OHSue, I can't tell you how many times I've looked at that dial in the past few weeks! lol
I'm so happy to be a member of this group of people who have taken the initiative to figure these things out and share them!
The monogramming ability, to make quilt labels, was one of the reasons I bought this machine. It's minimal in ability, but does the job ok.
The walking foot was the other reason, after having used a Pfaff machine with the built in IDT walking foot for so many years. The Pfaff walking foot is far, far superior to the Janome one in that it is usable on many of the other feet, without having to remove the entire assembly, not to mention that those other feet are of normal size and shape. I'm disappointed in the walking foot on the Janome and find it extremely annoying to set up and use. That was the only difference between the 6500 and the 6600, I believe.