Baby Lock Coronet BLCT16A Instruction And Reference Manual page 31

4. After the thread is in place, be sure that the thread catches on the take up spring and then pull it down
under the stirrup thread guide ⑦.
5. Bring the thread up and through the take-up lever from back to front ⑧, and then to the pigtail thread
guide ⑨, and thread through the needle bar thread guide hole ⑩.
6. Make sure the thread is following the groove down the front of the needle and insert thread through
the eye of the needle from front to back. While pulling thread through the eye of the needle be careful
that the thread does not twist around the needle.
 NOTE: Before threading the needle, confirm that the machine is threaded properly and the tension
is correct by carefully pulling the top thread. It should pull smoothly with light to medium tension.
If thread pulls freely with no tension, rethread the machine, ensuring that the thread is flossed into
the tension discs.
 IMPORTANT: The Baby Lock Coronet does not have a presser foot lever or top tension release like
a home sewing machine. On a home sewing machine the top tension is released when the presser
foot is raised, allowing the thread to come freely out of the machine. When a home machine is
threaded the tension discs are released and open to allow the thread to easily fall between the
tension discs. This isn't the case with the Baby Lock Coronet quilting machine. The top tension
is always tight and the tension discs are never open. Therefore the thread must be pulled up, or
flossed, between the tension discs or it will stay outside the discs and float without tension, causing
serious tension problems and/or thread nests.
Baby Lock Coronet User Manual
| 29