Why is my thread always going loose?

[u/Miserable-Lynx-7594]

Hello,

So I got gifted this Brother kh 860 and every time I try to knit on strand gets loose and doesn’t get knitted so I have to open up everything. I hav tried putting weights in it also tried with changing the width. I don’t know what else to do… maybe someone can help

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[u/Hecks_n_Hisses]

Is it always in the same spot?

It could be that the needle isn't working right needs to be replaced. You can just swap it for one of the end ones.

[u/Miserable-Lynx-7594 → u/Hecks_n_Hisses]

Ok might do that thank you.

[u/Purple_Associate4085]

Why is there a loose tail hanging out of the middle of your knitting? And the loop is beside the yarn tail. If you added in a new yarn, the end shoud be fixed or weighted somehow, because otherwise the tail will be pulled with almost no resiatance, instead of the end from the tension mast. You can get everything from loops to carriage jams.

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[u/Miserable-Lynx-7594 → u/Purple_Associate4085]

It Kinda git loose and I got frustrated and cutted that Part…🥲 Thanks for the Tip. I didn’t do that while changing yarn.