01-01-2006, 02:41 AM
John
Old infantry soldier here, we used a thing called a "sew-all" you should be able to get them at any camping store, they would be excellent for this. Make sure you read the instructions there is a knack to using them. If you go to this page they look very similar to an eyed bodkin
http://www.officegiant.co.uk/products.a ... ID=PG24140
in fact you can use an eyed bodkin, with your thread through the eye shove the bodkin through your layers of cloth then pull the bodkin back whilst holding onto the loop of thread that you just shoved through.
you can then place that loop around the next loop you push through and make a running stitch or use a seperate thread and just run it up through the loops pulling each one tight as you go.
I know it sound complicated but if you have a go you will work it out very quickly. and its surprisingly fast.
Jason
Old infantry soldier here, we used a thing called a "sew-all" you should be able to get them at any camping store, they would be excellent for this. Make sure you read the instructions there is a knack to using them. If you go to this page they look very similar to an eyed bodkin
http://www.officegiant.co.uk/products.a ... ID=PG24140
in fact you can use an eyed bodkin, with your thread through the eye shove the bodkin through your layers of cloth then pull the bodkin back whilst holding onto the loop of thread that you just shoved through.
you can then place that loop around the next loop you push through and make a running stitch or use a seperate thread and just run it up through the loops pulling each one tight as you go.
I know it sound complicated but if you have a go you will work it out very quickly. and its surprisingly fast.
Jason
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