Brother 885-X01 Operational Manual page 17

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While holding the thread from the spool
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with your right hand, pass the thread
toward you, in the groove on the thread
guide.
• Make sure that the spring in the groove
catches the thread.
1 Spring
Feed the upper thread as shown in the
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following illustration.
Make sure you guide the thread through
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the thread take-up lever from right to left
as shown in the following illustration.
1 Thread take-up lever
Memo
● 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 the
mark on the wheel points up.
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Put the thread behind the guide above the
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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 right hand.
1 Needle bar thread guide
Thread the needle from front to back
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leaving a thread tail of about 5 cm
(2 inches).
• If your sewing machine is equipped with a
needle threader, use the needle threader to
thread the needle (see next section).
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1 5 cm (2 inches)
Note
● Make sure you raise the presser foot lever
and the thread take-up lever before you feed
the upper thread.
● If you incorrectly feed the thread you may
cause sewing problems.
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