What is short stitch in embroidery?

A digitizing setting that shortens every other stitch on the inside of tight curves and corners, so the needle points don't crowd into the same holes.

Stitches

Short stitch, explained

Where a satin column or fill turns sharply, the stitches on the inside of the curve bunch together, which piles up thread, perforates the fabric and can break the thread; short stitches spread them out. They are different from tiny stitches, moves so short the machine can't form them cleanly, which are best removed. Embrizo shortens alternate satin stitches on tight inside curves and drops stitches shorter than about 0.3 mm; the file checker flags tiny stitches in any file.

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