Pfaff 339 Owner's Manual - Page 16

Picking, Bobbin, Thread

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Picking up Bobbin Thread With your left hand hold the end of the upper thread, leaving it a little slack between hand and needle. Then turn the handwheel towards you to allow the thread take-up lever and the needle to travel down once and up again to the highest point. The bobbin thread will thus be drawn up in a loop through the needle plate. Now place both thread ends (about 3" long) under the sewing foot to the back. (Whenever you do not start working ot the edge of the material, for instance when darning somewhere in the middle of the fabric, remem ber to pick up the bobbin threod only after you hove ploced the fabric between sewing foot and needle plate. This will enoble you, as mentioned on poge 19, to hold on to the two threod ends placed under the sewing foot to the back as you start sewing.> 18

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Picking
up
Bobbin
Thread
With
your
left
hand
hold
the
end
of
the
upper
thread,
leaving
it
a
little
slack
between
hand
and
needle.
Then
turn
the
handwheel
towards
you
to
allow
the
thread
take-up
lever
and
the
needle
to
travel
down
once
and
up
again
to
the
highest
point.
The
bobbin
thread
will
thus
be
drawn
up
in
a
loop
through
the
needle
plate.
Now
place
both
thread
ends
(about
3”
long)
under
the
sewing
foot
to
the
back.
(Whenever
you
do
not
start
working
ot
the
edge
of
the
material,
for
instance
when
darning
somewhere
in
the
middle
of
the
fabric,
remem
ber
to
pick
up
the
bobbin
threod
only
after
you
hove
ploced
the
fabric
between
sewing
foot
and
needle
plate.
This
will
enoble
you,
as
mentioned
on
poge
19,
to
hold
on
to
the
two
threod
ends
placed
under
the
sewing
foot
to
the
back
as
you
start
sewing.>
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