Help!!!

Am finishing a DigiCam Winter Dream clone and am at the stage of adding tie-outs but I keep breaking needles on the GG webbing I am using!

As far as I can tell it is standard GG (may be a little thick) but not any more than usual for tie-outs.

I just cannot stop getting the needle jammed in the material!!!

What am I doing wrong & can I use a lighter guage GG on the tie-outs? I'd like the heavier guage on the ridgeline but maybe a lighter on the bottoms & sides.

One thing (I am very new to sewing) there is a snarl of thread on the BOTTOM side below the heavy GG. Looks real thin on top but a massic=ve snarl on bottom.

Advice please - this thing is driving me crazy!

FH