Members Silverd Posted January 1, 2023 Members Report Posted January 1, 2023 Hi Offered to repair a friend's purse that has damaged edge braiding. Like everything else it's proven to be more difficult than I expected! Does anyone have teachable information about this style of braid? I e seen what looks to be kinda close, but have found nothing on this specific style. Silverd Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted January 2, 2023 CFM Report Posted January 2, 2023 it appears to be a double loop stitch in most of the Stohlman books. Quote
Members DwightT Posted January 2, 2023 Members Report Posted January 2, 2023 I agree with Chuck. It looks like just a basic double loop lace. Pretty standard stuff. In addition to the Stohlman books, I found a YT video from Tandy that you might find helpful: /dwight Quote
Members Silverd Posted January 2, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 2, 2023 Wow! I'm totally impressed and so very thankful! Silverd Quote
Members Handstitched Posted January 2, 2023 Members Report Posted January 2, 2023 Yep, same here, ' double cordovan ' or double loop Try practicing the triple cordovan Quite a nice braid . HS Quote
Northmount Posted January 2, 2023 Report Posted January 2, 2023 @Silverd Are you re-lacing the whole project or just the damaged areas? In either case, do some practice work where you need to join the starting point to the end point so the lacing looks continuous. See paragraph 11 below. I usually remove several of the starting stitches to get the slope to match. Don't short yourself on the length of the lace when making these joins. Quote
Members Silverd Posted January 2, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Northmount said: @Silverd Are you re-lacing the whole project or just the damaged areas? In either case, do some practice work where you need to join the starting point to the end point so the lacing looks continuous. See paragraph 11 below. I usually remove several of the starting stitches to get the slope to match. Don't short yourself on the length of the lace when making these joins. Just a short section of damage so matching the pattern will be important. Silverd Quote
Members Silverd Posted January 3, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 3, 2023 What type of needle is recommended? Threaded or Split type? Hopefully this is not a controversial question that causes a rumble within the Braiding fellowship! Silverd Quote
Members Handstitched Posted January 3, 2023 Members Report Posted January 3, 2023 I've always favoured the threaded needle, but others may say the opposite HS Quote
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