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Skin Hole Repair: Compliments of the Zig Zag Stitch and a Friend

A somewhat basic (need to sew) skin tear repair job.

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Jason Albert

40D Nylon fabric, some zig-zag stitches, and a friend savvy on the sewing machine. Skin repair.

40D Nylon fabric, some zig-zag stitches, and a friend savvy on the sewing machine. Skin repair.

There comes a time when low tide is a relative high tide. While the rain’s pitter-patter is my current soundcape, it’s a reminder of the snow’s absence. I’ve skinned, toured, shuffled, hiked to snow (once), a handful of times this season: all of it blissful. And all of it, or at least most of it,…

Responses

  1. Slim

    How did the sewing go? I once tried to sew(by hand) an adhesive backed Velcro stip on a jacket, and the adhesive gummed up the needle, making for tough going.

  2. Barry Wicks

    There are certainly tricks for sewing glue-y material. I make sure the glue covered surface doesn’t touch the foot of the sewing machine, and also keep a goo gone soaked rag on hand to wipe the needle off if it gets too glue covered. A little care and patience can go a long way in making the process go smoothly, but i have had many successful skin sewing project turn out just fine.

  3. Patrick Riffie

    Sewing shops sell glue resistant needles, (what a time to be alive!) but I’ve also had good luck just wiping the needle occasionally as noted above.

  4. Stephen Glass

    I used a Speedy Stitcher and did it by hand. Very easy to keep clean and I worry too much about gumming up the hook assembly on my machine.
    I haven’t fully ripped a chunk loose like yours, but I do have some extra skin material in case that happens. Thinking strip the glue, cut patch to fit, stitch it in (possibly with a thin ~20D backing) and reglue.

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