Thanks to everyone who responded to my breaking threads question... both on the
List and directly to me.
Two people suggested that the threads could need moisture. I hadn't thought of
that even though we have discussed it before. My house does tend to be dry.
(My cats get static
Patricia in Wales wrote:-
I find it interesting that green seems to damage thread. (snip)
I believe I have evidence that the problem may really lie with the colour,
and not a rogue batch of cotton fibre, or even Madeira manufacture. After
considerable rummaging, I've found the bobbin of thread
Whether I have been lucky or not, over the last couple of years I have been
using the Colcoton Unikat threads quite a lot - including pale green and pale
turquoise-green and have had no problems at all with any of the colours
breaking, in either of the thicknesses. Unfortunately there is not a
Jacquie
i read your comments about winding z threads and considered how I wind my
bobbins. In fact. I wind mine anti clockwise as that's one of the things I do
lefthanded. Which strengthens the theory it is something in the dye which
weakens threads.
Patricia in Wales
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