I use about 12 stitches per inch on my old Singer (bout 2.1 mm), and whatever the default is on my Janome (I think 2.5?). 1.8 would be too hard to pick out for the number of mistakes I make.
Originally Posted by
SueSew
What do these numbers on the machine mean? Is it in millimeters or in fractions of an inch? Do they all mean the same stitch length across all manufacturers?
I thought you were supposed to use the little ruler that came with the machine to measure how many stitches to the inch and go by that. 10-12 stitches to the inch is standard?
If I sewed at 2.5 on my Janome it would be maybe 8 stitches to the inch. Not many, in any case.
The numbers are stitch length in millimeters, so they should be standard across manufacturers. 1 inch = 25 mm, so a stitch length of 2.5 should be equivalent to 10 stitches per inch.