Old 03-18-2014, 12:15 PM
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Ya!!! So glad you found the answer!!!

Originally Posted by PlanoDebbie
I had been having a problem with my longarm skipping stitches and thread breaking for about two weeks now. I have changed the needle 4 times, checked all of my upper and lower tension and pretty much everything I could think of.

Today, I decided to thread a piece of dental floss in the needle to help make sure I was getting my needle pointing in the right direction as well as all the way up in the needle shaft. I pulled up on both ends of the floss to hold the needle as high in the shaft as possible before I finished turning the screw holding it in place.

S H A Z A M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Apparently my needle wasn't seated as high as possible which was causing my skipped stitches and thread breakage.

I had already been searching on Google trying to find a Longarm dealer in my area that might take it in as a trade.

Dental floss saved my life today!!!
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