Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . centre of the loop. (1) Ordinary Sewing.—In ordinary sewing com-mence to sew by pushing the needle from the outsideto the inside, at one of the marks made for the kettlestitch ; draw the greater part of the thread throughthe hole, leaving only about 4 ins. or 5 ins. of theend hanging out ; pass the thread along the inside,and out again by the side of the first lay cord ; then PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 43 carry
Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . centre of the loop. (1) Ordinary Sewing.—In ordinary sewing com-mence to sew by pushing the needle from the outsideto the inside, at one of the marks made for the kettlestitch ; draw the greater part of the thread throughthe hole, leaving only about 4 ins. or 5 ins. of theend hanging out ; pass the thread along the inside,and out again by the side of the first lay cord ; then PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 43 carry it across the outside of this, and in again at thesame hole—but, of course, pass it in on the other sideof lay cord—as shown in Fig. 28. The thread passesalong the inside and out again at the second lay cord,in again through the same hole, and so on, until theother kettle-stitch hole is reached. The needle isbrought to the outside at this hole ; the piece of threadleft hanging out at the first hole is then held firm, andthe thread on the inside is pulled tight with thumb andfingers between each lay cord. Fig. 29, A, is a planof thread and lay cords, which should further help. Fig. 29. the beginner to understand this method of first end papers should now be found firmlyattached to the lay cords, and the first section of thebook is then placed on the top. The needle andthread passes in at the kettle stitch hole, which isimmediately above the one from which it came outlast on the end papers. This and all succeedingsections, and the other end papers, are sewn as justdescribed. When the needle and thread emerge fromthe kettle stitch hole at the other end of the section,the thread on the inside is again pulled tight with the 44 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. thumb and fingers between each lay cord, and isthen tied off to the 4-in. or 5-in. piece first left pro-jecting, and when tied the short end may be cut next section having been sewn up to the kettlestitch hole,
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