Originally Posted by Pam S

I was sewing along on my FW when it sort of seized up. There were multiple threads emerging from the hole in the needle plate. Took out the bobbin and found thread wound around the bobbin case base/hook area. Cleared the threads out and started to sew again. I can only get about 3 stitches before the thread gets all wound around the hook area again. This happens again and again. Does this mean the timing is messed up or is it another problem? I didn't hit a pin (don't use them much) but I was working on a pinwheel quilt and the center of the pinwheels gets pretty dense so maybe hitting that center seam at the wrong place or wrong speed did something to mess it up.
I guess my question is: is there something I can do to fix this or do I need to take it in to get retimed? I've looked at a few videos online about timing but it scares me that I'll do more damage since I haven't got any idea what I'm doing.