Kenmore 385.15516 - Manual (Page 32)

Threading the Machine
• Threading the machine
* Raise the thread take-up lever to its highest position by
turning the handwheel counterciockwise.
* Raise the presser foot lifter.
* Place a spool on the spool pin, with thread coming off as
shown.
Q] Draw the end of thread around the upper thread guide.
^ 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
take-up lever and down into the take-up lever eye.
0 Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide on
the left.
^ Thread the needle from front to badi or use a needle
threader.
We recommend using the convenient needle threader
(#200262101), included with your machine.
• Drawing up bobbin thread
|1] Raise the presser foot. Hold the needle thread lightly
with your ieft hand and rotate the handwheel counter
clockwise, toward you, for one complete turn.
[ 2 ] Bring the bobbin thread up by pulling the needle thread
up.
] Pull both threads under and to the back of the presser
foot, leaving 4 to 6 inches (10 cm to 15 cm) of thread
clear.
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