Your bobbin could be set too tight. We find the Amaya runs better with the bobbin set a little on the loose side. Good luck, Ed Orantes Ed & Maralien Orantes E.M. Broidery 900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200 Terrytown, La. 70131 504-EMBROID (504-362-7643) or 504-433-0099 office 504-433-0100 fax -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Auriesville Embroidery Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 12:29 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] starting stitches Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our Amaya takes several jump stitches before continuing on to the = design. It is not "catching" in these first few jumps.. We had the = jumps set to 5 and then to 7....then to 9... at almost 9 it catches. = Can someone suggest help? thanks Margaret -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: image/jpeg -- File: bear.jpg