When you have finished making adjustments, ; Starting to sew; Raise the needle by turning the handwheel - Page 31

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When you have finished making adjustments, 
start sewing.

• For details, refer to “Starting to sew” 

(page 29).

Memo

●

For details on selecting character stitches, 
refer to “Selecting characters” (page 64).

Starting to sew

a

Raise the needle by turning the handwheel 
toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark 
on the wheel points up. (With models equipped 
with 

 (needle position button), raise the 

needle by pressing 

 once or twice.)

b

Raise the presser foot lever.

a

Presser foot lever

c

Place the fabric under the presser foot, pass 
the thread under the presser foot, and then 
pull out about 5 cm (2 inch) of thread toward 
the rear of the machine.

a

5 cm (2 inch)

d

While holding the end of the thread and the 
fabric with your left hand, turn the handwheel 
toward you (counterclockwise) with your 
right hand to lower the needle to the starting 
point of the stitching.

●

After adjusting the stitch width, slowly turn 

the handwheel toward you 

(counterclockwise) and check that the needle 

does not touch the presser foot. If the needle 

hits the presser foot, the needle may bend or 

break.

●

If the stitches are bunched together, increase 

the stitch length. Continuing to sew with the 

stitches bunched together may cause the 

needle to bend or break.

CAUTION

a

Mark

b

Needle position button

or