Gitermann thread is the worst to hand quilt/sew with. I love it for piecing though. Most of my friends use Surafil.

Use the bee's wax circle. Bee's wax comes in the plastic circle with slots in the circle. Just thread your needle and from the needle end, put you thread thru a slot, or you could pull the thread thru before you thread it in you needle. Hope this helps

I've used Gutermann but right now I'm hand quilting with Coats Cotton, but always run my cut thread through my little blue box. The blue box is "Thread Heaven" tread conditioner sure takes care of tangles..

I buy the hand quilting kind to make yo-yo's, but never really hand quilted anything.

I use beezwax on my thread and have no breakage or tangling.

Bee's wax works well. Just run your thread through it before sewing. Also, if you are hand sewing something, don't use quilting thread as it is too heavy. I use regular cotton for piecing and silk for applique.

I know an old trick, I will try to explain it, when you thread your needle pull the thread between two fingers and twang it like a guitar string, it works for me every time!

Just had that conversation with one of my kids, the grands have no idea. A house phone?????LOL

If you can't find thread heaven, use beeswax or run your thread across a candle stub.

I keep a small candle on the table, to run my thread..