MaryKatherine

New project, new needle in my LA but it's snagging the quilt top and pulling the thread? Worst of all its printed black material so it shows. Fixes? I'm thinking of going back to a top stitch needle.

dunster

Maybe you just have a bad needle?

feline fanatic

Sounds almost like a defective needle, like there might be a burr on it or something. I'd try a different needle.

Tartan

A new needle shouldn't pull threads. Try another one and if it does the same, switch back to a top stitch needle.

MaryKatherine

That's what I did. Put the old needle back in. Works fine now. But this has happened occasionally on both the LA and my domestic. I once read that a ball point needle designed for knits also solves the problem.