Threading Mediumweight Thread; Thread Cradle - Baby Lock imagine wave BLE3ATW Instruction And Reference Manual

Threading Mediumweight Thread

Mediumweight threads, including topstitching thread, Decor rayon and stretch nylon thread, are too bulky
to form a knot that would fit through the thrading port, but they can slip through the hole with the aid of a
thread "cradle" made from regular serger thread.

Thread Cradle

1. Open the front cover and raise the presser foot.
2. At the threading port, clip the looper thread that is to be replaced.
(fig.A) Remove thread from under the foot and the upper thread
guides. Replace cone of thread with specialty thread.
3. With machine in locked position (fig.B) set the looper threading
port to U or L, according to the looper that is being threaded.
4. Thread specialty thread into the upper thread guides, leaving an
18 inch (40cm) tail above the threading port. (fig.C)
5. Cut a 24 inch (55cm) strand of serger thread and fold in half to
form a thread cradle. Insert the loose ends of the thread cradle
into the port about 1 inch (2.5cm).
6. Holding the cradle loop with left hand, depress the threading lever
with your right hand (fig.D) until the thread ends come out the
looper eye.
7. Insert the specialty thread tail into the cradle loop (fig.E), pull the
serger thread ends until the specialty thread comes through the
looper eye (fig.F). Discard or set aside the thread cradle.
8. Run upper looper thread under the foot and to the left, cut lower
looper thread to 4 inches (10cm) and leave it hanging loose.
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