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beattie
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Sorry, one of us should have mentioned – you use cones with a cone stand or make up a substitute.

One on ebay – http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEWING-MACHINE-THREAD-SPOOL-STAND-DOUBLE-CONE-HOLDER-1000m-to-5000m-COTTON-/281418979898?hash=item4185e0da3a

We made a substitute out of a plastic drinks bottle(minus the cap) with a hole cut in the side to put the cone in. You lead the thread out of the top of the bottle – it stops the cone jumping around and takes the thread higher up.

The traditional way of using a cone is to put it in a heavy jug or beer mug behind the machine, so it can’t roll around and just thread the machine normally.