Originally Posted by
IBQLTN
Without reading through the entire thread about the tension I don't know if anyone has offered this suggestion. I have sold Viking, Singer, Brother and Pfaff. I can tell you one thing that helps a lot is to close the lid to the top of the machine so that thread does not fly out of the uptake lever when it gets going really fast when the thread is in the horizontal position.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for the suggestion. My machine actually has a cover that comes down when the pressure foot is lowered. otherwise I would give it a try. I have actually made it through several small projects this week without the problem. Don't know why or how, but I'm not questioning it.