Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
When I use Gutterman thread my machine just hates it and knots up at the back. Gutterman does have a high fibre thread and it just breaks continually that is when its not knotting at the back.
my questions are:
Do you have the same trouble??
What thread do you use??
Do you stick to the Brother thread??
Elle
I don't know about Brother machines, but Gutterman and other European-made threads are wound differently than standard American spools. Ideally, they should be fed to the machine horizontally. American spools are fed the way we've seen them for years. My Bernina will take Gutterman and other European threads with the spool sitting up, but your machine may be sensitive to the angle from which the thread comes.
Another possibility is that the Gutterman is incompatible with your thread guides. It may be too fragile for the amount of back-and-forth in the thread path, or the thread guides themselves may be rough.
I would simply experiment with other brands of thread to see what works.