Help please!! I seem to be having problems with the bobbin thread showing through on the top of the work. I have adjusted tensions etc but found it seems to be the way the bobbin thread is wound. I did a complete design no problem. Started the same design again without changing anything at all, and after much frustration found that the bobbin thread had wound on unevenly, but it was ok 5 minutes before on the other design. Has anyone found that the bobbin thread winds on even, then goes loose and all over the place, then goes back to even again? It has happened twice today (different bobbins) and is driving me mad as without checking the bobbin every 5 minutes I can't see how to rectify it. Any offers? I will send cake lol

My machine has a special bobbin case that is set for a tighter lower tension. Also helps to lower the top tension.

Sandy

3 comments

by dooniebabe 21 Nov 2012

You would think with a stand alone embroidery machine it wouldn't need adjusting lol Seems ok again now.

by pennyhal 23 Nov 2012

That is what is confusing. My bobbin case has its own tension control so it shouldn't matter how loosely the thread is wound on the bobbin. I could see that it would be a problem if the thread was wound too tightly.

by dooniebabe 24 Nov 2012

It seems to have been ok since :-)

I had the problin. took the bobbin out, and but it right back in . it worked for me

1 comment

by dooniebabe 21 Nov 2012

So annoying as by that stage the design is ruined and you have to start again :-( It goes ok for ages then somehow doesn't like the bobbin.

I had the problem once where the thread was wound loosely on a portion of the bobbin. I must have been fooling around with the machine or something when I was winding it. But it was just with one bobbin. Try winding a new bobbin making sure it is wound properly. If you still have problems, then you know for sure if it is how the bobbin is wound issue. I assume you cleaned out the bobbin area of the machine and got rid of any loose threads hiding there.

1 comment

by dooniebabe 21 Nov 2012

It's definitely the bobbin itself as you can see it's wound loosely, but was fine when it went into the machine, it's as though it wound ok, then loose, then ok, without being touched lol

I use plastic-sided prewounds because of the difficulty I had in obtaining the perfectly wound bobbin. It seems that the lighter weight bobbin thread needs special attention during winding and I was incapable of finding the "special" touch. I also purchased a second bobbin case and adjusted it specifically to the prewounds.

1 comment

by dooniebabe 21 Nov 2012

I have prewounds (card though not plastic) for my other machine and they run well on that. May think of another bobbin case as well. Thanks.