Japanese Stab Binding for Absolute Beginners

Sew a real book with a needle, a thread and no glue at all.
A stab binding is the simplest permanent book structure there is: a stack of loose sheets, a row of holes a short distance in from one edge, and a thread that holds everything together. No press. No glue. No drying time. When you tie the knot, the book is finished.
Japanese Stab Binding for Absolute Beginners teaches four tools and three bindings from the very beginning. It assumes you have never sewn a book before and that you do not own a single specialist item. Everything is worked out from two numbers you measure yourself: the width of your page and its height.
- Yotsume Toji, the four-hole binding, sewn step by step with a numbered thread path
- Kikkou Toji, the tortoise-shell pattern, and Asa-no-ha Toji, the hemp-leaf pattern
- Five- and six-hole layouts for taller books, plus thick blocks, albums and inserts
- Six complete projects, from a pocket notebook to a photo album
- Nineteen common faults, what causes them and what to do
- A full worked example with every number carried through, a quick reference, a glossary and fifteen questions answered
Every measurement in this book is calculated rather than copied: the sewing margin follows the width of your page, the number of holes follows its height, and the thread length is added up stitch by stitch. Tables give you the figures for the sizes you are most likely to use, and the rules let you work out any size of your own.
What you need: an awl, a blunt needle, a ruler, two clips and a length of thread. Paper you already have.


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