Heavy-weight threads can be used through your regular looper threadpaths. Specific techniques may require that the thread bypass thethread port for the thread pull to be loosened. Start with the machinethreaded with regular serger thread.1. Open front cover and raise the presser foot.2. Just above the threading port, clip the looper thread to be replaced.Pull the thread out of the upper guides and remove the cone.3. Place the specialty thread on the spool pin. Thread it into the upperguides and clip it a couple of inches beyond the base plate (fig. A).4. With machine lock button released, use the tweezers to pull the exist-ing looper thread out of tube extending from the threading mecha-nism (fig. B). Leave the thread in the looper arm.5. Tie the specialty thread onto the regular thread with an overhand knot(fig. C). Pull on the regular thread from the looper eye until the spe-cialty thread comes through the looper eye.6. Place upper looper thread under the foot and to the left: clip lowerlooper thread at the base plate.If the thread is heavy and the overhand knot (step #5) is too large for thelooper tube, follow directions #1 thru #6 on page 79 to make a threadcradle. Then:1. Release machine lock button.2. While holding the loose ends of the thread cradle with one hand, usethe tweezers to pull the cradle loop out of the tube extending from thethreading mechanism with the other hand.3. Insert 2 inch(5cm) of your decorative thread into the cradle loop. Pullon the loose ends of the thread cradle from the looper eye until thespecialty thread comes through the looper eye.SPECIALTYTHREADS77Bypassing the Threading PortABCD