Drawing Up The Lower Thread; Replacing The Needle; Needle Precautions - Brother 888-E30 Operation Manual

KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE
f Raise the presser foot lever.
a Presser foot lever
g Pass the end of the thread as illustrated bellow.
Note
● If you incorrectly feed the thread you may cause
sewing problems.

Drawing up the lower thread

a Lightly hold the end of the upper thread.
a Upper thread
b While holding the end of the upper thread, raise
the needle either by turning the handwheel
toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark
on the wheel points up or by pressing
(needle position button) (for models equipped
with the needle position button) once or twice.
or
a Mark
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a 5 cm (2 inches)
b Needle position button
c Pull on the upper thread to draw up the lower
thread.
d Pull out about 10 cm (4 inches) of both threads
and pull them toward the back of the machine
under the presser foot.
■ For models equipped with the quick-set
bobbin
You can begin sewing immediately without drawing
up the bobbin thread. When sewing gathers or
darts, you can draw up the lower thread by hand so
that some thread will be left over. Before you draw
up the lower thread, put the bobbin back in.
a Pass the thread along the slit in the direction of
the arrow, and leave it there without cutting it.
• The bobbin cover should still be removed.
b Draw up the lower thread as described in steps
1 to 4.
c Replace the bobbin cover.

REPLACING THE NEEDLE

This section provides information on sewing machine
needles.

Needle precautions

Be sure to observe the following precautions
concerning the handling of the needle. Failure to
observe these precautions is extremely dangerous.
a Upper thread
b Lower thread
a Upper thread
b Lower thread