Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Dec 14, 2005 18:40:43 GMT -5
Stuck sewing machine...what brand is it? That would help to zero in on the problem.
When you get stuck, do you mean that the thread tangles up right away, or the machine just doesn't do anything when you press the foot?
Now about the upper and lower thread...since the stitches work by interlocking the upper and lower threads, then you really do need both upper and lower threads for it to work.
Does the bobbin -- that little round thing the lower thread is wrapped around -- have thread in it? When you threaded the machine, did you also pick up the lower thread to get it started before starting to sew? How did you wind thread on the bobbin; that should be somewhere in the manual.
For thread tangling up problems for me, it's usually:
-- upper thread not threaded right, especially through the tension dial. The upper thread really must go through ALL of the little loops and places that the manual says it's supposed to or it won't work right.
-- bobbin not loaded right in the lower part of the machine.
-- sometimes the thread gets caught on that little notch in edge of the spool, but that's rare.
-- the tails of the thread get caught up in the sewing. When you start, just hold the ends of the thread away from the sewing for the first few stitches to keep them from getting wound up in it.