Ramona

Thanks very much, Nighthawk and TwinOaks. Nighthawk: I thought of using an awl, but I think it won't make large enough holes for my purposes (at least the crochet I'm thinking of at the moment; my goals might well change after I get started). The other tools look useful. I found this helpful thread about the overstitch wheel. I like your futhark. :-) TwinOaks: Yeah, I was wondering about the economy tools vs. more expensive tools, so thanks for the advice. I don't have a drill press. I have leather from an old coat and suede from an old vest (from thrift stores, seem like good quality, fairly thin), and I was planning to start by trying to make some small pieces out of those. I think at this point I should keep reading this site and Tandy, and see what leatherworking books are in my local library, and see how much of a Christmas bonus I get, and buy my tools then.

Thanks, I somehow missed that one. So I guess all I'd need is that, a mallet, and a surface to work on? So many tools on that site, and I'm starting to want all of them. :-(

Hi, newbie here, sorry if this is a dumb question. My main craft is crochet, but I'm thinking I'd like to add leather to some of my pieces, sort of along these lines. Can someone please tell me what tool(s) I would need to make nice neat rows of holes like that? I surfed around a bit here and on the Tandy site, and I see different kinds of punches that make one hole at a time. Is that really the only way to do it? I'm not clear on how one could make that many punches in a neat row without getting bad hand pains and/or going mad. :-/ Also, if I wanted to buy tools in person, is there a good store in the NYC area? Thank you very much.