It's also good habit to start with the Take Up Lever all the way up anyway. As you mention Cari, the stitch is finished - so the fabric is easier to remove from under the foot and it also stops the machine from un-threading the needle when you start your next seam if your tail is a little short. My 6122 does that to me all the time. For some reason, I cut the tails shorter on that machine than any other and I probably thread it 20 times in a piecing session. Clearly I'm a slow learner.
