More things I've learned
Jan. 18th, 2007 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuIf you need an even number of holes along an 8" span, doing them every inch is not correct. (Classic fencepost error.)
Even when using a blunt-tipped needle, it's still possible to stich through the middle of the thread on the other side. This is bad.
Although the book says to wax the thread, the waxy part of the thread is actually harder to use and the part I didn't wax yet is sliding more easily through the holes.
Calculate the total length of the thread before starting to sew the signatures together, because it's going to be one continuous thread from the start of the first signature to the end of the last signature, and there will be actual knots every so often so you won't be able to adjust by feeding more thread up from the beginning.
Keep repeating: This is the one where everything will go wrong. That's how we learn. To paraphrase Brooks, "Build one to put in shaymos."
Even when using a blunt-tipped needle, it's still possible to stich through the middle of the thread on the other side. This is bad.
Although the book says to wax the thread, the waxy part of the thread is actually harder to use and the part I didn't wax yet is sliding more easily through the holes.
Calculate the total length of the thread before starting to sew the signatures together, because it's going to be one continuous thread from the start of the first signature to the end of the last signature, and there will be actual knots every so often so you won't be able to adjust by feeding more thread up from the beginning.
Keep repeating: This is the one where everything will go wrong. That's how we learn. To paraphrase Brooks, "Build one to put in shaymos."