Metallic thread

[omegasgt]

Hello everyone as you can see I'm new to this group. I've heard a lot of great thing about this group. Enough trying to butter you up. Can anyone give me a tip on working with metallic thread. It's fraying constantly when I sew out a design.

[Captain Gold]

First, use a needle with a larger eye. You'll probably also want to slow your machine's speed a bit. I've successfully sewn with metallic without slowing the speed, but it's not consistent.

Sadly, it might be the thread itself. Different brands work with varying success on the Amaya.

[Steve]

Change the density by about 10%-15% for the metallic color in your design. This should help stop your fraying and thread breaks. Metallic thread is a little thicker than regular thread which is the reason for the change. I always run the machine a little slower too.
BTW - What kind of thread are you running? If you are not running embroidery machine thread, this will cause fraying too.

[Aaron]

I have tried many brands of metallic thread and find Robison Anton to be the best for not breaking and have heard that Issacord Ackerman is real good too.

[omegasgt]

Thank you all for getting back to me. I will try all of your suggestions.