@Zissou1107 The "strap" is a pre-cut 1/8 inch (3.175mm) wide leather lace. Yes, you can cut lace yourself with a lace cutter. The needle is a 1190-00 two-prong lacing needle. All of these items can be found on our websites
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your amazing skill and talent. I'm only sorry that this medium leaves us all open to the mean, nasty and cowardly comments from some! Please continue to share your knowledge as we are so grateful ☺
Thank you. Back in 7th/8th grade leather shop (1967/68; 1968/69 school years) the double loop stitch was my favorite and most used. I haven't done any leather work since, but plan on doing some again soon. My old leather shop instructor Mr. Reins (he also taught my dad and his two younger brothers, and my two younger brothers) would roll in his grave if he knew I'd forgotten how do do this stitch. As for splicing ... we removed the needle, squared and beveled the end, glued another length of lace after squaring and beveling the end of it,, to the original lace then re-attached the needle and continued on. If memory serves, our glue was rubber cement for the lace splices, and when necessary the edges of what we were making. Beveling and gluing seems an easier way than stitching in a separate lace, then bringing the original lace over to the end of the splice. How do you hide the length of original lace laying along the side of however many stitches were made with the splice lace, when you bring it over to the end of the splice? What if the original lace isn't long enough to go the length of the splice?
If you haven't done so find a beginners set of tools and practice practice practice you will improve only by doing it. Now there are online things like this. I learned by trial and error. Remember once you hit the tool it's almost impossible to correct the stamp you just put down crooked. I learned a couple things watching this about the starting and finishing the lacing. I used to do the X thing like when he started lacing but there is another way where you start by making a loop around the end of your lacing that looks the same as when he finished and had that loop that he went into to end the lacing. Good luck with your crafting and start simple with some like keychains fobs etc. Don't start with a wallet they are more involved to make and you may be discouraged if you have a bad experience. Don't give up :)
EXTREMELY INTERESTING !!! I think I have found a new hobby !!! Years ago I used to do leatherwork and forgot a lot of the techniques... You are VERY TALENTED !!! Thank you...
id never done a double loop stitch or a wallet, so I bought one of those precut kits with instructions, but their instructions on the actual stitch are ATROCIOUS! couldn't follow them at all! thanks to yall I've completed my first wallet and the double loop is mesmerizingly beautiful!
+summer 91 This was made with the 4-in-1 Leather punch - www.tandyleather.com/en/product/4-in-1-leather-punch You can learn about alternative methods for making these holes at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
Great video!! Exactly what I needed to know!! Thank you! (And thank you for getting right to the tutorial! Some teachers, well meaning I’m sure, spend half the video explaining what they’re going to do, then do it! I Know what they ’re going to do, that’s why I clicked on the video!)
I have specific lacing/knot that I am needing help with...I have a picture but I am unsure how to even search for the instructions as I don’t know the name....where would be a good place to ask?
Thank you. I hadn't done this type of lacing for over 20 years. As I watched (and re-watched) it all came back to me!! Thank you for having these video tutorials available.
wow thank you! i collect western hats amd wanted to do this on the brim of a few of my buckaroo styles. very helpful and you guys have a wonderful supply of leather goods.
Great video!! I learned several things and am reasonably confident that I can do this. Thank you. I have a question/comment though. You didn’t show two things; the removing a couple stitches and how you made the loop. IMHO these are important. I have no idea how to do them. Is there another video that shows them? I really want to do this on a project and need to know how.
+Woodoak Wilderness Great question! We recently did a follow up video for Double Loop Lacing that gives a more detailed demonstration of how to finish the loop. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
Hello, I am thrilled about this video! I have a Mexican hand-tooled purse that I want to restore. Will you please tell me what size lacing I should buy and how I should clean and treat the leather once I have removed all of the old lacing.
In response to many of the questions that have come up with Double Loop Lacing, we have created a second video with leather artisan Jim Linnell, who goes in to more thorough detail on this process - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
Tandy Leather hi. thanks for the videos which help to understand the process of leathercrafting. would you kindly advise which thickness of leather do you usually use for the following engraved items: 1. business bag 2. document case 3. wallet 4. women bag Please mention the minimum and maximum thichness in mm as a guidance. THANK YOU
1.) Business bag- 5 to 6 oz (2.0 to 2.4 mm) 2.) Document case- 4 to 5 oz (1.6 to 2.0 mm) 3.) Wallet- 3 to 4 oz (1.2 to 1.6 mm) 4.) Woman's bag- 3 to 5 oz (0.8 to 2.0 mm) depending on personal preference
+andy hill Great question! It can be a little tricky, however you'll find the answers you are looking for in this video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
Yes so great to find and see this. A lady from church brought her worn out Bible and asked if I could re fasten the loose signatures and make a nice durable cover. There shouldn't be any problem drilling and lasing the signatures but I had wondered how to fix the outer edges of the leather cover. On scrap I've tried scarfing and folding but it looks amateur or even Kindergarten class quality. This lacing technique should look nice plus give the outer edges more strength. Thanks again. I luv RU-vid crafters. Really wish I knew how to edit how to videos. I would like to give back to this community part of what I have learned and pass my metal working knowledge on to whomever that could use it.
thank you for the demo, i dont understand why do you put a new lace, is it necessary or optional, i mean if the lace keeping on to the end, it could still meet the ending point (another end).
Hi #tandyleather great tutorial but I'm curious as to why you added the extra bit of leather cord and then proceeded to go back to the original cord you began with. I am anew to this and am looking for some form of guidance. Cheers.
Beautiful! How can anyone not like this? To click the "Dont Like" is so disrespectful. You should be ashamed of yourself. This man did an excellent job detailing the "how to". Great video...
Netlace56 I guess because there are people who makes money from this kind of skill set. Or making money from teaching this. One way another this is an excellent video
I'm trying to figure out, that first part, do you continuously have that lace to make the X?.. the part he said, you need 7 inches? When you prep the lace it must be halved to keep that extra bit on top that makes the 'X'?.. would be great to see the back...:-\
I know its been asked already, but can someone explain how you get the loop to splice both together? I watched the new video, and still cannot see how to get it. I'm thinking that perhaps I may not be making the right 'X', but there's only a few places you can cross under the thread...if there's another tutorial that shows a top down view of lacing, that would be helpful. thank you!
+Albert Coutts Great question! We did a follow up video with Jim Linnell where he goes in to more thorough detail on Double Loop Lacing. You can find the answers to this and other questions at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
+Tandy Leather thanks for replying! I have watched that video through and through, and still do not see where the loop comes from. when I undo some sections of my lacing, that loop never appears. I feel as though I am not making the X where I need to, but cannot see from the video where to cross through. If you have any videos with a top-down view on where to cross the X, that would be most helpful.
Tandy Leather Humm.. didn't understand how that loop appeared (when finishing lacing).. I guess everyone could make the lacing line, but the main question is _exactly_ _that_ how to finish it.
+Workshop-TV Sorry about the delay, however we have produced another video that explains just that! Check out our new, more thorough video on Double Loop Lacing, available at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HIpanSwuy4o.htmlm25s
i'm sorry, but you completely lost me at the end!it's like you cut out the important part about how to finish. why did you start another strand of leather and how do you undo the lace to finish? can you please make a new video showing and explaining how to finish the lacing? you did so great showing us everything else then at the end it's like you edited out an important part to finishing. thank you.
I did it with a lace made by my own with wheel cutter. I worked on a project of a simple bag with thin leather it looks bulky but if you look at it accurately you can see the pattern of the lace. Thanks!
+Oscar Valdivia These holes were pre-punches as part of a kit, however you could consider using a 4-in-1 leather punch! www.tandyleather.com/en/product/4-in-1-leather-punch
Does including the 'x' part of the stitch (rather than just going around and through each hole) also serve a particular function, so that it would be chosen for certain projects and not for others? Or is it mostly used because it looks neater?
321hot2trot123 In the video, we used 1/8" lace, however this method will work for any size: 3/32", 1/8" or 5/32". The desired size depends upon the project. Billfolds and smaller items use 3/32" where as handbags and larger items use 1/8".
How do you make the holes ? They so straight and neat. Is there tools stitching punch hole round with diameter more than 1mm? Or do you made that holes used single punch hole ?
