Sunday Sewing:
There was a bit of drizzle as I nipped out to check the gear lever gaiter, so I had to be quick.
The good news is the top of the gaiter will slip over the gear knob as required.
The bad news is that the shape/design of neck below the top join could have been better.
Still, this check allowed me to add a second 'slot' for another zip tie around the neck.
Then I could join the two sides together below this opening.
To give me gaiter MkII.
By now, the rain had stopped, so I started the engine while I did the next round of test fitting.
Slowly, but surely, I was finally getting there.
But I realised the alloy plate needed to be opened up a bit.
But the real
beard scratching came as I tried to work out how to join the bottom of the gaiter to this base.
As the cone shaped leather did not want to pull neatly into a square shape at the bottom.
( I'm sure there is a square peg and round hole joke in here somewhere.
)
In the end, I went back to how I used to make witches' hats for my daughters.
As these would start out as a cone on top, with flaps, that was then joined to the separate brim.
So I needed a leather 'brim' for the bottom of my gaiter.
End of Part 1…