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One drop of oil on every moving part that rubs against something else. If the oil has gone gummy clean with carburetor cleaner, or carbon tectrachloride first.
Likely you need a thread lubricant so the thread will slide easier through the dense wool fabric when the hook pulls it over the bobbin and the take up arm pulls back.
unthread and rethread again make sure pressure foot is in the up position so the thread will be sure to get between the disk of the tension dial. set dial on 5. Happy sewing
Check your user manual. More than likely there are a couple of holes along the lower part of the machine where the material goes (throat of the machine). Usually oil goes in those holes but only a drop. The best oil is from the bicyle shop used to oil chains--Tri-Flow. I have a huskystar 217 for 5 years and have never felt that it needed oiling. Sews like a gem.
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