I've done a few more this afternoon, slightly different colours and used a blue thread in the bobbin with the blue metallic. I did have a bit of a whoopsy at one point -
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I found a bit of fluff along with the needle tip, and the third part of the needle became obvious as I took the hoop off the machine - it was stuck in the embroidery.
@Diane, save a bit of money and go for the V3, after all you probably already have a sewing machine
@Ohsewsimple yes, metallic thread, it's Kingstar, it sews well, People suggest standing it behind the machine, but I just bunged it on as normal, but with a thread net on the spool. The needle breakage happened when I forgot the net and left it on it's own for a few minutes - oops!!