Something I learned about thread is that it is wound differently on your spool. Some are cross grain which is good to let stand on end and some that are smooth filled and have to be laid on side and how it comes off has to be on its side. Learned this at the longarm class when trying to use differnt threads. Was real interesting. See, 90/14 quilting needle will give you grief also. Really should be a metallic needle, do we need to send you a pack?