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Some comments suggested that my stitching was not at all straight, and the distance between holes was improperly gapped.. I thought I'd lay a ruler up against it to see how far off it really was.

While not perfectly straight, I did use just a rolling overstitch wheel to mark the leather initially, and free hand, so I don't feel it is all that crooked considering. Also, it appears the holes are fairly evenly spaced at 4 mm between centers. Will I actually be able to improve on this or am I expecting to much from a hand stitch to be even better?

I am also not happy with the straight lay of the stitch. I have been studying how the knots form, and the direction they force the thread into using various techniques, and I am beginning to believe the shape of the awl has a lot to do with how the final angle of the stitch forms on each side. One side can be influenced by "casting the stitch," but I can not seem to figure out how to get the same influence onto the opposite side. It seems to me one side must remain dictated by hole shape, as any attempt to influence the lay negatively affects the opposite side, or results in forcing the thread into the wrong side of the hole. In this sample practice run, the front of the stitch became straight, the backside was influenced by casting the stitch, giving an angled lay. See "Back 2."

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  • Taken with SAMSUNG SCH-I535
  • Focal Length 3.7 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/33
  • f Aperture f/2.6
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I've had to hand stitch a lot of things while resolving some problems with my machine, I can tell you that my belts that I hand stitched looked every bit as perfect as the ones I used the machine for. If you are true to using your marks from the overstitch wheel, consistent in orienting your awl blade and cosistently sewing with two needles always repeating which needle goes through first, it should appear perfect.

If you switch back and forth with your needle, sometime coming through first with the needle on the bottom, sometimes first with the needle on the top, it can look like the holes are not spaced evenly. Also that awl blade orientation is key.

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