sylvia77

This happened to me too! It was the clear, monofiliment thread and I just didn't see it get wrapped around the handwheel.

Dina

I never even thought of something like this happening! Thanks for the warning. I really appreciate it.

Dina

Silver Needle

I knew there was a reason I should pick up the top of my sewing machine table. Boy an I motivated now!

TacoMama

Thanks for the info! I have just used a cone of thread this weekend, but it is threaded on the machine. I hope that isn't a problem.

grann of 6

It happened to me with a cone of rayon embroidery thread. Luckily I saw it in time to get it out myself. Thanks to the surgical seam ripper I was able to get in there and get it out. I now make sure when I use a cone I put it BEHIND the machine and have the thread go between the 2 thread posts on my machine.

yetta

thank you for telling us, I always have a cone or two sitting around my sewing machine, I will be sure to remove them thanks again....

pasolovers

Thanks for the info, thank goodness your machine is still working!!!

JabezRose

I have fur babies that seem to like to wander between cone and machine so I definitely pull it out of the machine. Walking away for any length of time I could come back to the thread stretched off across the table and into the unknown.

copycat

ANOTHER WARNING ABOUT THREAD CONES LEFT ON SEWING TABLES: I had my thread cone in thread stand and threaded through my machine. While away for the day, our cat, Wilson, jumped up and got caught in the thread that reaches from cone to machine. YIKES!..... CAME HOME TO A SPIDER WEB OF THREAD THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. COPY CAT

MaryAnnMc

Good heavens, I never would have thought of such a thing. Sorry to hear about your machine, but I'm moving my cones now. Thanks for the warning.