Kenmore 10101 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
Pick up the Bobbin Thread
1. Raise the presser foot lever.
2. a. Hold the top thread loosely in your left
hand.
b. With your right hand, rotate the hand
wheel toward you until the take-up lever
has come to the top again.
3. a. Pull the top thread with your left hand to
bring up the bobbin thread.
b. Pull the bobbin thread until the end
comes through the opening of the
needle plate.
4. Pull both threads under the presser foot
toward the back of the machine.
If you did not pick up the bobbin thread with the above steps, check your method
with the questions below:
1. Is the thread through the eye of the needle (front to back) ?
2. Isn't the thread tangled around the needle ?
3. Is the bobbin inserted in its case with the thread running counter clockwise ?
4. Is the thread pulled underneath the bobbin case tension spring ?
5. Isn't the thread in the bobbin tangled ?
6. Are there 3 to 4 inches of thread coming out of the bobbin case ?
After checking all of the questions above, repeat steps 1 to 4.
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