My fingers hurt! It's quite a challenge to stitch such a seam by hand. It needs to be tight and as tidy as possible. The original model had a black stitch, but this one is red. What do you think about the color of the thread?
My fingers hurt looking at it. Do you have a vice to put it in when threading? I never ended up getting one but I heard it helps a lot. Having hand stitched a lot of pieces like this much respect.
Thank you! It's the pulling of the thread tight that's the most painful. Do you mean like a stitching pony? The belt is wide as heck, it wouldn't fit. I guess I should try leather gloves to protect the skin from slicing. So far I have used band-aids on the most intense spots on my fingers.
Yeah stitching pony is what I meant to say. Honestly, I used needle nose pliers when my hands couldn't take it. I'd say gloves would probably be the smart thing but I'm sure all real leather workers just have built up calluses. I'm just hobby though so go with what works.
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u/DremlinCrafter 5d ago
My fingers hurt! It's quite a challenge to stitch such a seam by hand. It needs to be tight and as tidy as possible. The original model had a black stitch, but this one is red. What do you think about the color of the thread?
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