After trying and trying, and walking away, I sat back down to see if I could figure it out.
I had been threading my needle from the wrong side! It should be threaded on the left hand side. So when it was picking up the bobbin thread it was pulling it into the hole of the needle.
I'm letting you know so you can file this in the back of your minds in case you ever let a machine sit for so long that you forget how to use it.
Thank you Stitchripper and Jennifer23 for trying to help
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