oops forgot to insert into my post the number of stitches my bobbin is set at--it is set at 25,000. Couldn't check before because my machine was stitching but it just stopped for a false bobbin break now. Susan --- suried@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > So let's go forth and embrace 2006 with a "never say > > die" attitude and > > welcome aboard all of our new list participants > who > > will undoubtedly ask... > "I seem to be having a few too many thread breaks, > > can anyone help?" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yes, Ed this is me. And now for another one of > those > questions. I have an XT and > I have been having trouble with the bobbin thread > being engaged at the beginnning of a color change > for > a while now. I initially increased my slow stitches > and put it at 8. That seemed to do the trick for a > while. Then I started having trouble again. I > loosened the tension on my bobbin slightly--but not > very much because before I was having trouble with > false bobbin breaks, which if I'm right is due to > too > high of MT and/or too loose of bobbin tension. That > seemed to do the trick for a while too. Then > tonight > I had more sporadic episodes of the bobbin thread > just > not wanting to pick up at all. I decreased my MT > just > for the bobbin pick up and than increased it right > away for the sewout when this happened. This seems > to > do the trick. But I don't want to constantly or > sporadically be changing the MT back and forth for > each color change. Any ideas of what is happening > or > what I am doing wrong??? > > Also, my bobbin enabled to tell me to replace my > bobbin after > stitches. I don't think this can be right because > when the message pops up I don't think even half my > bobbin thread is gone. Previously I wasn't paying > attention to this message because I didn't want to > waste bobbin thread. But I decided maybe I would > have > less trouble if I replace my bobbin before it was > all > used up. > > Thanks in advance for any help I get. > > Susan > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ > > __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/