Mono filament thread (also known as demon spawn)

May 06, 2009 11 Replies
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I was working with "invisible" thread the other day and I'm certain the air above me was blue. You know how the stuff tangles around the spool holder and sticks to the spool and generally won't behave? Well, my son walked in and watched for a minute or so and left the room and came back about 15 minutes later and fixed the problem forever. I was working on my Janome 6600, which has two upright thread holders. He took the spool of demon spawn thread, popped it onto a little gizmo he had made and hung it from the thread holders. Wow. The spool spins freely and the thread comes off the spool just right. No more tangles or sticking places or nasty swearing.



I told him I wanted a free standing one for use with my other machines and he says he'll have one in a couple days. Wow. My boy..... making Mom proud. LOL



Sunny


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Do you have a picture of this? I'd love to see what he did. Gen

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Some miracle! I gave up using monofilament. Even with a thread stand, tension adjustments, etc., it snarled up.

Nann

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Sunny, I'm wondering why you are having such a bad time of it. The filament I love is Invisafil. The bobbins are run very slowly. I put a drinking straw over the spindle to make it taller so the spool can't jump the track. Other than that, no problems. (She said as the monofilament thread crept out of the thread drawer and strangled her.) Polly

"Nann" Some miracle! I gave up using monofilament. Even with a thread stand, tension adjustments, etc., it snarled up.

Nann

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I was taught to put the spool of invisible thread in a baby food jar behind my machine and thread it through the tiny circle of a safety pin taped to the spool spindle. It works fine for me.

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Sunny, I've used Superior's MonoPoly for a while and (cross fingers, knock on wood) not had problems, other than trying to see the stuff to thread a needle!

The MonoPoly seems more flexible to me than the others I've tried, which might also have something to do with it. I like it because it's polyester rather than nylon so less susceptible to melting.

Even so, I'd still love to see what your son came up with!

--Heidi

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> I was working with "invisible" thread the other day and I'm certain

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For many years I have used a "homemade" thread holder made by cutting off the bottom off a 2 ltr soda bottle. I thread the spool from inside the bottle out through the top and then onto my SM, or serger. I love this with my cones, and for the regular spools of thread that I let roll on their side. I've even used this to use the thread off bobbins. HTH Barbara in SC

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YOu are are not going to believe it but I have to say my 6600 doesn't have a lick of problem with the clear thread. There are a couple of things that might have helped. The machine actually comes with a 'sock' kind of net you can use. There are spool caps that help with some types of spools. I have a spool of sulky on the machine now with the spool cap thingy and have great luck. There is also an 'Ask Jan' spot on the Jamone page that can be helpful. Glad your ds is so helpful. That is really neat. Give him a hug from all the old gals. : ) TAria

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I wish I had a sewing machine genie in my house.

Musicmaker

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