AndersenLeather

The guy in this video has a clever solution to that problem:

I was sure i did it right but then i tried to cut open some of the stitches and there was no knot inside. I have made yet another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqEsdFzuls&feature=youtu.be I have cut an opening so that i can pull the stitch out in order for you to see that there is in fact no knot inside. I am able to make at stitch with a knot inside but then the slope on the back is in the opposite direction. I can for the life of me don't se how it is possible to obtain the same slope front and back with a knot inside. Any comments?

Thank you for all your advice. I must agree with jimr on the video you posted Suicide. I tried it and there is no way I can press two needles through the hole at once. But the way to control the thread seems to be right Although I haven't sewn that much I already feel uncomfortable sewing without having the two needles and the awl in my hands. It feels that i'm not able to stab a hole with the awl without having the needles in my hands :D Jim> Nice to hear how you start and end the sewing. I haven't seen this advice anywhere else. I will give it a try. Just a quick totally unrelated question. Is there a machine that is able to sew with saddle stitches or do they all use lock stitches, loop stitches or some other inferior stitch?

I think i figured it out. When I put in the needle on my right hand side I usually put it on top of the thread that i already pulled through the hole. If I instead put it UNDER the thread already in the hole, and then throw the thread under and then over I get the stitches I want. I made a video again: http://youtu.be/jdVHnIcIcNY Please give me credit for holding the camera under my chin! :D It seems a bit more complicated putting the needle under the thread instead of on top of it. Would you say I'm doing it the right way now?

Hey jim thanks for the reply I was under the impression that i was in fact using Right S twist thread. This is the diffrence in s and z twisted thread right:? This is my thread: According to this I would say that my thread is s twisted? I could off course try to get a thread twisted in the opposite direction to see what happens. Unfortunately thread is for some reason hard to come by in my country so it could be a challenge. It is for example more or less impossible to get 18/5 unwaxed linen thread. Regarding the stitches. I have tried to cut open some of the stitches and there is only a single knot inside so I don't think I'm doubling the knot if thats what you mean by "doubling the knot" Do you by any chance have any pictures of the back of your stitches you could upload? If you could make a video that would be great and I'm sure that a lot of other people would find it very helpful to. I hope that you will be up and about before long. I the meantime I made a video. Am I throwing the back stitch in the correct manner? http://youtu.be/yq3KF6U2qGw Please disregard all of my ugly stitches. I was trying some different techniques

Hello I'm just starting to sew leather and I have some questions: Question 1: When doing Saddle Stitching there are basically two techniques. The "al stohlman" and the one where a knot forms inside the stitch advocated by the user "jimsaddler". throw the back stitch When using the "al stohlman" technique I get a nice uniform front and back where the stitches slope in the same direction. When using the other technique the front is nice but the back slopes in the opposite direction. Se picture below In the thread jimsaddler says that it will I just can't get the same slope front and back. I do it like this: tutorial Can anybody tell me how to get the sampe slope front and back? I'm using a diamond shaped awl. The thread is18/5 prewaxed linen (s twist). The needles is no.4 I'm sewing with 6 stitches per inch. Question 2: When I pull the thread through the hole it begins to unravel right next to the hole. It does this using both techniques When I start to pull: "Al stohlman" technique "knot" technique is this normal?