After unpacking, we're ready to start by plugging in the machine and getting it threaded.
So let's walk you through all the basics.
Take your plug-in cord, and plug it into the side of the machine.
This is the cord that needs to go, first, into the opening on the back side of your
foot control.
Once you put it in here, you really don't ever have to take it out.
For storing or traveling, there's plenty of space in here to wind up your cord, and just
slip it in for transportation.
We're going to just go ahead and find the end, and plug that into the side right next
to the power cord.
Now we can go ahead and turn it on, and make sure everything is ready to go.
Put our foot control on the floor.
And by the way, it is best to always have the machine plugged in to some type of surge
protector, or better yet a battery back-up.
It will really just help protect the machine, keep it nice and running smoothly.
Also, too, the little cord can sit out the side here so it is nice and flush.
That's the sound that it makes when it's all ready to go.
So let's get started!
Okay.
Foot control's on the floor.
There was a few things underneath the presser foot when we opened it up.
Theres a B foot and an S foot.
We'll get into all the accessories on another video.
This is a little, "How to use your needle threader."
Kind of nice to have right when you get started.
There is some tape on the machine, we're going to go ahead and un-seal all the pieces.
There's one more piece of Styrofoam from down underneath.
Holding the lid on.
There we go.
The last thing we're going to do is, there's a protective cover for the touch screen.
I'm going to go ahead and get that taken off.
There we go.
Beautiful.
Okay.
So for threading the machine, you're going to notice first off, there is thread on the
machine and the bobbin wound.
You have some spool caps that we'll talk about as we get going.
Then what we'll do is wind a bobbin after we've threaded it.
I said, yes, after we thread this machine.
So I do need to, quick, get a bobbin out of our accessory bag here.
We will go through all of these individually.
Great.
Are you ready?
So first off, you want to find a spool cap that best matches the size of spool you're
using.
So as you put that on, this one is a little big.
You actually have one more smaller one in your accessories.
Go ahead and put that on, and hold it in place.
Make sure you do not leave a gap in there as you put that onto the spool.
That thread will find its way down below or between, and that's not a friendly thing.
It also does not really matter which way the thread comes off the tip.
So if it's clockwise, or over or under, it doesn't matter.
So for threading it, we're going to take the thread, we're going over the silver bar on
the top.
I like to hold onto my threads when I start to thread it, because then it puts a little
bit of resistance, making sure that as I go through all the guides, it really makes sure
that you put it into the places properly.
Bring your left hand straight down.
There's a little arrow pointing down.
We're coming up and under.
We're going to go in on the right side all the way to the back, and down on the left
side.
You'll hear a little click.
That's the take-up lever up there.
There's one guide at the bottom, at the top of the needle.
Just go around to the left side.
And then the needle threader, we will do a video that's specifically close-up to the
needle threader, and let you actually see it.
I'm going to take a quick stitch.
That needle was not high enough up.
There we go.
Pull that needle right on through.
Now, why did we thread the machine first, before we did a bobbin?
We can use the part through the machine underneath a metal foot, we're going to come up here
and wind a bobbin.
We're going to take our thread, and in your bobbins there is a little hole, we're going
to thread it from the inside-out, through that little hole.
You'll notice on the bobbins, all bobbins are specific for machines.
So if you have never owned a Husqvarna Viking machine before, you will find you will need
all new bobbins.
They all have a little H on them.
H for Husqvarna.
So the H is always up.
So as long as we can see the H while we wind our bobbin, and when we put it down in the
bobbin area, we will always do it right.
I love that feature here.
We're going to slide this right up.
You'll notice there's two little metal bars here that protects the machine.
There's a little place here.
As we push down on out bobbin, that will set it all the way down.
Make sure it gets all the way down, and it clicks.
Push it over to engage it.
You're screen will come on.
You can go ahead and hold this on, and you can touch the, "Wind it," button on-screen
for a start or stop.
Or you can hold your foot control down.
You can do either one.
After it goes for a little bit, if it has not broken off yet, take some scissors and
make sure you get nice and close.
Leave no extra tail coming up on that side above the bobbin.
Actually, we have this wonderful feature, we're just going to go ahead and touch that
and let it fill.
It will stop.
If we want to make this go a slower speed, we can just slide that bubble up or down,
for a slower speed.
Now if you have some specialty threads, like a clear thread or metallic thread, we don't
recommend that you wind them through the needle.
We'll actually have you use them and go around this little pre-tensioner, and up and over.
When it's done, push the stop button on-screen, and then we are ready to slide this back.
There's a little cutter up here.
You can take the bobbin around the top and cut the thread.
Now we're ready to put the bobbin in.
Once again, we'll do a close-up video of putting your bobbin in.
We're looking for the H. Just put that in.
We're bringing it around.
There's a little click over the top ... Little arrows to point you across.
I like to leave this right in the little cutter, but don't pull just yet.
Put the door over the top of that, and then pull.
Now we're ready to stitch.
We're just going to make sure everything is threaded up, and ready to go.
Put your fabric underneath the presser foot.
You don't have a lifter back here, so you're going to just step on the foot control, and
it will start out for us.
Beautiful.
When we're done, we have a selective thread cutter.
It's the function with the pair of scissors on it.
Cut your thread, it lifts it up, and we are ready to go.
Let's get into the screen, your accessories, and everything you can do with this machine.