Using a tapestry (large-eyed) needle, bring your ends to the wrong side of your work. You’ll be sewing a stitch, rather than punching it with a punch needle tool. To hide your stitch effectively, it should be approximately as wide as the other stitches on the right side of your work...
elusive and hard to hit. There are counter punchers like Juan Manuel Marquez andSugar Ray Robinson, who love to lay back and thread the needle, discovering small openings in your defense to capitalize on. There are tacticians like Bernard Hopkins andMuhammad Ali, who know every trick in the ...
Use journaling to express thoughts Moving past the trap of“What-If” thinking, journaling emerges as apowerful tool. It allows you topour out your heartand mind on paper. Think of it as a conversation with yourself, where no topic is off-limits. ...
After punching holes comes stitching them. Normally I would use a waxed thread but I knew this hat was getting painted and I didn't want the thread to repel the paint for any reason so I used a thick unwaxed white cotton thread. While I stitched I wore a rubber dipped glove on one h...
Liberally apply thread lock to the Helicoil insert. Place the Helicoil insert into the hole. Thread the Helicoil insert into the hole until it rests at least a 1/4 turn below the surface of the metal having the stripped threads repaired. Remove the insert tool by turning it counterclockwise...
Here’s another way to thread the cord through the holes. Take a 2 inch length of scotch tape and wrap a 1/2 inch of it lengthwise around the end of the cord. Don’t worry about the 1 1/2 inches of tape not on the lace; when you’re done wrapping just flatten that part, but...
The back of the bag after the beads attached. The beads are longer than the space between pairs of dots. Pictured is the awl, harness needle, and waxed nylon thread. The beads attached to the pouch. A close-up of the beads. Optional Step: Sew the Top Edge ...
This vise features four positive locking angle adjustments for stable tying, so if you like to use a ton of thread pressure for lashing down lead eyes like I do, this is as good as it gets! When tying at home, I prefer to clamp the vise to my bench for added stability, however the...
This is an addendum to Article 5, Solution 4, of this thread… BEST BACKPACK / RUCKSACK FOR HIKING PHOTOGRAPHERS (2021) … where I talked about a DIY (Do It Yourself) solution I use for quick front access to ILC gear at waist level (using my old LowePro Nova 2 as a “portable ICU...
Doing research is like detective work, like trying to put together a giant puzzle, but you have no idea what the final outcome will be. I added a lot of new material to this talk. For example, did you know that Linn Boyd Benton got a patent for a needle used to attach price tags ...