Manual stitches are straight lines, with the needle dropping at every node. Manual objects are typically used in the creation of Motifs, but occasionally you may need a manual stitch for a tie or something really small, where runs will not calculate well – for example when adding a single stitch to cross a satin column when creating a Celtic knot as previously described.

To protect the user from resizing the design and obtaining a very large stitch, manual stitches have a property that limits the maximum length of an individual stitch.