Hello Skye.
Presser foot up, thread the machine as normal, open the slide plate, push the little lever over that willl raise the winder, make sure you have a bobbin in, wind the thread a few times round the screw on the presser foot, press on the foot control slowly and wind the bobbin, don't go over the last mark on the bobbin.
drivewithken@blueyonder.co.uk, July 2008