My machine has a separate bobbin winding capability which is great as I am able to add a spool of thread and wind a bobbin while I continue to sew as in no un threading and re threading all the time. The machine my parents bought me for Christmas last year though does not have the automatic bobbin winding so has to be done the regular way, un thread wind the bobbin and then rethread. So silly of Janome to make a better machine in one respect but then not keep this aspect of it.
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