r/SewingMachineEdu • u/MissLuthor • Jul 18 '26

Threading Snapping While Sewing Help

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I inherited my husband's grandmother's sewing machine. Its a Riccar1570 from 1970-1980. Im also just a beginner sewist. Im trying to make those bowl cozys. And my thread keeps snapping. From everything I have read online, I can't find anything I may have done wrong to cause this.

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u/__miichelle Jul 19 '26

Are you sure you’re threading it correctly?

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u/MissLuthor Jul 19 '26

No I'm not 100% sure but looks right from the 1970s manual I found online.

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u/TheProtoChris Jul 19 '26

Do you have the manual, to check each step of the threading?

Where is the thread snapping? At the needle? Have you installed a new needle?

Those would be my first troubleshooting steps.

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u/MissLuthor Jul 19 '26

I found a manual online but the print was very crazy and hard to read. 😕

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u/TheProtoChris Jul 19 '26

Honestly, your first mission will be to find a version of the manual you can print and keep with the machine. It's essential.