Thread the machine normally as far as the needle, but instead of passing the thread through/underneath the pressure foot, wrap it a couple of times around the knob at the side of the pressure foot.
Slide open the bobbin cover & insert bobbin. There is a small flip lever on the left-hand side inside the bobbin cover. Press the light colored button on the lever down. Make sure the machine is set for straight stitch, forward direction. Then just "sew" at medium speed. After a couple of revolutions, the thread wrapped around the pressure foot knob will break loose. The original bobbins are clear on top with concentric white lines-- don't wind the bobbin any further than the outside white line.
After you've got the bobbin wound, with thread, close the bobbin-cover hatch. Closing the hatch will automatically trip the lever back into the normal "sewing" position, although you can flip it back manually if you want. With the needle in the "up" position, you can just pull a loop of thread up through the feed hole, lower the pressure foot, and sew away.
Hope that makes sense!
If the bobbin is already wound with thread, you can load the bobbin, with 3 inches or so of thread from the bobbin laying across the top of the bobbin. Turn the machine a couple of revolutions so the threaded needle passes through the feed hole. Raise the pressure foot, and use a small pair of scissors, nail file, or whatever to 'swipe' underneath the pressure foot. This should pull both the 'needle' thread and the 'bobbin' thread up through the feed hole. On my model 626, this sometimes takes a couple of attempts!
Kent
October 2005
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