that the thread should be behind that hook. Try pulling the thread around the tension knob and then hard to the right. You might hear a little click. Then the thread should be on the other side of the hook. I would ask my fix-it man, but I know you all like to do it yourself.

KenmoreGal2

All these replies have gotten me very concerned that I am threading my machine wrong. I've just tried what maviskw suggested. No matter how much I pull the thread around the tension knob, it does not go beyond the little wire. I'm attaching pics from the 117 manual and service manual. They both lead me to believe the thread just lays against the wire. This is the exact wording if you can't read it "Pass thread from right to left under tension mechanism. Place thread either in front or in back of the center tension disc. Pull thread against tension spring and thread from right to left through hole in take up lever".

My 158 works differently. On that machine I give the thread a tug and it inserts into the wire, like what I'm being advised to do on the 117. I've attached that manual too. I appreciate all the comments/suggestions. [ATTACH=CONFIG]500311[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]500312[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]500313[/ATTACH]

Mrs. SewNSew

KenmoreGal2, I just threaded up my machine which is an exact to yours (except for being a "White") and you ARE threading it correctly. Mine doesn't have that usual little hook to catch the thread on either. It threads exactly the same with the same tension device and the thread wraps under and catches the spring ad then goes right up to the take up lever. I got concerned I was missing something so tried some stitching and it stitched just fine.

ArchaicArcane

The more I look at it, the more I wonder if it's some sort of optical illusion. I saw above that Mrs. SewNSew's got the same machine and it threads differently than Miriam and I thought. Typically it would thread the way we mentioned, but if there's a wire that stops it, then it must look like a hook, but be some other design "Feature".

Crazy easy once you do it the first time. Save the pic to your computer, then open it in Paint or Irfanview (I use either one) and doodle away.

Some of those wires move to let the thread go behind the hook. If your White machine doesn't do this, then you're threading it right. This is one of those "it would be easier to diagnose with hands on" situations, so I bow to Christy's ability to lay hands no the machine.

KenmoreGal2

Whew, I'm glad to hear I am threading the machine correctly. I guess it's still a mystery though why my tensions got all off. Thanks for all the help and advice.

manicmike

I noticed that nobody has noticed or commented on my suggestion a while ago to check bobbin thread tension. Was it that stupid an idea?