Sharon2665

I turned on my Bernina 770 tonight and it worked fine. I was going to use the letters stitch to put a name on what I was sewing. I was having trouble saving it and just used the thread cutter to stop and go back to regular sewing. The thread cutter did not cut the top thread for some reason. So when I attempted to do a straight stitch the needle did not move and I noticed the feed dogs were stuck in the down position. Opened the bobbin case and after taking everything out found threads stuck on the back wall hooks. Took them all off and oiled and cleaned everything and put it back together and the bobbin moved fine and the feed dogs came up into their normal position. So went to straight stitch again and the needle will still not move. I can move the hand wheel and it turns fine and when it does the bobbin moves and the feed dogs move. The pressure foot goes up and down also. My needle arm does not though. It just sits there even though the thread take up lever moves up and down like it should. I can take a hold of the needle clamping screw and move the needle arm up and down just fine but it does not move when I sew. It's almost like something came disconnected. Guess I might have to take it apart and see???
Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong. I cannot take it in for repair as our state is on lock down/quarantine right now and our quilt shop is not open except for online sales. I'm supposed to be making protective masks for medical friends and now I have to deal with this temperamental thing.