Thread locking - knot slipping

[Thornton]

I don't knot or lock my thread behind the needle. I leave a longer tail and pull on the thread to tighten as has been mentioned above.

[Brianm77]

Here is a close up of locking the thread without a knot, that someone was describing above

EDIT ---

I pass the needle through the thread 3 times instead of twice. Only because my daughter was stitching one time and needle slipped off when the loop pulled out

Edited March 6, 2017 by Brianm77
Added something.

[Sanch]

On 2/16/2017 at 5:48 PM, Jack142 said:

Clive,  I use my  wing dividers to evenly space my holes, then I lightly hit them with a awl that  I ground the tip narrower and sharp,  then I drill the holes with a small drill bit on my dremel tool. I go all the way through. the holes open up real well. I also bees wax my thread ( and not a lot of wax )   oh the awl,  I ground the tip narrow about a inch or so up the awl so its the same size going through both pieces of leather. I find even after I drill I sometimes have to clear the hole with my awl. I hope this helps

I should also add, I can run the needle though the next to the last hole and under the next to last stitch with no problem

 

You're doing a whole lot of extra work with that Dremel you should be able to make all of your stitching holes with an awl but as they say to each his own! There are many ways to skin a cat