My Serger came unthreaded

[cin]

And after 25 minutes, DH is now trying to get it re-threaded. So DH spends about 5 minutes working it and has it threaded. Something that costs so much should be a little easier to use, right?????:mad:

rant over.

[Gamom3]

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[Margaret in CO]

The trick I've found on mine is not to try to cut corners and leave some of the threads in there. Unthread it ALL and start from the beginning. Every time I don't, it takes longer. What's helped me too--an OTT light--I just can't see all those little places otherwise. Mine's a Jonome MyLock and it's a workhorse. I've had it for 10 years. ACK? Can that be right? Let's see--dd was around 13 when I started sewing serious horse show clothes. I figured I paid for it with the first set of tails for saddle seat.

[CLHCO]

But believe it or not, you will get the hang of it. Mine has the bottom thread (most difficult to do) often coming loose if I do something wrong or don't put it in just the right place. Just practice a few times.

It took me a few months to sit down and get the guts to work on threading one though so I hear your pain. It's not even mine. It belongs to my mother who has had it for maybe a couple years and has never used it. She watched the video and it overwhelmed her.

I think watching an overview on video is sometimes not a good thing. You look at the whole, big, complicated ordeal instead of just taking one little piece at a time out of the instructions.

Don't start using it with the blade on something you really like. I sliced a few things when the lower material pulled up. :( Thankfully, it was a little dress for my daughter that was already way too big for her and I just cut the damage off instead of hemming it up like I originally planned. It worked out.

[cin]

I have a husqvarna, and I do love it! Janome is a good brand too, that is what my regular machine is. After dh got it threaded I whipped up skirts. I'm now onto pinning the waistband and hems. I sew everything with white thread, and just thread it when it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. I think my 3 yr old unthreaded it, my 6 yo knows to NOT touch mommy's machine.