N00B Saddle Stitch Question - Knot Or No Knot.

[Camerius]

I don't knot. I either back stitch 3-4 stitches and then cut off the thread on the backside of the project and as close as I can get it to the surface, when I use linen thread. With poly thread I cut it off after 2-3 back stitches and melts the ends.

[Feraud]

I don't knot. Just a backstitch or two does the job.

[DavidL]

too add to the discussion, casting the thread/ throwing the loop on thin leathers(two - 2 ounce leather) may not work because the thickness isn't enough the fit the two threads which are tangled together. In thicker leathers the added thickness can take up the tangled thread better.

[JLSleather]

That's a LOT of discussion about stickin' a piece of thread through a hole!

I got Stohlman's book forever ago, and I got quite a kick out of it. PAGES and PAGES of 'technique', then toward the end he says "you could just run one needle and then run it through the other holes and you'd end up with the same stitch". Yeah, not exact quote, but if you KNOW that's not exact, then you already know EXACTLY what he said (which, basically, was that).

Youtube .. really? SO many videos these days .. I'm not "anti" video, but I realy think people could improve their technique by turning off the computer and actually DOING some leather work!

Stab a hole, keeping the awl inside the channel (if any). Push the thread, pulling a bit on the other side of the thread (to prevent piercing the threads). Do it again. Do it again. Do it again...............

No degree required.