Roland, what color beannie hats do you have? I have CONQUERED those things and my youth sailing/racing team kids LOVE them. If they are the right color,and right price, I will take them off your hands. I use my Hoop Master for the sleeves with a small hoop to hoop them and they are so quick to do. Linda Logos In Thread Miami Beach, FL In a message dated 12/13/2005 1:30:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Veena, sounds like you are doing all the right stuff! I'm tempted to blame it on the shirt-5 oz. is pretty lightweight and isn't going to be a big help.... when we increase the MT, we watch the thread up in the middle of the thread path-where the arm is going up and down as it pulls through-when the thread is really 'flapping' in the breeze we know it is too loose-either worn roller or MT is too high. So we have to adjust it down a notch. A lot of times we wish you could set it to "7.5 or 8.75" or a fraction....sometimes one point up is too loose and one point down is too tight...need that happy medium in there. Good luck-you may just have that dreaded 'shirt material from hell' that isn't going to be easy to do at all....I have a case of those 'beanie' knitted hats that just won't co operate! Roland