Playing -

 

 

Today I wanted to try to solve my thread breaking issues - 

 

And I wanted to play with some of my new thread - 

But first I wanted to check my needle for any burrs - 

That might be breaking my thread - 

So I ran the thread around the "eye" like I was "flossing" - 

And nothing snagged - so the needle is fine - 

Next I played with the tension settings - again -

 

Started with loosening the bobbin tension just a bit - 

 

And then another bit - 

 

Until I eventually got this -

 

Finesse (50 wt - poly) on top - 

Decobob (80 wt - cottonized polyester) on bottom - 

 

Front - 

 

 

Back - 

 

Then I pulled out some new "prewound" bobbins - 

 

Played with the "lavender" one - 

 

And got this - 

 

Finesse (50 wt - poly) on top - 

Superior Threads - SuperBobs (60 wt - poly) - on bottom - 

 

Front - 

 

Back - 

 

For the bobbins - I did the "drop test" per the manual - 

Loosened the tension until the bobbin case rolled to vertical in my hand - 

But did NOT lift off my hand -

If it did - it would be too tight per the manual - 

 

Then I checked the TOWA gauge reading - and got 170 - 200 -

 

And compared that to the Superior Thread TOWA Gauge Reference Guide - 

Listed as "TOWA Bobbin Gauge Template" - HERE - 

Which lists my threads in the 170 - 200 range -

So it looks like I got that part right -

 

But I'll test it some more in the next few days - 

As I play with more of my new thread -

 

And - the good news is - NO thread breaks - 

 

There definitely is a fine line between - 

 

The top tension being tight enough to pull up the bobbin thread - 

 

And being so tight that it breaks the thread - 

 

Loosening the bobbin tension seems to have solved that -

 

Now it doesn't have to work so hard to pull up the bobbin thread - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -