Originally Posted by
Dreaming
I thought a person put the stand on the right, at the end of your machine.
I put mine behind the machine. If you use a net and thread for winding the bobbin as usual (so the thread starts threading from the left of where the bobbin is being wound, at least on most machines) I don't think it would make a lot of difference where the thread starts, as long as it doesn't get hung up on something.