Why does the needle on my sewing machine keep unthreading itself?
Got your manual? Let’s try this from the beginning. First, take all the thread off of/out of your machine. If your thread is the three spools for $1 sort, go get a spool of “dressmaker thread” of a name brand — Coats & Clarks, American Efird, Gutermann, Mettler, Superior, etc. Crummy thread can cause a lot of sewing problems. See the photos here: http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/a… If you’re using crummy thread right now, strip the thread off the bobbin, too, and wind a bobbin of matching thread. Take a look at the spool of thread… if there’s a little nick in one end meant for holding the end of the thread in storage (Coats, American Efird, other level-wound brands) put the nick where it won’t possibly catch thread as it pulls off the spool — usually on the top on a vertical spool pin, to the right on a horizontal spool pin. If you’re using a vertical pin, there should be a little felt “doily” under the
