Thread problems

What kind of machine is it? Is it possible you've broken a needle and a bit of it is inside? I'd change the needle, and clean around the bobbin area and under the needle plate to make sure there are no stray bits about.

Thread nests under the machine means a problem with the upper threading, so I suggest you totally re-thread the machine. When this happens on my Viking it's because the thread has come out of the take up lever, but the problem is the take up lever is almost hidden from view so it's hard to see this has happened.

On my older machines, when this happens, it is also because of a upper threading issue -- thread got wrapped around thread spool, or it wrapped around the needle -- that sometimes isn't obviously apparent. I just re-thread to insure it's the way it's supposed to do.

-Irene=20

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Unthread the needle, right back to the spool, and re-thread it. Check the thread path. Make sure it hasn't jumped out of one of the guides. In particular, make sure it's where it should be in the take-up lever.

That usually does it for my machine.

Also make sure there's nothing stuck between the tension discs.

gwh