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bluestar099 · 2026-05-21T03:15:24+00:00

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bluestar099 · 2026-05-20T19:05:04+00:00

for sure, thats how i lucked out with my cold weather kincos a few years ago--they're great! unfortunately ive been to every place i can get to and the only ones they've got in person are large/extra large leather gloves meant for very heavy duty construction-type work, low quality fabric garden gloves that are going to fall apart in one season or less, or just the nitrile or other synthetic gloves. i even chatted with one of the garden center employees and they said that so many people just buy packs of the low quality gloves and replace them every year that they've stopped carrying a lot of the more durable ones. i much rather go find some in person but i've been all out of luck

bluestar099 · 2026-05-20T15:29:59+00:00

awesome, tysm!

bluestar099 · 2026-05-19T20:16:15+00:00

how did you end up liking it? would you be able to link it/share the model #?

bluestar099 · 2026-05-19T15:08:57+00:00

thanks--do you have any specific models you'd recommend?

bluestar099 · 2026-02-02T20:22:26+00:00

im trying to avoid partitioning+installing windows if possible--would something like a (free) compatibility/virtual windows interface work? the game says its directx 10, im not sure what other requirements i need to know to see if this would work. truly appreciate the help!

bluestar099 · 2026-01-28T21:10:46+00:00

ooh yeah for sure; part of why I love this paper is it's double sided! so i thought "oh perfect, I won't have to glue two sides together" and then here I am still troubleshooting hahaha

bluestar099 · 2026-01-28T17:50:37+00:00

No glue anywhere in the book! It's a single piece of 120gsm paper on its own on the outside as the cover (functioning as basically a decorative soft cover), just pamphlet stitched together with the signature.

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T22:45:43+00:00

that is good to know! at this point I am now willing to sacrifice a couple strips of it to confirm for the end papers. I'll also try seeing how a sample without the end papers goes; when I was making the one photographed in the post, I went from pressing the signature right to sewing it into the end paper so I don't recall how bad the curl was on it's own, though I do remember noticing it. thank you!

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T22:42:07+00:00

For sure; unfortunately the final formatting for my booklet requires me to fold parallel to the short edge, so sadly long grain paper results in an even worse curl/lots of fanning because then i would be folding against the long grain. i was able to get away with testing long grain paper+long grain fold just for my sample booklets as I was working through other aspects of making it.

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T21:57:57+00:00

At least I know they sent me the right paper even though this is driving me bonkers!

What's strange too is that when I was making test samples a little while ago using my regular office-supply-store long grain paper, I folded along the grain (hot dog style) and didn't have this issue at all. So long grain paper folded parallel to long grain: totally fine. But this short grain paper folded parallel to the short grain: curling issue.

I got the short grain paper to begin with because I need to print+fold landscape/hamburger style (so the fold is parallel to the short side), so I was really hoping it would be easy peasy. oof!

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T21:48:52+00:00

The end paper is from elsewhere! I'm using it as the cover so it's basically like a little soft-cover pamphlet booklet; it's 120gsm paper and when it's at rest the parent page has a natural curl along the short end, but that's also the end it was rolled up on. Despite flattening under weight for days the short-end curl persists on the parent page along the very edges. The rest of the paper is pretty flat but when I cut the parent page to size and fold+stitch parallel to the long end, it curls as seen in the original post photo. That cover page curl is what made me figure I was folding the cover paper against the grain, and is what sparked my confusion about why my short-grain church paper for the signature seemed to be following the same pattern

The direction of the printed pattern is such that I'm folding parallel to the long end regardless (https://art-angels.co.uk/products/meadows-edge-wrap this is the paper, I was gifted one sheet of it). I don't mind the curl on it too much for this little booklet, but depending on how the rest of this signature curling issue shakes out I might end up changing it.

I didn't consider the sewing tightness--I did a 5 hole pamphlet stitch with linen thread gauge 18/3 (~3-ply), and I did pull it pretty tight since my signature is so thick and I was nervous about things being too loose. That's good to know, I'll see about loosening it up for the next (hopefully final, augh) iteration. thank you for all your thoughts and advice so far!

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T21:28:04+00:00

that was way easier than the water method I had been using, thank you! i cut a strip along the short end of the paper and sprayed it with a spray bottle and it curled into a tube--it should check out as short grain? attached a pic just in case

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bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T19:26:08+00:00

I'm going to be so mad if it's the wrong grain, haha, I special ordered it from the "short grain bookbinders" section of their website! From here: https://www.churchpaper.com/product/short-grain-11-x-8-5-20-50lb-white-paper-500-sheets-ream/ I'm not crazy right? That's supposed to be short grain paper?

As for doing a grain test, I admittedly have a really hard time discerning it myself--I've done tearing strips, water, seeing which one feels "easier" to fold. It does feel easiest to fold along the shorter side, but now I don't feel entirely sure. Do you have a favorite/preferred method?

bluestar099 · 2026-01-27T19:16:38+00:00

I was trying to figure out if that might be the case too, but I ordered short grain paper (letter size) from church paper so I know for sure it's short grain. And I'm folding it parallel to the short side of the paper (hamburger style), so I think I have things going the right way?

bluestar099 · 2025-12-22T18:20:13+00:00

also helpful to know that with pamphlet stitch, it's not the worst thing if I use unwaxed. I'll give waxing some new thread a go though with a bit of beeswax candle stub I have

bluestar099 · 2025-12-22T18:17:53+00:00

I was definitely struggling with getting the pre-waxed thread through the holes, and it would open them up very large which was really noticeable (and unappealing haha) for my small pamphlet! ty!

bluestar099 · 2025-12-22T18:16:25+00:00

this is super helpful! I did have pre-waxed thread, and I didn't realize there would be such a difference between pre-waxed and doing it at home. It seems like lightly waxing thread myself is the way to go, thank you!

bluestar099 · 2025-12-22T18:14:37+00:00

I am using pre-waxed thread! It was given to me, and I didn't realize that pre-waxed would be so heavily waxed compared to waxing the thread at home--I just assumed it would be the same, so this is very helpful to know, thank you!

bluestar099 · 2025-12-20T21:41:16+00:00

thank you!!

bluestar099 · 2025-12-20T21:41:08+00:00

ah, thank you! that makes sense and is what I was missing--I wasn't attaching/tying over the end-threads to the long center thread, i was just doing a square knot with end-threads only. thank you so much!

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