Comments on: Archives 12/11 – 12/17 2005-2008

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:19:21 +0000

No problem Nowaks, I speak English fairly well and I can’t rattle off the technical vocabulary of thread and needles either.

By: nowaks nähkästchen

nowaks nähkästchen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:56:19 +0000

(Okay, I take back my question about the different threads for home sewing and industrial machines. I figuered out myself this morning. I understand now, I just cannot describe it in English, because I don’t know the technical vocabulariy. And I found out that I’ve been using mainly industrial thread for the last years because I wasn’t too happy with the other one.)

By: Lisa Bloodgood

Lisa Bloodgood — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:51:59 +0000

Regarding weather, a couple weeks ago we had a super dry below-freezing cold snap; now we have rain and mid-40’s temps. My skin likes the rain but really hated the dryness. I’m still recovering from getting rearended just before Thanksgiving. I have a lot more energy now and was able to get all the Christmas stuff done. I like snow for 1 or 2 days then it has to go away. Congratulations to your neighbor!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:29:11 +0000

From what I understood the universal difference between home machine thread and industrial threads besides how its wound, cone size, etc.. is the lubrication that’s applied to the thread. High speed machines are a lot harder on thread, the extra (better, more, different?) lubrication keeps the thread from shredding.

So… if you sew slow any thread should work on any machine. The main difference between home and industrial machines is the speed and punching power. The thread path: thread guides, tension disks and needle eyes are all the same.

Does this sound crazy or kind of logical?

By: celeste

celeste — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:15:34 +0000

I actually have a small box of clothes sitting here for Hoseah….
The holidays have defintely snuck up, even though I knew they were coming – lol

By: Gigi

Gigi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:17:37 +0000

Yay, I’m glad the baby is here and healthy!

Today marks Day 1: State of Panic. Once again, Christmas Week snuck up on me (I’m in denial and, once again, refuse to accept any responsibility for this) and I am nowhere near ready. I have notified my wonderful boyfriend that I will be less than wonderful to be around this week. Poor guy, I don’t know how he puts up with me.

I use Swiss Metrosene on my Consew 105 periodically and it works fine. I suspect that is because it is cross-wound rather than parallel-wound. I took my Bernina to the shop last week when I was working on samples and became very frustrated. I am using my home machines less and less these days. They just don’t feed as well and are much more persnickety when it comes to bulky layers.

Merry Christmas, Kathleen! The gifts will get done and the week will zoom by as it does every year.

By: nowaks nähkästchen

nowaks nähkästchen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:19:21 +0000

Last minute gifts… well.. who hasn’t… (Luckily mine will be fetched by my brother who will deliver them in person, by mail they wouldn’t make it.)

But more interesting to me: I didn’t know there was a real difference between home thread and industrial one (except that one comes on smaller spools).

I am using industrial thread (Alterfil) on my home sewing machine and it works perfectly. But the other brands here (Gütermann and Amann/Mettler) also produce for industry and I had assumed the thread itself was the same one.

So please, can you explain the difference between industrial and home sewing thread? I’d really like to know.