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?
You can place the spool in a cup or jar behind the machine and just thread around the spindle as if it were part of the thread path. What can really help in this situation (aside from a thread net) is an "outrigger". This is just a plastic stick with a hole at one end allowing it to slide onto the spindle and another hole -- at the other end, of course -- through which you pass the thread. This feeds the thread so it has no chance of wrapping around the spindle.
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.