Lock stitch... waxed cat-gut thread.
CM
"Wally" wrote in message
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| "Simple Simon" wrote in message news:aRidnamyDqC_-
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| Old sails that still function well are a thing of beauty. I have
| spent hours HAND STICHING the seems of my mainsail
| putting new thread in the original machine stitching holes. ...
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| I'm about to do some seam repairs to my main, around a batten pocket, but
| I'm not sure what stitch is appropriate - what kind of stitch did you use?
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| Wally
| I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
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