Love this! You got a lemon and you made lemonade. But I wonder why it didn't work as intended. I'm just taking my very first stabs at FMQ, and it would be good to know if there's a way around this. I know others are using various kinds of fleece. I haven't tried it yet, but there's a project on the back burner. It's supposed to be a neck scarf with just two layers, calico patchwork FMQ'd to a soft fleece. Your experience makes me aware that I need to do some practice before I start. Pulling stitches from fleece would be an awful ordeal.