No, this is not my first embroidery machine. I have a Singer Futura wgih I haven’t used a whole lot as it has to be connected to a computer. The Janome 400E that I am looking at will have three hoops coming with it. The previous owners must have ordered additional hoops. One of them is quite large. My thread that I already have purchased is mostly Sulky and Coats and Clark, what JoAnns sells. I hope that will work in a Janome as I don’t want to have to buy all new thread.