Bobbin confession
#1

I just have to ask...When you fill your bobbin, Do you stick the thread in the tiny whole on the top of the bobbin & hold it while it winds ? My shame is I just wrap the thread around the bobbin a bit until I can "take off" with it winding away. Sometimes I do it correctly but rarely. I've always done it that way ! do you share my shame ?
#2
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Michigan. . .FINALLY!!!!
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Sorry, I don't share your shame! I was taught to pull the thread thru the little hole and I just do it out of habit now! I've always been afraid my bobbin wouldn't wrap correctly or tight enough if I don't do it.
#3

I used to pull the thread thru the little hole but not anymore. One time I did not get that leader thread cut close to the bobbin and it became tangled in the bobbin case. Since having to clean up that mess, I now wrap it around the bobbin and then wind. So, yes I share your shame.
#6
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 383

Here's my confession. My (vintage) machine came with metal bobbins - the kind with four holes in the sides, three large holes and one smaller hole next to the middle that, I assumed, was for putting the thread through prior to winding. One day I was trying to thread it and getting a little frustrated since that little hole is so far from the edge it is hard to hit, when the light went on. Why was I going for the small, far away hole when the larger, closer holes would work just as well? I mean, when the bobbin starts to wind, the thread still wraps around the center - no matter which hole I use, right? I gave myself a dope-slap and have never bothered with that little hole again.
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#7
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central Indiana
Posts: 1,141

Same here and I hold on to the thread for a bit to make sure it doesn't tangle.
#8

I just have to ask...When you fill your bobbin, Do you stick the thread in the tiny whole on the top of the bobbin & hold it while it winds ? My shame is I just wrap the thread around the bobbin a bit until I can "take off" with it winding away. Sometimes I do it correctly but rarely. I've always done it that way ! do you share my shame ?
If I did what you do, I'd have the world's nastiest mess on my bobbin. Besides, it's so much easier than trying to wrap the thread.
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Peotone IL
Posts: 2,802

I've always just wound the thread around the bobbin a couple of times by hand & then started winding using the foot pedal....never had a problem. This thread made me go look at my bobbins for the little hole. Surprise! There is one---guess I'll have to try it from now on.

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