Lock stitching is "A" correct method. Correct but not necessary and
ever so slow by hand. I used a linear stitch and the only "lock" there is
to it is when I went back over it the reverse direction which seems to
be enough as the hand stitching has held up at least as well as the factory
stitching. I used UV protected Dacron thread, btw. It comes on a giant
spool about six inches tall and three inches in diameter. It must have
fifty miles of thread on it.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...
Thats a double stitch... or you can use two threads and needles... the
correct method though remains a lock stitch.

CM

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
news | Right, you've got to go over it twice to get it threaded where
| thread was originally. That's what I did. I went one direction and
| then turned around and went back filling in the unthreaded areas.
| Tensioning each stitch is important. You don't want it too tight so
| it draws up the material but you don't want it so loose that it stands
| proud. You'll get the hang of it in short order.
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| "Wally" wrote in message
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| Zig-zag on both sides in the original holes. Wear your glasses.
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| The original stitching is zig-zag. Would I be right in thinking that I
| should zig-zag in one direction first, and then turn and do the
| complementary zig-zag? (The original is machine-stitched, so has two
courses
| of thread.)
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