Provided with a thread standing device capable holding a thread with excellent workability and a sewing machine provided with the thread standing device. A thread standing device includes: a spool pin around which a thread reel is inserted; a thread hooking base on which a thread wound around the thread reels is hooked; and a thread holding slider which is slidable with respect to the thread hooking base, the thread holding slider being movable between a first position for covering a thread hooking portion of the thread hooking base and a second position for exposing the thread hooking portion, the thread being hooked on the thread hooking portion, wherein the thread hooked on the thread hooking portion is held when the thread holding slider is slid to the first position.

A sewing machine includes a thread cutter. The thread cutter includes a cutter blade having a blade edge configured to cut a thread, and a movable member. The movable member includes a guide having a guide surface adjacent to the cutter blade. The guide is configured to receive force from the thread at the guide surface during the course of cutting the thread with the cutter blade and to move in a moving direction which is a longitudinal direction of the blade edge.

A sewing machine includes a thread cutter. The thread cutter includes a cutter blade having a blade edge configured to cut a thread, and a movable member. The movable member includes a guide having a guide surface adjacent to the cutter blade. The guide is configured to receive force from the thread at the guide surface during the course of cutting the thread with the cutter blade and to move in a moving direction which is a longitudinal direction of the blade edge.

Provided with a thread standing device capable holding a thread with excellent workability and a sewing machine provided with the thread standing device. A thread standing device includes: a spool pin around which a thread reel is inserted; a thread hooking base on which a thread wound around the thread reels is hooked; and a thread holding slider which is slidable with respect to the thread hooking base, the thread holding slider being movable between a first position for covering a thread hooking portion of the thread hooking base and a second position for exposing the thread hooking portion, the thread being hooked on the thread hooking portion, wherein the thread hooked on the thread hooking portion is held when the thread holding slider is slid to the first position.