Threading The Machine; Needle Threader - Kenmore 385.16764 Owner's Manual

Threading the Machine

• Threading the machine
* Raise the thread take-up lever to its highest position by
turning the handwheel counterclockwise.
* Raise the presser foot lifter.
* Place a spool on the spool pin, with the thread coming
off as shown.
Draw the end of the thread around the upper thread guide.
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2 While holding the thread near the spool, draw the end of
the thread down around the check spring holder.
Firmly draw the thread up from right to left over the
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take-up lever, and down into the take-up lever eye.
Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide on
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the left.
Thread the needle from front to back, or use a needle
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threader.

• Needle threader

q Knob
w Hook
e Guide
r Thread end
z Raise the needle to its highest position. Push down the
needle threader knob q as far as it will go.
The hook comes out through the needle eye from
behind.
x Paying close attention to the needle point, draw the
thread around the guide e and under the hook w.
c Release the knob slowly while holding the thread end r
with your hand. A loop of the thread is pulled up through
the needle eye.
NOTE:
The needle threader can be used with a #11 to #16
needle, or a #11 Blue needle.
Thread size 50 to 90 is recommended.
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