Okay. I watched the first 15 minutes of your video and had to stop and come to post.
EXCELLENT JOB! Love, love, love your philosophy so far. YES! Fear is your enemy - don't let the machines intimidate you! YOU are it's master - lol. Also love your fly-in-the-face remark - if it works for you, do it! Having said that, I'm going to have to play around with stitch length now that you've said that..I don't understand HOW, mechanically, it can make a difference as I thought stitch length was determined by the feed dogs, not the speed of the needle drop, but maybe you've just taught me something very valuable! I occasionally feel the "jerky" you were talking about, and now I'm wondering if that does indeed have something to do with it. I'm going to finish your video, and as time allows find your other ones. This is exactly the kind of video I was thinking about making, so thanks for beating me to it (and probably doing it much better than I could have!).