Originally Posted by
Tartan
Is your metallic thread round or flat? The flat kind tends to twist if not loaded properly.
Tartan, I have only seen flat holographic thread (Superior Glitter). It is like Mylar ribbon and is stack wound on the spool. It does need to be loaded on you machine so it feeds off the side of the spool instead of feeding off the top like a cross wound thread. For most domestic machines that would be a vertical spool pin instead of horizontal and on my LA it is exactly the opposite (a horizontal spool pin). I would not be able to run this thread on my Bernina without improvising something but I have run it on my LA as I have a special side spindle just for stack wound threads. It will easily stretch out of shape if it is not loaded properly and then it will break.