Glove progress
2007-03-04 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liadethorneggeI've been working diligently and I've now got two and a half fingers done. The other finger and a half to go, then I can stitch up the thumb and insert it in the glove and, well, and then it'll be done.
I can tell right away that what I want to be doing is to make my finger bits, fourchettes or whatever, longer than my pattern as a general rule. By about 2 cm. That way, I can trim them down to the appropriate size in situ. Also, leather stretches in strange and interesting ways, so some of the sides aren't quite matching up the way I'd like them to. Nothing major, but a little annoying. I think I will also want to widen the middle-finger portion of my glove pattern, as that finger is a little snug, compared to the index-finger despite me having to cut the front and back as two pieces and not on a fold.
See, I knew it would be a good idea to do a trial run in leather first. I am currently using black linen thread and backstitching on my seams - I don't know what to use really, so I just defaulted to that stitch. I suppose I should be working a shoemaker's stitch with two needles, but that seems excessive, and my running stitches tends to make things bunch up.
I can tell right away that what I want to be doing is to make my finger bits, fourchettes or whatever, longer than my pattern as a general rule. By about 2 cm. That way, I can trim them down to the appropriate size in situ. Also, leather stretches in strange and interesting ways, so some of the sides aren't quite matching up the way I'd like them to. Nothing major, but a little annoying. I think I will also want to widen the middle-finger portion of my glove pattern, as that finger is a little snug, compared to the index-finger despite me having to cut the front and back as two pieces and not on a fold.
See, I knew it would be a good idea to do a trial run in leather first. I am currently using black linen thread and backstitching on my seams - I don't know what to use really, so I just defaulted to that stitch. I suppose I should be working a shoemaker's stitch with two needles, but that seems excessive, and my running stitches tends to make things bunch up.
