Sewing machine

A sewing machine comprising:

• a needle vertical movement mechanism that applies vertical movement to a sewing needle;
• and
• a thread cutter that cuts an upper thread passed through the sewing needle, on a lower side of a throat plate, wherein
• the thread cutter includes:
• a fixed knife;
• a moving knife that cuts the upper thread by guiding the upper thread close to a thread cutting portion of the fixed knife;
• and
• a driving source that drives the moving knife to guide the upper thread,
• the moving knife has a through-hole into which the sewing needle is loosely insertable and includes a thread cutting portion in an inner edge portion of the through-hole, and
• the sewing machine further includes:
• a controller that, by controlling the driving source, makes a stitch point of a first stitch of the sewing needle with respect to the through-hole of the moving knife, and moves the moving knife to a position where the fixed knife and the moving knife cut a sewing start end portion of the upper thread after a stitch point of a second stitch of the sewing needle.