Friday, January 20, 2012

What a mess!

Is anyone out there any good at untangling thread? I was winding a bobbin and it was almost full when suddenly I saw this. The bobbin broke right in half! I've never had this happen before. It's always something around here! LOL


23 comments:

Jessica @Blessings in the Country said...

Oh my, I have never heard of that happening before. Yikes!

Carol said...

Haven't seen that but I wouldn't try to untangle it, I would just toss it in the trash and get another bobbin.

Sunnybec said...

OMG I have never seen that before either.... good luck! xx

Linda said...

Oh I've never had that happen before...time for a new bobbin!

Betty Lou said...

Haven't seen this before, looks like the bobbin winder just overfilled the bobbin. Things like this keep sewing interesting-----or confusing, I don't know which.

Miss 376 said...

lol, rather you than me! Emily was brave even trying to get it sorted

Tudy said...

I never had it happen to me but I think Emily will save it for you.

Nancy said...

I have a Bernina Esante 2 and I have broken every single bobbin exactly this way. I have no idea what causes it, but since I only use it for embroidery I just bought prefilled bobbins...

Barb said...

I have never!!! looks like what is on my floor!! HA!

Janet said...

I'd be annoyed at the waste of thread. I've not had that happen either.

*karendianne. said...

I don't know if this is any consolation but that's pretty thread. The photo came out with a nice look. ? :0

Merilyn said...

Oh dear! how annoying!!!!
I've never heard of this happening, I prefer metal bobbins myself, now I know why LOL!!!

Needled Mom said...

It happens to me all the time with monofilament thread, but never with regular thread. I wonder if the bobbin had just gotten old and the plastic weakened. Bummer!!!

Deanna said...

It happened to me once, and with a metal bobbin. It went in the trash. So sorry!

Jeanne said...

I agree - what a mess! I've never seen that happen, but there's always a first time.

nima said...

oops....never had an experience like this...

Julia said...

What a shame...hope your able to rewind it onto another bobbin.
Julia ♥

Raylene Smith said...

It has happened to me... several times...and on the large metal bobbins that my longarm uses..I think the problem is with polyester/man made threads, which are wound on too quickly, which causes the thread to heat up, then expands, which puts pressure on the bobbin..a husqvuarna dealer told me many years ago, that bobbins should be wound slowly..and with a loose tension..HTH

Cyndi said...

Oh my gosh! I've never seen a bobbin break like that. Hope you can "untangle" the thread...if you're like me, you'd hate to have to waste it! :o( However, with that said, what a job!!!

XOXO,

Cyndi

Neabear said...

Egads! With that much thread on it, I would probably save it for hand sewing until you got to the impossible tangles and then toss it. Although sometimes I am up for the challenge of detangling things. I have done with kite strings before.

Good Luck!

~Linnea

Just Ramblin' said...

That is absolutely the worst thread mess I've ever seen. And, I've never heard of a bobbin breaking. Guess we always have to have something happen to keep us on our toes, even if it is very frustrating. Nola

MITT FARGERIKE said...

It happends to me last weekend for the second time :-)

Simone de Klerk said...

Oh Oh. Never seen this before!