Maybe it's cos I sew slow but I have very little problems with the cross wound spools. I use the C&C machine quilting thread in the 3000 + yard rectangular spool with the 1/2" (?) ID hole almost consistently. Most of the time it just turns around smoothly and gives me no trouble at all. I just drop it down on one of my widgets and sew.
About the only time I have problems with it is when I'm filling a bobbin. Then I just rest a finger on the spool and go for it.
A couple days ago I did some sewing with my HOTHER (15 Clone) and had the spool on top of the machine vertically. I had no problems at all.
Later as an experiment I put it on a thread stand and tried it that way. No difference in the way the machine sewed.
I must be doing something wrong, I don't have any trouble with the thread on cross wound spools.
Please help, I feel so lonely and left out.
Joe