I've been crushed thinking I had a bum machine! Low and behold I've been hitting each of these speedbumps! THANK YOU for this amazing info! My swear jar won't fill quite as fast anymore 😂

3 minutes into the video and you already solved my problem! Amazing :) watching the rest now to make sure not to make those mistakes either !

My mother taught me to use a sewing machine when I was six, I'm now 77. Everyone has this happen, it's just the way things are with machines, the more times you sort it out the more experienced you become, and know what to look for when you thread it up. Sew be happy😊.

thank you for explaining this. I am new to sewing and have had some problems with thread bunching. And some instances of tread being hard to pull just like you were showing. Now I know what caused that to happen.

I have been looking for solutions for this issue for months....I had given up and had begun searching for a new machine....then your video appeared! I am off to try these tips. Hoping they will fix my jamming issues. Thank you.

Thank you so very much for explaining these sewing "problems" to us. I'm not a newbie, but, I'm also not an expert. I've often wondered why they said for you to not turn your wheel in the "opposite" direction. I knew it could cause problems with your bobbin thread, but, i never knew why that would happen. I also never knew what could happen if you didn't hold your thread at the beginning of your stitching. I've always done that, but, never knew the specifics of what would happen when you didn't. Plus, I've often wondered how the thread take up lever position was important at the end of your sewing. I try to remember to have it in the uppermost position. But, i have often had that extra loop of thread under my fabric - and, i never knew why that has happened. WOW !!! You've explained so many things that I've been wondering about for so many years. TYSM for sharing your techniques and knowledge with us. I appreciate your help. 😻❣️😍

Informative. I have sewn for years and did not know these things. thank you.

Excellent information for any sewer!!!

Thank you for sharing! This is the most informative and well explained video I’ve found!

Thank you very much for sharing this in both a verbal explanation, as well as the visual of the bobbin case, the carriage, the needle, the thread and the fabric. Very well said and the issue is completely understandable as to why the bobbin thread kept having twins and breaking! 😊

Hi, new subscriber here! Great video here; I really appreciate it & can tell you're a great teacher! I thought the only things that could cause a rat's nest with my bobbin thread was tensions problems or not holding both thread tails when beginning to stitch - which you can't do when mending & starting in the middle of a piece of fabric such as when sewing a patch on in the middle of the fabric & not at an edge. I'm middle aged & a mostly self-taught sewest. I've had a couple individual lessons & then learned more from practice & YT. I didn't take home ec back in H.S. (in the late 70's) because they also taught cooking & I already knew that I hated to cook lol. Hindsight is 20-20; I wish I had taken it because I could have easily gotten through the cooking section & would have LOVED the sewing section & it would have served me very well over the years. Now I'm learning what I can & thoroughly enjoying it.

Thanks. This was very helpful.

I did not know any of this and I’ve had all of these problems. Thank you!!!

You ANGEL! Newbie here who was getting so frustrated. I have a very similar style and vintage of machine and learned so so much, thank you!

Thank you! I've been struggling today with a project that is slightly hard on the machine in the first place but couple that with not using the same machine and second guessing my infrequent usage of sewing machines. Thank you for explaining exactly what I have been doing wrong 🤘🏼

That's a great help; I now know to watch for these three issues. 👍🏼 Thanks

Even those of us who aren’t newbies still can have problems. Pretty much it’s because we have either made an error in threading the top thread or haven’t threaded the bobbin correctly! For me, this cures my goofs 100%!

thank you so much , I’ve been stressing out for an hour then I found your video and I immediately found the solution.

It’s like your read my mind ! Thanks 😊

Thank you so much! No other video could explain the issue to me and you were so wonderfully clear in showing exactly what to do ❤

Thanks . Just got a vintage machine and learning how to operate . Cheers . G.Speight

Thank you so much. like another viewer, I had thought my belt had broken and was going to repair the machine because it kept stalling. I am a pre-novice lol but your video was so helpful I can now begin to be a novice! Much gratitude.

This was an excellent tutorial, thanks “sew” much😂. I also struggle with tension issues on my 40 year old Singer. I would love some education on the tension after all these years! In future videos🤗

Reason #1 saved my sanity. Thank you!

Your machine is the first that looks similar to mine (ala KZfaq tutorials). Thank you for the video. So helpful. New sub!

Thank you! Gosh, how I needed this today... part 3 was my issue. Live & Learn 😊

Ah! This explains most of my newbie mistakes. Thanks!

I was taught to hold my thread ends when starting a new seam, but my new machine has automatic thread cutting and I had to learn something different.

nice sharing!

Thank you for sharing. I had thus issue multiple times today. Now I know where I've gone wrong.

Thanks for this help. I have not used a sewing machine for 45 years but someone gave me a sewing machine recently and sure enough it had a few issues. It appears to be brand new but first the hand wheel was stuck and I couldn't figure out why. Turns out it was that the little latch to thread the bobbin was switched to that position and it automatically locks the hand wheel. Three weeks of trying to find that info, 🤣 I finally figured that out yesterday and now the bobbin thread would not pull up. I took it apart (I started that yesterday) and finally today I figured out that the entire thing had been replaced backwards. I now feel a little badly for the original owner because they gave up but now I just might have a working sewing machine that was given to me for free. BTW, the machine was donated and I have no way of knowing who donated it to the agency, which it was then purchased by my friend who gifted it to me because he knew I wanted a sewing machine. Sorry for the long comment but it I'm glad you were here to help me. Thank you!

Thanks you so much dear ❤well explained ❤❤❤

Thank you so much❤❤

Thanks! For me it was reason 1! I wasn’t holding it. Problem solved

Hi! im new to sewing and watching this video helped me a lot but i have an issue that may have not been covered in this video. my sewing machine keeps jamming and forming rats nests under my projects no matter what i do and ive checked my bobbin area to see what the threading process looks like but it looks as if my top thread does not fully circulate, i dont know what the reason for this is and i would like to know if you have any thoughts about it

I have that double thread problem with my BabyLock Presto 2……also when I start to sew, if I don’t hold my threads I get the mess underneath. I wonder if we pressed the needle up position before starting to sew????? This problem is very annoying.

My bobbin section is not moving when I turn my wheel..

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