Originally Posted by gale
when I tried to rip out a practice seam my stitches were too small for the end of the ripper to fit underneat. Are my stitches too small maybe? I think it's 2.2 and I have a Janome 6600. It's the default and I never changed it. Or am I doing it wrong?
Gale, I have the same machine & I find that the 2.2 default setting is too long for me. I reduce it to 2.0 for regular piecing and to 1.8 for paper piecing. Are you holding on too tightly to the front of whatever you are trying to piece? OR is the pressure of the presser foot too high? I have reduced mine to 1-ish, even though the book recommends the 2 - 3 range. I find that is just way too tight.
Good luck on trying to figure out what's going on.