bearisgray

My grand-daughter came over to hem some of her pants.

Just to let you know how much I love her, I/We rethreaded the serger that I had spend HOURS on so she could hem her pants with a cover stitch.

Anyway - the hint is - use a dental type round mirror to be able to see the holes that the needles go in. (There are five holes to choose from on this machine.)

Thank you for the suggestion, DGD!

Jingle

I don't have a serger. I am sure the ones who do will like your hint.

yngldy

Or better yet: Cut the threads near the "old" spools, switch spools. DO NOT PULL THREAD OUT. Tie knots in "old" thread ends still threaded thru tension, etc. with thread ends from "new" spools using square knot. Write down tension settings, turn tension to zero. Pull threads thru. You may have to cut thread at needles if knots do not go thru holes in needles, if so, rethread needle making sure you use correct thread for the needle. (Upper left tension with upper left needle, etc) Reset tension settings, sew.

bearisgray

Which is a great tip -

But sometimes a thread breaks and one has to be able to do it "from scratch."

lynnie

I have an air threader, so i just push a button and all is done for me. My needles (2) go from front to back, and they are pretty easy. I love the machine, and just got her fixed. She's coming home from the hospital on Sunday. Look out world, I have a lot of sewing to do.

Stitchnripper

I just have a Brother 1034D - nothing fancy. Makes some nice stitches. I found a few youtube videos and did it a few times. Now I don't need the videos. If you do it in the right order it is just a bit time consuming, not as hard as I feared. I also did a rolled hem and had to take out one of the needles and not use one of the spools, but managed to get it all back and working fine. I'm glad I have it for when I need it.

QuiltnNan

this is the way i was taught to do it

ManiacQuilter2

I had a friend give me this thin plastic loop that makes threading my old Baby Lock so much easier.

Geri B

All this talk about retreading the dreaded serger makes me want to try again......first time, after hours of trying, mumbling, I ended up taking the darned thing to JAF and had person there do it..took a blink of an eye...anyway...this time, one needle as removed and all 4 spools of thread....two yrs ago, dd was in a wedding party and her gown needed hemming with a rolled hem......called my then dealer of bl and asked if she would help, although I had a Viking...sure she said...she could not get it to work after changing threads and removing needle...did it on her bl serger..Viking has sat on the self untouched since then.....dare I find the manual and try????again!!!! No it's not air threaded..color coded paths, but to me, still very complicated..I don't know what I was thinking when I bought the dumb thing!

Geri B

oh, I have one of those somewhere, maybe that will be my salvation.