Pillows and carpets/rugs
Yep what dj-gabriele said. If you do pillows, its best to do 2 at a time to try to balance the machine. When you do rugs/carpets, make sure there are a few in there or the machine wont balance correctly. When the weather is warm, if my scatter rugs dont spin dry I hang them outside to drip dry. Your machine is doing right by you by either skipping the spin because of imbalance or dialing back the spin speed to preserve itself. That's a good thing!