craftgrrl

i'm having a bit of a dillemma. ok a rather LARGE dillemma. i totally scored a new sewing machine, a viking with embroidery and everything. it's the iris model. the only problem is... i don't have a clue as to how to use it! i tested it out in the store and it seemed so easy, i thought it would come half-way set up. haha. i put the pressure foot on after much confusion, and i'm not 100% positive it's on right. now my latest problem is how to thread it- i have no clue if i'm doing it right. the instructions i got are pretty crappy and not really instructions at all. it just doesn't seem like any conventional step-by-step manual. does anyone have ANY experience with this or any viking machine?

i'd go back to the dealer but i'm in a huge time crunch and i don't know that i have any time to do that. here are a few pictures of the