vondae

New to me also. I will need to make a note & put it where I well see it, to remind myself, until I get used to doing it this way. Old habits are hard to break. But, I don't want to mess up my machine. They are not cheap to fix or replace.
Thanks for sharing this info.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

If it is a tension issue, it seems like you could cut the thread right before the tension knob and pull forward. On my machine that would waste much less thread than cutting at the spool.

Prissnboot

So forgive me for not having yet read all the responses, but what happens if your thread breaks and you can't find the end that goes through the needle? How do you get the thread out then?

QltrSue

I remember Nancy's tip, too, and sometimes remember to do it! It does seem to make sense to "floss" for lint.

Jingle

I read this sometime back when someone posted it. I tried to remember for a while but, returned to the 'wrong' way. My machines are not computerized. Never had a problem doing it 'wrong'.

retiredteacher09

Thanks for this information. Either I wasn't listening in home ec 43 years ago or I wasn't taught that. I will start doing it the correct way.

I think I have turned my hand wheel backwards a few times. I will need to make sure I don't do that anymore.


Connie

suern3

My Pfaff dealer told me to do that when she was orienting me to my new machine. Her explanation had to do with lint accumulation. Sometimes I actually do it that way

littlehud

Thanks, I learned something new today

gale

I learned this on a Paula Reid video a few years ago. Now it's second nature to do it that way. I do hate wasting thread but I do it anyway.

gale

In that case i would pull it through however I could. But it wouldn't be the majority of the time so I think once in a while wouldn't hurt. I haven't had my thread break in my Janome but I have had it break in my Brother embr. machine.