Originally Posted by wilma A
is the 301a in the feather weight family? i have one that was given to me by my sister but i can't get it to sew the needle seems to be hitting on something and i cain't figure out what it is hitting.
It sounds like you either have a bent needle or you don't have the needle in correctly.
The flat of the needle goes in with the flat side to the left. Threads from right to left.
The 301 uses the same bobbins as the 221 fw.