Needle oreintation issues are normal for most "industrial" machines. the needles have a round shank so you can put them in any way you want - and all but one way is not correct. You always want the scarf to be towards the hook.
Even though it can be tricky getting the needles in place, it does give you the option of rotating it slightly if you need to depending on the fabric you are working with.
Some of you have asked "are the skipped stitches on top or bottom" I'm totally confused - how does a skipped stitch be on the top and not the bottom too?
Technically all skipped stitches happen on the underside, as the needle pushes the top thread to the underside and the hook comes around and grabs the top thread and loops it around the bobbin thread and then the excess is pulled back up to the top side. Skips happen when the hook is not able to grab the top thread - and this can happen for many reasons.
So, for those of you saying "skipped stitches on the top" what are you referring too?
Last edited by Macybaby; 07-28-2019 at 06:16 AM.