sewing machine help!!!

[str4wberrylover.livejournal.com]

hi you all crafty ladies (& gents) :)

i need some help on my sewing machine!!!! >_






*if you cant see clearly from the pictures, the thread basically goes like this:
__ _ ____ _ _ __________ ___ ________ __ _ _ _ ________ (both the top & the bottom)

(as supposed to be: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ )

okay, and here's the settings on my machine:






well, everything looks juz right to me, so i dunno what's wrong.... but it's juz not working =_[

help??

*note: my machine is an old (10+ yrs old) Singer
**thanks for any help :)