Helpful hint

When using wooly nylon in the looper(s) of your serger and/or coverstitch machine, be VERY careful to sew a short test before actually sewing on your project.

That way, if the looper thread has snapped, you don't punch a hole in the T-shirt you might working on.

And, let me tell you, re-threading wooly nylon is a B___H!

I always "pull-through" when changing colors etc, if at all possible, but if the looper thread(s) has broken it means several frustrating minutes of digging out the instruction manual, waxing the end of the wooly nylon and trying... and trying.... AND TRYING to get the thread through the stupid-almost-impossible-to-reach hole in the looper arm.

:-(

When I thread the looper I use a floss carrier. I find it stiff go through that tiny hole in the looper and long enough to grab with my tweezers.

You need a package of these from the drug store: Stick the stem of the floss threader through the hole, stick the wooly through the loop of the threader, and pull the threader through.

Or you can do the same thing with a loop of thread.

I feel your pain.

Or you can do the same thing with a loop of thread.

Thanks for the hint! That sounds better than me tying the nylon onto a stiff thread. Barbara in SC

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Oh, Kay! Too funny! I have floss threaders in my bathroom cabinet! I will now keep a package in the sewing room as well. Thanks!