Need Some Lacing Advice

[Dwight]

I bought a spool of "made in India", . . . brown lacing to use on the occasional laced piece I do (maybe one every other year).

It keeps "catching" in the lace holes and the side of it rips. Then it not only looks bad, . . . but will break in about two more holes or three, . . . and I have to hide another splice.

I just got frustrated, . . . had to re-lace a 4 inch section of simple overhand looping, . . . 4 times because the lace ripped.

Question: Is it bad lace? Am I doing something wrong (re-lacing an old purse, . . . probably 40 years or so old) ? Is there any "prep" to lacing other than setting up the needle and punching the holes?

Honestly, . . . never ran into this before, . . . but again, . . . I'm a stitcher, . . . not a lacer.

May God bless,

Dwight

[DoubleC]

Dwight if you use a conditioner on it, it will straighten out the lace and may moisten it enough to keep it from breaking. Cheryl

[billybopp]

Conditioner and / or saddle soap might help. Then again, it might just be crap lace. I've run into a spool or two.

Bill