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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

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it appears to be a double loop stitch in  most of the Stohlman books.

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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

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Wow!  I'm totally impressed and so very thankful!  

Silverd

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Yep, same here, ' double cordovan ' or double loop  :yes:

Try practicing the triple cordovan :yes: Quite a nice braid .

HS 

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@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.

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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.

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Just a short section of damage so matching the pattern will be important.

Silverd

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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

 

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I've always favoured the threaded needle, but others may say the opposite  :)

HS

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