you said here that "you only like to use a yard and a half of lace at a time"..I have scoured the internet looking for the answer to can I use shorter lengths of lacing to prevent tangle and twisting ..it is more work methodically trying to keep such a long length of lacing manageable especially on a project with lots of lacing detail.Could you do an adding a lace video I could not find even one ...in fact you are one of the few pro leather crafters who address/reference using a manageable/shorter length of the lace.By the way I am a loyal customer to SLC you have top notch leather and tools as well as great customer service !!!!Thanks
Hi, Joel! Both punching holes or using a lacing chisel work fine, although the lacing will lay more flat if you use a lacing chisel, since you won't have the little gap that you get when you insert lace through punched holes. Yes, beveling the backside of the lace will help it to lay better, but it may be a little tough for a beginner and isn't necessary!
What would be great is a video about splicing double loop stitch lacing on a SINGLE piece of leather to make a decorative edge, as opposed to tying two pieces together. Is there any chance you would make a video with those techniques? I haven't found one yet, nor have I found one in any book. It's simple to splice in when you can hide the end between two pieces of leather, but when there's no "pocket" to stuff (I beg your pardon, "cram" :-D) the end into...not so much! :-D
Good point James. Im watching this now, as im in the middle of re lacing a single layer of leather with a decorative edge, on a motorcycle seat. I'll just have get inventive :-)
sandylane60 I solved my problem, at least, well enough for me anyway lol. I'll try to describe what I did without getting too wordy, but we'll see about that. First, understand that it was a pretty tight, close together decorative lace, which helped hide the tail end. So, here we go... When double loop lacing, I go through the hole, then back over the top, moving from left to right. I have no idea if that's backward or correct, but...when I was ready to "splice," I loaded up a second lacing needle and pushed through the third hole past the last one I had just laced to, and pulled it almost all the way to the end. At this point, the end of this new strand of lace is sticking out of the hole on the near side of the leather toward me. From there, I just laid the end of it flat and to the left, toward the lacing I had almost come to the end of. Remember, there are two or three empty stitch holes before this new piece of lace. Then, I just continued the original one through those next two holes while the new piece's end was laying alongside, sort of binding the new end piece inside of that original run that was about to run out. Finally, I cut the end of that original one and laid it flat, and to the right, on the far side of the leather. Then, along the next 3 or 4 stitch holes, the new piece of lace held and bound the tail end of the old piece as I continued the lacing. Apologies if that was more confusing than helpful, but I guess that's why we have videos to illustrate this stuff. It's a bit complicated to describe simply. Hope this helped, anyway.
Well done James! I will certainly give that a go when i need to splice. I was just covering an area of 40 centimeters or 15.8 inches so i used one strand only. When i got to the end i went through the bite or cross, over toward me and into the last hole, so the lace was at the back of the project, then i ran the needle and lace behind about 5 to 6 of the previous stitches, tucked up close to the decorative edge. Tiny drop of glue to fix in place and boom! It worked a treat. Thanks so much for your explanation cheers Sandy
"...if you do this you will cause yourself 'x amount' of grief..." So, I just KNEW my high school algebra teacher was full of bull when he said I'd be solving for unknowns in everyday life. Turns out he was RIGHT!! :-D :-D :-D
THANK YOU! Most of my projects are "one way" and I've been searching for how you "dead end" this lace!
Aren't you a nice man!?!? A pleasure to listen to you and good solid teaching. Thank you 😊
Good sense of humor and to the point. Thanks from France, that's what I needed to finish my bag.
Happy to help! Congrats on finishing your bag! :)
thanks for the tips and all your great videos ,toronto canada
you said here that "you only like to use a yard and a half of lace at a time"..I have scoured the internet looking for the answer to can I use shorter lengths of lacing to prevent tangle and twisting ..it is more work methodically trying to keep such a long length of lacing manageable especially on a project with lots of lacing detail.Could you do an adding a lace video I could not find even one ...in fact you are one of the few pro leather crafters who address/reference using a manageable/shorter length of the lace.By the way I am a loyal customer to SLC you have top notch leather and tools as well as great customer service !!!!Thanks
Thank you for the feedback and for doing business with us. We'll see what we can do about the video you requested!
What works better punching holes or lacing chisel ? Does beveling the backside of the lace make it lay better or go through better?
Hi, Joel! Both punching holes or using a lacing chisel work fine, although the lacing will lay more flat if you use a lacing chisel, since you won't have the little gap that you get when you insert lace through punched holes. Yes, beveling the backside of the lace will help it to lay better, but it may be a little tough for a beginner and isn't necessary!
Kevin Hopkins thank you!
What would be great is a video about splicing double loop stitch lacing on a SINGLE piece of leather to make a decorative edge, as opposed to tying two pieces together. Is there any chance you would make a video with those techniques? I haven't found one yet, nor have I found one in any book. It's simple to splice in when you can hide the end between two pieces of leather, but when there's no "pocket" to stuff (I beg your pardon, "cram" :-D) the end into...not so much! :-D
Good point James. Im watching this now, as im in the middle of re lacing a single layer of leather with a decorative edge, on a motorcycle seat. I'll just have get inventive :-)
sandylane60 I solved my problem, at least, well enough for me anyway lol. I'll try to describe what I did without getting too wordy, but we'll see about that. First, understand that it was a pretty tight, close together decorative lace, which helped hide the tail end. So, here we go...
When double loop lacing, I go through the hole, then back over the top, moving from left to right. I have no idea if that's backward or correct, but...when I was ready to "splice," I loaded up a second lacing needle and pushed through the third hole past the last one I had just laced to, and pulled it almost all the way to the end. At this point, the end of this new strand of lace is sticking out of the hole on the near side of the leather toward me. From there, I just laid the end of it flat and to the left, toward the lacing I had almost come to the end of. Remember, there are two or three empty stitch holes before this new piece of lace. Then, I just continued the original one through those next two holes while the new piece's end was laying alongside, sort of binding the new end piece inside of that original run that was about to run out. Finally, I cut the end of that original one and laid it flat, and to the right, on the far side of the leather. Then, along the next 3 or 4 stitch holes, the new piece of lace held and bound the tail end of the old piece as I continued the lacing.
Apologies if that was more confusing than helpful, but I guess that's why we have videos to illustrate this stuff. It's a bit complicated to describe simply. Hope this helped, anyway.
Well done James! I will certainly give that a go when i need to splice. I was just covering an area of 40 centimeters or 15.8 inches so i used one strand only. When i got to the end i went through the bite or cross, over toward me and into the last hole, so the lace was at the back of the project, then i ran the needle and lace behind about 5 to 6 of the previous stitches, tucked up close to the decorative edge. Tiny drop of glue to fix in place and boom! It worked a treat. Thanks so much for your explanation cheers Sandy
sandylane60 that's great! I'm glad you found your solution. Now, on to the next project...😃
Need some of that Kangroo lace,
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"...if you do this you will cause yourself 'x amount' of grief..."
So, I just KNEW my high school algebra teacher was full of bull when he said I'd be solving for unknowns in everyday life. Turns out he was RIGHT!! :-D :-D :-D
Bitten needles for 55 years LOL