Help with transparent thread
#14
I use a drop of Quilter's Aid on every thread I use. I think it makes a world of difference when winding bobbins. I use it on my computerized machine and vintage machines. It keeps the friction down so not as much lint from the cotton threads. My machine guys says my machines never have a lint build up. As for the transparent thread, poly is the best, not nylon. Nylon stretches too much and will break.
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
i'm using poly now and it's wrapping itself around the spindle. there's no room on the sled for another thread holder. any suggestions?
If you don't have an outrigger, tape a closed safety pin on the back of your machine so the round hole sticks up above your machine on the far right. Place the thread in a jar behind the machine and thread through the safety pin circle, ignoring the spindle.
#19
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the way the lizzie is set up, the thread comes off the spool, straight up, through an arm that has a hole for the thread, and then forward through a series of threadways on the way to the needle. since the thread is already going straight up through a hole in an arm, what else can be done to keep it from wrapping? it doesn't happen with any other thread.
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