Threading Janome Overlocker 8000 Series 9200DX 9300DX | Abi’s Den ✂️🧵🌸 Abi’s Den ✂️🧵🌸

[@charmainegarnham9722]

I’m so hot i feel like i’ve ran a 5k marathon!! honestly could overlocker be anymore fiddly to thread?!? I thought to myself “it’s a new machine, learn how to thread it from the start” stupid stupid idea. Taken me an hour and a half! THANK YOU Abi! the only clear tutorial on how to thread my new machine! 👏👏👏

[@AbisDen]

If you need any more help just shout. This is a fiddly machine to thread but I’ve never heard it compared to a 5k, haha! But well done 💪🏽💪🏽 now unthread it and do it again! Thread it 3 more times until you don’t need to check the instructions. You’ll be glad you did x

[@charmainegarnham9722]

@@AbisDen Great idea, i’ll be able to do it with my eyes closed! Definitely not easy to thread the first time, but got to say i’m loving it. Thank you Abi i will do ♥️

[@ascotinireland6277]

Hi Abi, you have just saved me from going insane and chucking my overlocker out the window, which would be a shame as ive always wanted one and finally have it! The official video on this was so confusing with the green thread, im so glad I gave up on it and found yours, its was so clear. Thank you! 😊

[@michellemaher8110]

Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial. I was confused by the manual and agree that Janome should provide the tools that they use in the manual. Your instructions are so clear and concise. 🙏

[@AbisDen]

You are welcome!p

[@lesterfalcon1350]

It's been 12 years since my 9200D has been in use, at some point it seized up. Just got it back from a service. I used to run through this process so quickly, but I was baffled. Doesn't help that I didn't need reading glasses back then. Thanks for this video, so helpful.

[@sandyhamberger9312]

I know some of these comments are fairly old but as someone who is new to my Overlocker your guidance has been a life saver.

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant!

[@mychowhound]

This was a fantastic video. You are right , the directions that come with it are so confusing . Taking the foot off and disengaging the knife was so helpful. I have the Mod 8933 and like someone else said, it’s almost identical to the one in your video. I was able to do it right the first time. Thank you so much.

[@AbisDen]

That’s amazing. Well done. 👍🏽

[@r.baileykeatting4378]

Thank you! Putting the blade down and removing the foot was the trick that did it for me! What a difference! Now I can get this project done!

[@AbisDen]

Excellent!

[@ritabridges3187]

Well done, I have watched the official website for threading the Janome overlocker without being told of the second eye to thread through from left to right, for the "green" information. You made it so clear and suddenly it became so obvious what I was doing incorrectly. Brilliant, please take a bow! Thank you very much. Rita

[@susaneamer-tsoureas9550]

Thank you so much for making this tutorial! I spent 2 hours this morning trying to rethread the lower loop after a needle broke on a 3 minute job. The instruction manual isn’t easy to navigate and the information you gave about the threader (which is very confusing in the manual when you don’t know what they are talking about!) really helped to demystify the pictures on page 32. Also, following your tutorial I realised the order of threading is important as I had rethreaded the lower loop correctly, but couldn’t understand why the thread broke each time I started using it. Thank you also for explaining about how much easier it is to thread when you lower the blade and remove the foot. I really am so grateful to you for this video and for helping me to understand my machine!

[@DundeesTangerine]

Great instructions. First time I've ever managed to thread my overlocker easily. Thank you.

[@yarnlyrical6658]

I don’t know how I’d manage to re-thread without this video. Thank you!

[@michellegreen2428]

Just wanted to say thank you so much. I have a new 9300DX and the lower looper came unthreaded and despite the instructions I couldn't get it to overlock correctly. Rethreaded all of it as per your vlog and hey presto it's working. Thanks again 😊

[@AbisDen]

You're welcome! ✨🙌🏽

[@liamwoodsidelandandpropert3029]

Than you very much Abbi - I would never have been able to re-thread my 9200D if not for your excellent tutorial!

[@vickirees7956]

Thank you Abi after spending 4 hours and breaking two needles trying to find the guide I came to KZbin and found your video , you literally saved my sanity. Thank you

[@AbisDen]

You’re welcome 😊 please do subscribe and share the love x

[@helenweatherby1694]

Thank you so much for this. I have just bought the 9200D. Slightly terrified!

[@MaryFunk-Butterworth]

Thank you so much! Im so grateful for your generosity in creating this video. Now I think I understand how the green looper is threaded. Xx

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome!

[@karencannon1510]

Hi Abi, can't thank you enough for making this fantastic vlog. I always struggle to thread my janome, so frustrating!! I sat for 3 hours with the instruction book, and could not get the machine to stitch properly. You are right, the instructions are not as clear as they could be. But your vlog was just so clear and informative, thank you so much. You have saved me a fortune as I was ready to take the machine to my local Janome agent!!

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome! Some of us learn better with videos so I’m glad this helped you. ☺️

[@annwhite2301]

Hi Abbi, I was given my Janome without instructions, you won't believe how long it has taken me to learn how to thread this machine and work out how this machine works. Thank you so much for adding the link for the instuctions. Keep up with the great Tutorials.

[@annprice7155]

I will be forever grateful for this video, its my 'go to' whenever i have to re-thread my overlocker which thankfully is not too often. Thank you xxxxx

[@AbisDen]

You're welcome!

[@KarenBrookes-Ferrari-l6t]

Thank you this was a lifesaver after a very frustrating attempt!

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant, well done!

[@jacquiedwards9893]

Thank you very much for this video, I was ready to throw it at the wall !! Made my day much happier !!

[@AbisDen]

Nooo! ☺️ haha !! You're welcome!! ☺️

[@nicyeets631]

THANK YOU!!! I have been too scared to re-thread this overlocker for a year! You have made it so simple that I feel rather foolish for putting it off for so long. Thanks so much! x

[@marjorieaddison-i6q]

Thank you so much for this video - the only thing out there that makes any sense!

[@Sooz3112]

I think I'll not have the patience for this model..😂. Very helpful video to show the steps, thank you x

[@louisan1825]

Phew! I unpacked my overlocker today, and knotted new threads on as per the instructions and nearly wept when it didn’t work. Your video saved the day. Thank you so much!

[@jennywalker9572]

Thank you! You have stopped the swearing that was being hurled at the thing for the past five days! Great video and I love your calm xx

[@AbisDen]

🙀🤣 brilliant. Well done 💪🏽

[@annekeep7320]

Hi Debbie. Thank you for all your demo’s. I can listen to you all day long. Keep up the brilliant work. X

[@annekeep7320]

Sorry I got your name wrong. Your voice and accent is so like my cousin from Southport.

[@EmmaCooke-d1n]

Thank you so much. I had been sitting swearing at my overlocker for 40 mins before watching your video, and as soon as I watched it, I could thread my machine!

[@AbisDen]

Amazing!!! Well done. 👏🏽 swearing at the overlockers only makes them sad 😔 love them and they will love you back. Just Like with cats 🐈‍⬛

[@angelanicholson951]

​@@AbisDenHaha

[@annprice7155]

thank you, thank you, thank you...............Soooooooooooo much! I have struggled to re-thread my 9200D overlocker and consequently have not used it for a long, long time. Came across your instruction video which is so good to follow.

[@gilljenkins2226]

Fabulous tutorial, clear and very easy to follow. Thank you

[@AbisDen]

You’re welcome 😊

[@emarkit1]

THANKS a lot! I got there. You've given the clearest 'how to' of any I've watched. :)

[@AbisDen]

Glad it helped! 🎉🥰

[@jemimahshekinah-shalom9758]

Thank you very much. I bought this dreaded machine at the beginning of lockdown; Mar/Apr. When I saw the instructions I knew that it would be trouble. So, for the 1st few occasions that I used it, I tied my threads to the one that came with it until luck ran out. Then today I had to thread it. Overlockers are fiddly to thread most of the time, but this one takes it to another level. Brother; at anytime. As soon as CV19 packs its bags and go, I shall go and service my old reliable Brother of 15 years. Brother; the best at anytime. Thanks once again.

[@sambamforth3607]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, best ever. I almost threw mine out of the window before I watched this!

[@AbisDen]

Oh wow! Good thing we saved you x 🎈🎉

[@sadiecook5703]

Thank you so much Abu, just had to retreat my Janome for the first time and this saved me x

[@armilton01]

After trying for 2 days...a couple of hours each, I got it! The lower looper is tough! I could see from my stitches that it was the trouble maker! Your video is a life saver!!!! It's very clear and easy to follow. I'm very new to sewing and just got my serger (Mod-8933). So glad your model was almost identical! I was tempted to get the Brother model bc of is popularity but this model was rated a little higher and for longevity, the better machine. So glad I purchased this one as everything has a learning curve. 😊

[@ellenrepton9228]

Thank you for putting this on have managed to rethread my overlocker

[@AbisDen]

💪🏾✨

[@mollyandmackintosh8880]

Thank you. I’ve had this machine for years and been afraid to use it. Suddenly it’s brilliant, thank you.

[@leedavis5958]

Hi Abi. Thank you so so much. It was the lower looper that i could not get right. I will get it back out of it's box. And have a go. Thank you again. think i need to come too your class.👍😊🤞

[@AbisDen]

lee davis brilliant. Hope you get cracking with it

[@beverleymortonraistrick4200]

Fantastic video, making scrubs and tried to change colour thread and accidentally pulled old thread right out, after a time, nearly giving up, I decided to use utube. I have done it now. Fantastic. Xx

[@vivlee3840]

It really does get easier and quicker the more you use it. I wish I hadn't got rid of my 9200d, it's stronger and more sturdier than the easier- to- thread replacement I got.

[@yvonnemclean4552]

Thanks! That video was so much easier to follow than the other ones I found.

[@rebelle4503]

Thank you so much for this! I have not used my overlocker for over 10 months as it needed to be re-threaded and the manual is not great. Your video is so helpful and I managed to get it threaded and up and running.

[@AbisDen]

Well done 👏🏽

[@joycethigpen5230]

Thank you!!! Your instructions were great! I didn't know how to move the cutting knife.nor how to lift the sewing foot. I will be checking in again. This is my first Janome.

[@AbisDen]

Congratulations on your new toy Joyce! Have fun and keep watching x 🪡💫✨

[@attyarlene]

Thank you very much for this video. It's always a struggle for me to thread my serger. Your video helped a lot.

[@AbisDen]

You are welcome!

[@MichelleSewsAgain]

Thank you! Thank you! I spent two days trying to follow the manual with no success. You made this so easy!!!

[@PixiLeRoo]

Thank you so much that was so helpful - I managed to finally thread my interlocker 👍🏻🙂

[@AbisDen]

Great job!

[@gokaijourney2105]

THANK YOU! You are so very clear in your instructions and advice.

[@cindycallahan3688]

Your tutorial is SO helpful! You take your take and patiently go through each step. Thank you!

[@76ACL]

I'm so glad I found your video again. You helped me a while back when I first got my serger and I messed it up trying to retread. This video is so good! Thanks for posting it.

[@judyparnell1963]

Thank you so much for your video my Janome came with a CD that you can watch but you are better and more thorough 😊

[@AbisDen]

That’s brilliant. Thank you for the feedback x

[@heleneversett4730]

Brilliant video, complete lifesaver! Thank you Abi ❤

[@AbisDen]

You're so welcome!

[@wendysimm7615]

You are an angel, new serger 300xd my thread kept snapping as l had trouble threading the first looper you have made me so happy. A huge thanks

[@myrabyfield8580]

Thank you for a lovely clear demo. I just couldn't get the last step of the lower looper. I watched another demo first but I was none the wiser. I am going great guns now.

[@ChristianTrampenau]

Thank you so much, this has helped me out and got me back up and running :)

[@AbisDen]

That’s great news! Thanks for the feedback!

[@oliverknipe]

You are amazing thanks so so much for doing this ❤️

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome!

[@jenniferyang610]

Hi Abi, thank you very much for the very very helpful and detailed instruction for threading on a Janome Overlocker, with all your help I got to finish threading my overclocker and it is working wonderfully! I am so happy and so grateful for your tutorial!

[@jenniferstevens2957]

Hi. Love your you tube demo.

[@artsy6514]

Thank you! Got my first overlock and got it right with the first tima :)

[@AbisDen]

Nice job!

[@BethWest]

Thank you for this! It’s just what I needed today

[@theoccasionalstitcher]

Thank you so much, fab instructions!!

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome!

[@annprice7065]

Thank you so much, I am much better when I see instructions and no good with a manual

[@CrystalElise917]

I feel like I can do this now! Thank you!

[@dandeepattee8622]

So incredibly helpful!!! Thank you!

[@LynBromley-pf7gb]

This is so helpful, thank you!

[@AbisDen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@katemassey6198]

Did you ever do the video showing how to thread the overlocker with the tools or gadgets shown in instructions?

[@judithbrothwell6730]

Thanks for great video. I am able to thread the hidden guides for the lower looper reasonably well, but frequently have an issue with one or both loopers coming unthreaded once I run with the new thread. Is there a specific way that the lower looper thread has to go in relation to the upper looper thread as this is all I can think, but I do thread in the correct order and pull the first thread under the foot and to the left side before threading the upper looper? Thanks.

[@AbisDen]

Hey Judith. When you thread the machine, be sure to make sure all threads are coming through freely and not entangled with each other. That should hopefully be all that’s needed

[@valeriebiber7853]

Thank you, thank you! I was ready to toss it out the window. Your explanation was spot on. xo

[@AbisDen]

Thank you for your feedback and well done 👏🏽

[@Chidi_mara_Nma]

Thank you ! thank you ! thank you! sooooo much for this video Abi❤️

[@AbisDen]

Aww x you are so welcome xx

[@emilyroselowe524]

Thank you so much. I couldnt rethread it and every time i tried made me feel so frustrated. ❤❤

[@AbisDen]

Glad I could help!

[@wendysimm7615]

You didn’t use the gadget threader you said you would?

[@zsh3077]

Dear abi you are the best

[@AbisDen]

Thank you for your support 🪡🌷🙌🏽

[@janspenno2241]

Wow. I wish I had had this when I got my overlocker. Used to take two of us and a magnifying glass. I’m better at it now. The instructions in the manual are also not the best. Great video ✅

[@carolinelobban8004]

Hi, do you have the video showing how to use the threading gadget

[@AbisDen]

I don’t think so but I’m going to go ahead and make it for the channel

[@colettemonaghan8846]

Abi, these are great instructions, thank you. BUT I'm now having a problem putting the presser foot back on! Is there a trick to this? I can't seem to find any instructions for changing presser feet on Janome's site that might help.

[@eviewhite7924]

Hi Abi! Thanks so much for the tutorial. For some reason my lower looper on this machine keeps coming unthreaded and I don’t know what to do 😭 have you got any tips?

[@AbisDen]

💕 Clean the machine and thread it in the correct order. The lower looper thread should be through all of the guides properly and securely or they slip out easily and unthread the machine. 👍🏽

[@eviewhite7924]

@@AbisDen just tried threading the whole thing again as you said and it seems to be working at least for now! Thank you so much for helping x

[@carolegroom5161]

Hi abbi, I have a Janome harmony 9102d. Do I thread this overlocker the same as your demo. I have looked at instruction book , I find it confusing. You are more explanatory and I can understand what your doing. I’m not a no is to overlocker but my daughter sold this one to me and it keeps breaking the threads. So I can only put it down to the threading by doing it wrong. Hope you can help me or advice me.

[@matildabateman5075]

Hello, I recently picked up this machine 9200D (first overlocker :D ) and am trying to work out whether the pedal is faulty or not - is the machine supposed to be variable speed? Its terrifyingly fast.

[@joannasmith6560]

Just unpacked my brandnew Janome 9300dx, all threaded up and ready to go, but the engine just whizzes and doesn't drive the machine. If I turn the handle it will sew beautifully manually but the pedal is powered but doesn't drive the needles or anything. Any help gratefully recieved. Jo

[@AbisDen]

Oh no Joanna. That’s not a good start. I suspect, possibly, It’s the belt inside that has come away so the machine needs to go back.

[@colettemonaghan8846]

Oops! Decided to ask my husband to see if he could do it. So I showed him what was needed and how it simply wasn't working and lo and behold! it suddenyly clicked! He reckons it was the way he was standing, watching that did it;-)

[@AW-ch3yk]

Great video, you’ve explained it so well. I’m still struggling though! I have no chain of stitches just straight thread. Any ideas?

[@AbisDen]

Sounds like the loopers are out of sync 😬

[@jenniferstevens2957]

I threaded my overlocker a d managed about 6 inches of fabric ok. But then the needle thread broke and keeps happening help please. Is my tension wrong

[@maryannfeeney9763]

Great Video. Too bad Janome doesn't provide a better link for threading. Instructional DVD came with new machine I purchased but who uses DVD anymore!!!

[@janisfraser6720]

I would not have gotten my serger started if it was not for this video. Meegwetch (many thanks in Ojibway)

[@lillethsewsew2637]

Thanks for video. Followed directions but my machine still won’t chain. I have been working on rethreading for two days. Nothing seems to work. But I appreciate the video

[@AbisDen]

Oh no! Check the timing,that maybe the next step.A couple of videos in the overlocker playlist will help you

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

great instructions but I can't replace the pressure foot ! it just wont click into place.

[@AbisDen]

😬 that can be frustrating. Take care not to damage the thread of the screw. It takes patience

[@PenelopeHephzibahValleley]

help !!!!!! i have been given a janome 344D overlocker always wanted one but i feel like im going crazy because no matter how much i try it does not work please help

[@AbisDen]

Sadly, people often sell or give away machines that are damaged, they seem to work but timing has been ruined on them. It sounds like this could have happened to your machine

[@wendysimm7615]

What is the gadget you mention to purchase to help threading

[@hetsoper6710]

What an absolute star ⭐ you are. It’s been a while since I’ve used my overlocker so your tutorial was fantastic! Thank you so much. I’m just about to make a towelling beach robe, any tips on tensions or is it just trial and error? Thank you Heather 🙃

[@AbisDen]

Amazing. Thank you. With towels on machines, just take care to not let the fabric ravel so I would sit just before you’re ready to sew and handle with care. Tensions don’t need altering too much but you will find curves (armholes) may be trickier to sew so feed them into the machine carefully

[@clairestrickland5140]

thank you so much!!

[@clairestrickland5140]

I've had this overlocker for years, and it only ever came with a DVD as its manual. I've been frustrated with it unthreading and from watching your tutorial I'm sure I've been missing out a coulple of thread holders. Thank you!

[@TodayinJensSewingRoom]

Good grief, now I know never to buy a Janome serger! This was a whole lotta trouble to thread. Makes me appreciate my little Brother!

[@katherinem2504]

I read this comment and it made me feel like my Janome was going to be a bitch to thread but it’s really simple to rethread! No worry

[@wendysimm7615]

Once l watched this tutorial it made perfect sense and threading is made simpler , the lower thread is hard but once you know what to do it is fine. I love my Janome sewing machine and now my overlocker.♥️

[@Bernietheoc]

👏👗

[@AbisDen]

Thank you Bernadette ☺️

[@sueb4496]

Hi, John Lewis have the guide as a PDF and the threading isn’t quite the same. Your third thread in, that goes through the right needle, goes underneath the chrome bar, not across it. johnlewis.scene7.com/is/content/JohnLewis/231340609mnl1pdf?

[@lotsoflola9516]

Thank you for the link to the guide.

[@Bernietheoc]

👏

[@willdryden971]

I have the Janome 9300DX model I have watched the video ( which is in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYG1eqNtrJ59nJo it does not include the lower looper threader in the video) the machine is excellent as it has the lay in tension not the beehive tension

[@mairamishenbaeva6873]

Перевод на русский

[@AbisDen]

извини

[@bernadettewoodsmilliesmum]

Thank you so much I was struggling and now I know 🫣

[@AbisDen]

Happy to help!