Originally Posted by
ThayerRags
Mike, let me add something here. In my experience, after replacing the bobbin and for the initial revolution to bring the bobbin thread up with the needle when the needle is threaded incorrectly, the hook CAN catch “a loop” enabling the bobbin thread to be brought up above the needle plate. It’s when you try to make successive stitches that everything goes to heck in a handbasket....
You're probably right there: Enough to catch the thread because there's no tension on it.
Threading a needle the wrong way or putting the needle in wrong always ends up in dropped stitches. I usually just end up with a row of perfectly spaced holes (unless I've forgotten to raise the feed dogs, too - it happens)
