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Josh B:
Now I'm going to try and explain the lock stitch i use for this.  First I pull off a very long length of artificial sinew.  Artificial sinew is cheap so don't get stingy.  It's far better to waste some than to come up short half through a series of stitches.  I use two glovers needles for this type of stitch.  I thread both needles onto this thread and tie it off so I have a loop with two needles.  The knot is the positioned so that when I pull the loop tight with a needle at each end, one needle is twice as far from the knot as the other needle or in other words the knot is one third the length of the loop from one of the needles.  Be sure to double knot the artificial sinew as it's slick and doesn't hold a knot well.  Now remove one of your temporary stitches and starting at that hole and from the inside, push the needle with the longest part of the thread through until the knot stops it from going further.  Now run the needle into the next hole and pull the thread back in until it pulls tight.  The short piece of thread doesn't ever get poked through the seam.  The long thread loops around the short thread and the needle is pushed back through the same hole that it you just pushed it into.  When pulled tight, the stitch will be nice and secure. Then move to the next hole, push the needle through to the inside, loop around the short string inside, and back out the same hole.  Pull both threads tight and repeat.  Terrible explanation I know, but it's the best I can do.  Once you get to last hole, run the needle in to the inside and tie it off to the inside thread.  Be sure to double knot.

Josh B:
Some moc pics of stitching the tongue on.  Tip, if you want cleaner looking stitches, twist your thread up until it is round and tight like heavy thread. 

Josh B:
Now that we have th tongue stitched on, its time for the laces.  This is pretty quick and easy. Basically I punch two pair of holes on each side.  Each pair of holes is about 3/4" apart from each other about a 3/4" down from the top edge.  Pics explain it better than words.  Run your laces through as the pic shows and if you did a long decorative tongue as I have fold it over and figure out where to punch two holes in it.  If you went with a short tongue, you don't punch holes in it.

Josh B:
With the lacing done, all that is left is the insoles.  I don't have any rawhide with me so that will have to wait until I get home.  Since I thoroughly messed up the right moccasin I went with simple fringed tongues as opposed to beadwork.  They fit great and I put a couple miles on them at cahokia mounds this afternoon and my feet feel great, but it still irritates me to no end that I messed up.  The deer probably won't mind, but I sure do!  Anyway....that pretty much concludes the build along.  Remember....the old adage of measure twice, cut once doesn't just apply to carpentry.  Thanks for following along!  Josh

DC:
They look great from here, nice job!

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