Sewing machine

A sewing machine, comprising:

• a plurality of bobbins delivering a plurality of threads having leading ends;
• thread guiding means for receiving the leading ends of the threads, being delivered from said bobbins, and holding the leading ends by a predetermined length on said thread guiding means;
• means for selecting one of the threads held on said thread guiding means;
• a needle having an eye;
• a thread take-up lever having a thread receiving hole, the thread receiving hole having an opening;
• thread taking-out means for holding the leading end of the thread, being selected by said thread selecting means, and for taking out the leading end to a position adjacent to the eye of said needle;
• movable thread hooking means reciprocating in response to the thread taking-out action of said thread taking-out means, for moving forward to hook a portion of the taken-out thread, said portion being placed between said thread take-up lever and said needle, for moving backward, and for stopping at an intermediate position between said thread take-up lever and said needle, said movable thread hooking means thereby giving tension to the thread and letting the thread pass through the thread receiving hole of said thread take-up lever;
• and
• threading means positioned adjacent to the eye of said needle when said thread taking-out means brings the leading end of the thread adjacent to the eye of said needle, and threading the leading end of the thread through the eye of said needle.