Hole count difference?

[RipVanWinkle]

Hi all, still working on the same hat, got hit with another roadblock. The top portion of the hat, the part I plan on changing and have changed successfully on a fabric prototype has an issue that i don’t know how to work around, the new shape, is the exact same outer circumference, I made sure of that, the hole spacing is the same and the distance between the edges and the holes are the same, and yet when I did a count on the old pattern vs the new one, there’s a 5 hole difference, the old one has 110 and the new has 105, I don’t know if its because I didn’t account for the busier shape or what, I’m stumped here, any advice is appreciated!

[AEBL]

If you are hand stitching, you can "re use" a hole every so often. For as many stitch holes as you say you have, you can re-use a hole on the side with fewer holes every 20 stitches or so. This is very similar to what you'd do on a "box stitch." Stohlman's How to Sew Leather book talks about it (and is well worth your money if you haven't got a copy). Also, on YouTube, several channels talk about how to do it - I think Corter Leather's is pretty good:
 

 

[fredk]

7 minutes ago, AEBL said:

If you are hand stitching, you can "re use" a hole every so often. For as many stitch holes as you say you have, you can re-use a hole . . .

  use the extra holes as often as they align, or nearly align with the fewer holes

[toxo]

Are the extra holes on the right hand pattern? Because they don't look the same to me. The center of the right hand holes might be in line with the edge of the holes on the left. That might account for it.

[chuck123wapati]

mark the piece that will show mark the starting hole of the other piece glue them up then use an awl.