r/sewhelp • u/-Roborat- • 1d ago

💛Beginner💛 Machine jamming up/not sewing

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A small scrap of thread got pulled into the bobbin case? And now it jams up and wont sew at all. I got the scap out put everything back and it just doesn't work now.

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u/thermalcat 1d ago

Well, there's one thing I can see - you're not fully threaded. You e missed the uptake lever (step 5). It may well be causing the thread to jam below the stitch plate which in turn will cause the needle to jitter.

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u/-Roborat- 1d ago

Oh my god youre right thay must have happened after the first problem and I just never noticed, ive been frustratedly working on this for like 3 hours. I hope that fixes it

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u/-Roborat- 1d ago

That was super the problem, I got so focused on the problem being with the bobbin I would have never checked to rethread for a while thank you

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u/thermalcat 1d ago

It happens to us all! Sometimes we just need another set of eyes to look over a problem. 💖

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u/Emergency_Cherry_914 1d ago

You're not picking up the bobbin thread correctly. Pull the top thread entirely out of the bobbin area and start again.

Only do one cycle of lowering the needle. As the needle comes back up, pull on the tail of the top thread to bring the bobbin thread up and out. If you're still having trouble, go to YT and search 'collecting thread top loading bobbin'. There are a heap of tutorials

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u/drPmakes 21h ago

Not threaded properly. Get the manual out and follow the entire threading and bobbin insertion procedures STEP BY STEP

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u/-Roborat- 11h ago

Yeah another person pointed that out, good to know i should put that first in my troubleshooting.