Brother International SM3701 Operation Manual - Page 21

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While holding the thread from the spool 5 with your right hand, pass the thread Put the thread behind the guide above the 8 needle. toward you, in the groove on the thread guide. • The thread can easily be passed behind the needle bar thread guide by holding the 1 • Make sure that the spring in the groove catches the thread. thread in your left hand, then feeding the thread with your right hand. 1 1 Spring Feed the upper thread as shown in the 6 following illustration. 1 1 Needle bar thread guide Make sure you guide the thread through 7 the thread take-up lever from right to left as shown in the following illustration. 1 Thread the needle from front to back 9 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). 1 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. 1 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. 20

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5
While holding the thread from the spool
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
6
Feed the upper thread as shown in the
following illustration.
7
Make sure you guide the thread through
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.
8
Put the thread behind the guide above the
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
9
Thread the needle from front to back
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).
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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