4. Types of lines...
Thin curvy lines are done with the single straight stitch and the smoothed curves feature on. Thick curvy lines are done with the triple stitch and the smoothed curves feature on. Satin stitch is ONLY done with the manual stitch and the smoothed curves feature OFF (yeah OFF.... you don't wanna make bunched up beads here.... on the screen the satin stitch "bars" should be at least on block apart, closer and you will make bunched up beads again! Now the manual (printed) and I are at odds here - it says satin stitch USE manual stitch setting, it's better for the feed mechanism, BUT... I used single stitch (didn't know any better, and only saw the note on satin stitches much later) for my monograms with a stitch width of 5mm. A number of years of sewing with wider stitch settings than 5mm often produces "smocking" effect UNLESS you have stabilised the material to resemble card board! Don't use a stitch length of longer than 5mm for satin stitches ... it merely produces smocked designs... which are fine by me... but I betcha you were trying for smooth shiny satin stitches!For my alphabet letter I only used triple straight stitch (with smooth curves ON) and single straight sticth with smooth curves OFF... (it makes you think don't it?)