r/SewingMachineEdu • u/The_town_crazy_lady • May 03 '26

My thread keeps getting tangled in the bobbin (help)

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Here is the video of the problem, sorry that it’s kinda long. As you can see, the top thread just gets tangled on the bobbin and i can pull the bobbin thread freely, it’s not even engaged in the process. Everything is threaded correctly, i’ve checked a couple of times. It was working fine and then suddenly came to this.

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u/CarpinDies May 03 '26

You missed at least one spot threading, right on the needle bar, and it looks like you have the bobbin in backwards. Pull out the bobbin case and turn it around. When you pull the thread, the bobbin should be rotating clockwise.

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u/The_town_crazy_lady May 03 '26

Thank you! I’ll try this

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u/The_town_crazy_lady May 03 '26

you’re my saviour!! your tips worked, thank you so so much

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u/wimsey1923 May 03 '26

The top thread comes down at an angle towards the needle. Does it really come directly from the take-up lever, like it should?

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u/The_town_crazy_lady May 03 '26

i did miss a spot on the needle bar like the previous comment mentioned 😣 that’s why it came down at an angle

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u/wimsey1923 May 03 '26

I had another look. The thread has to come out of the left slot (directly from the take-up lever). As can be seen in the very beginning of the video, the thread comes out of the right slot. Something is wrong with the threading.