Originally Posted by Monika
I use 0 too. I know it doesn't matter because the feed dogs are down, but it keeps the dogs from moving under the plate. :-)
When the feed dogs don't move, it saves wear and tear on that part of the machine. But yes, since the dogs are down, it doesn't really matter what at what length you have the stitch set. It is really just to save the mechanism that runs the dogs.