I had a Viking D1 and you were supposed to do the same thing, wrap it till it caught.. So frustrating! I had my DH drill a small pin size hole in every bobbin, never had an issue after that!

No, I stick it through the little pesky hole and after a few winds trim the top off then continue until the bobbin is full. I have a hard enough time sewing and trying to learn to quilting plus my Home Ec teacher made sure we learned the "proper way" and it's engrained not to deviate. Sorry.

I always just wrapped on my old sturdy metal machine, but since I got my Janome I use the little hole just like the directions say. I've not had a problem either way.

Learned to use sewing machine in 7th grade and teacher never mentioned about how to wind bobbin. Never really did get a chance to find out as there was only one machine in our classroom and I used it only once. When I was frist married my MIL gave me her old White machine, no manual so I just wound thread around bobbin and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I finally learned the 'proper' way to thread a bobbin when I bought my first Pfaff several years ago, that is to pull the thread through the hole in the bobbin. I have upgraded to a newer model and I think I should check out the manual to see if that still is the 'proper' way for my machine.

I used to do that years ago but now my winder has a slot that I can catch the thread on so I don't have to do that anymore. It holds the tension perfectly. Love my Babylock features!!

i have always put the thread thru the hole then after it winds a few times i snip it off at the hole , this is the way i was taught to do it and it seems to make the bobbin thread tighter on the bobbin spool

I use the little hole - if I try to wrap, it never winds correctly. But I am sure I have my own "shame" issues....

Some of the bobbins I have for my Viking have the hole and some don't, so I have no choice but to wind the bobbins like you do. It works so no shame involved. Its really frustrating to have to figure out which way the bobbin winder goes so that I can get the thread to catch.

Wiith my older machines I always used the little hole and held the thread for a bit while the bobbin was winding. But my new machine says to wrap the thread so now I try to remember to do just that, sometimes I forget and still use the little hole but it doesn't seem matter.

I just looked up my instruction manual and it says to wind a few times and hold thread to start and then use the thread cutter on the bobbin winder to cut tail of thread. Both my Viking and Brother say to do it that way. Just checked my Viking bobbin (plastic) and there is no hole. I have been sewing for 40 years and have never heard of putting the thread through the hole of the bobbin even when I had metal bobbins.