Brother 888-X64 Operation Manual page 19

While holding the thread from the spool
with your right hand, pass the thread
toward you, in the groove on the thread
guide.
• Make sure thal the spring in lhe groove
calches the thread.
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Spring
Feed the upper thread as shown in the
following illustration.
Make sure you guide the thread through
the thread take-up lever from right to left
as shown in the following illustration.
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Thread take-up lever
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• If the thread take-up lever is lowered, the
upper thread can not
be
wrapped around
the thread take-up lever. Make sure you
raise the needle by turning the handwheel
toward you (counterclockwise) so that 1he
mark on the wheel points up.
Put the thread behind the guide above the
needle.
• The thread can easily be passed behind the
needle bar thread guide by holding the
thread in your left hand, then feeding the
thread with your righl hand.
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Needle bar thread guide
Thread the needle from front to back
leavi ng a thread tail of about 5 cm
(2 inches).
• If your sewing
machine is equipped wilh a
needle threader, use the needle threader lo
thread the needle (see next section).
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5 cm
(2
inches)
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• Make sure you raise the presser foot lever
and the thread take-up lever before you feed
the upper lhread.
• If you incorrec1ly feed the thread you may
cause sewing problems.
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