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TURNING THE LEATHER OVER YOU MARK THE SIDE WHICH WILL BE THE INSIDE OF THE HOOD 4MM LINE AS IN THE PIC ON THE LEFT. I HAVE MARKED THE LINE IN PEN AS TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE IT CLEAR, BUT NORMALLY IT WILL BE JUST A LINE MADE BY THE SCRIBE.

WITH A STITCH MARKER MARK AROUND THE LINE AS ON THE PIC LEFT JUST ON THE SIDE PIECES OF THE HOOD. NOW I DO MARK THE SMALL DOTS MADE BY THE STITCH MARKER WITH A PEN AS THEY CAN BE DAMN HARD TO SEE LATER WHEN WORKING WITH THE LEATHER. BUT ONLY MARK THE SIDE PATTERENS NOT THE MAIN PART, I WILL EXPLAIN LATER.

NOW TO MARK THE MAIN PART, PUT TOGETHER THE SIDE TO MAIN PART AS LEFT. YOU WILL NEED A SCRIBE TO MARK. AS YOU TURN THE SIDE ALONG THE MAIN YOU DRAW THE SCRIBE ACROSS MARKING THE STITCH HOLES ON THE MAIN PATTERN.

AS LEFT YOU CAN SEE HOW TO MARK THE HOLES. THE REASON YOU DON'T USE A STITCH MARKER IS THAT WHEN YOU TURN THE SIDE ALONG AND DUE TO THE ANGLE THE STITCH MARKS CAN BE WIDER APART. THIS WAY YOU MATCH ALL STITCH MARKS UP AGAINST EACH OTHER. AGAIN MARK THE DOTS WITH A PEN TO HELP YOU SEE THEM WHEN WORKING THE LEATHER.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE PATTERN IS MARKED WITH A STITCH MARK. WHAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW IS TO PRE HOLE THE STITCH HOLES AS THE LEATHER IS VERY HARD TO PUSH A NEEDLE THROUGH AND SORE ON THE FINGERS. ON THE MAIN PART OF THE HOOD AT THE BEAK END JUST USE THE STITCH MARKER, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL STITCH THE NECK BRACE TO. IF YOU JUST WANT TO GLUE IT THEN DON'T MARK IT, UP TO YOU.

AN AWL IS USE TO PUNCH HOLES THROUGH FROM THE MARKED DOTS THROUGH THE EDGE BUT NOT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER IT MUST COME THROUGH THE EDGE AS NEAR TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE AS POSS. WHEN YOU COME TO TURN THE HOOD INSIDE OUT NO STITCHING WILL BE SEEN. DO BOTH THE SIDES AND THE MAIN PART MAKE SURE THE HOLES ARE ALL DONE.