Hello Tom,
Thread the top of the machine up all the way through the needle, put your thumb behind the needle just above the eye and pull the thread through with your other hand, adjust the knurled nut until you can pull the thread through with some resistence, make sure the presser foot is down, when it is just pulling through put the dial back on with the number 3 or 4 at the indicator, test sew and you can adjust it a bit either way if you have to.
Ken
drivewithken@blueyonder.co.uk
December 2008
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