Thanks, ya'll...I know there is a learning curve for every new machine...and I am being impatient...
I don't have it on a frame, yet...ordered the CD with the plans for dh to build one for me. I did try all the above, and re-threaded it, alot...
I did adjust the bobbin, and am wondering if I should have left well enough alone??!! It is where when I hold the thread end the bobbin slides a little, you kind of have to give it a little up/down shake for the bobbin to slide down. Before I adjusted it, when you held the thread, the bobbin slid down pretty freely, so I thought that may be too loose, and tightened it...any ideas on that?