Sewing Machine Trouble

[Peprika]

mmmk so uhm Hi I'm Anna ( xp ) and I'm having a weee bit of a problem with my sewing machine. I can't figure out how to thread the bobbin sweatdrop . So yeah now I bet your thinking how the heck did you use your sewing machine before without threading the bobbin?! Well, I had the instructions back then and I lost the little (not really little) manual. sweatdrop So, now I can't work my sewing machine 'cause it won't sew 'cause of the bobbin. Gah! and I have so much time on my hands just wasting away. So I took a few pictures, hoping that maybe I could get abit of help here. Also if anyone knows of any arts and crafts stores that'd be nice, 'cause I need some yarn, fleece, needles and thread for kinda cheap. I'm working with a 19 dollar budget....


This is the case where the bobbin goes...


This is the bobbin and the thread that goes in it....

And this is the actually sewing machine..(yeah I did those pictures in the wrong order.)  

[I be me]

These instructions are right for my machine, and I only assume they are right for yours aswell

put the bobbin in the bobbin holdy place so the thread comes off anticlock ways
thread the top thread
hold the top thread
turn the nobbly bit at the side of the sewing machine that moves the needle so the needle goes down and back up again
the top thread should have looped around the bottom thread
pull the bottom thread out using the top thread so you have two longish peices of thread going out of the sewing part of the sewing machine
then it should be threaded.  

[Peprika]

omg it worked!!! Thanks thanks thank!  

[I be me]

horray for standard sewing machine features!

When I was at college they actually had sewing machines where you had to put the bobbin in a little metal case, get the thread comming out of that the right way then clip it inot the bottom of the sewing machine and thread it. That was a pain in the bum.  

[SaelensFrozenFlame]

I be me

horray for standard sewing machine features!

When I was at college they actually had sewing machines where you had to put the bobbin in a little metal case, get the thread comming out of that the right way then clip it inot the bottom of the sewing machine and thread it. That was a pain in the bum.

...i feel old now...we had those kinds of sewing machines when i was in home-ec in middle school...and i think that's what my sewing machine is...  

[Blue-eyes-green]

I've worked with many many sewing machines, and to this day, that's the sort of bobbin holder I like best. (Okay, I admit it I'm only 21 so my experience maybe isn't quite that vast)
The machines we use at the theatre costume shop were all purchased pre-1970 and have that sort of bobbin configuration, and I like it so much better than the one on my mom's 3 year old singer.
The machines in my highschool home ec were like it too- and I'm totally on the look out for a machine that threads like that.  

[Peprika]

lol my dad got me mine for my 14th birthday. He got it from Wally World for 100 bucks.