I tried something today that I have never stitched with. That is the glow in the dark threads. Well, I can't say that I like them. But the thread could be old - could that cause all of the breakage? The thread came from the family of my friend that past away. I did not really know what it was. It was just labeled "Moonglow" by RA. I had to slow my machine down - about like sewing with the metallics. But this is cute, and I plan on sending it off to a Great-great nephew that we met for the first time when we took our trip to Texas. This is from the design pack Halloween Lace by Anita Goodesign. The scarecrow had 19006 stitches. I used the glow in the dark in the bobbin also. There is only 500 yds on these spools, so you don't get much out of the spool. But it does glow in the dark, as this picture shows. LOL