It is amazing how often we are having a 'problem' with our stitches and finally decide to change the needle - PROBLEM GONE! The easiest and cheapest of fixes and yet, we don't do it often enough. I am always telling myself that I will become one of those folks who automatically change the needle with a new project, and then I don't do it. Machine works harder, stitches go funny and then I remember to change it. And suddenly things are great again. How old do I have to be before I learn......