05-21-2016, 06:49 AM
(05-20-2016, 11:34 PM)Dan D Wrote: Is waxed artificial sinew an okay material for stitching? It's what I have on hand, but I'm concerned that it would, theoretically, be too easy to cut, and perhaps I could get thin rawhide lace instead.
I would use flax or linen thread, artificial thread only if its not visible or there's absolutely no alternative, if you need a thicker thread simply double, triple, quadruple it etc untill its as heavy as you want, wax it, twist it and wax it again.... for a needle use a pair of soldered wire needles (can be made from any suitable folded thin wire, twist it then solder it, cut the loose ends off and clean up with a stone or file to a smooth blunt point) as its easier to go through small holes with such needles... because your using two needles there not much chance it will fall apart, if unsure then use a double row of stitching about 1/2 inch apart or so...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
