Singer Featherweight skipping

[Lynn K.]

My Singer Featherweight is skipping stitches. I have cleaned and oiled it and put in a new needle. Does anyone else have any ideas what could be causing this and how to fix it?

[Lynn K.]

I asked this same question on Friday at Yahoo. I got a few lengthy suggestions on what the problem could be. It seemed the answer had to do with the needle as that was the last thing I worked on. Sure enough, you all hit the nail on the head. I had the needle in backwards. Problem solved, thank you.

[Anne B.]

If someone else has this problem, even after putting a new needle in with the flat side to the left and threading the needle from right to left, try checking under the throat plate.

There's a little indentation there that the finger of the bobbin case holder is supposed to sit in. If the finger isn't in that indentation, you'll get skipped stitches.

Anne in Vancouver, Canada