<p>This is one way (as suggested by WikiHow):</p>

<pre><code>1   Flip the fabric over. ...
2   Slide the needle under the nearest stitch and pull it to make a loop. ...
3   Insert the needle through the loop and pull it tightly to make a knot. ...
4   Tie the thread through another loop to double knot the stitch. ...
5   Trim the excess thread and turn your fabric over.
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PbLKldLE0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PbLKldLE0</a>
This video offers some alternatives</p>

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user41733
<p>What I would do at this point with your gloves, is to take the needle and slide it under that last stitch (I took a close look at your pic) leaving a loop behind, then take the needle and slide through that loop to create a knot, you may need to do this twice. Then, I usually push the needle into the material and leave extra thread inside the work, cutting what is super extra or bothersome.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3h3Kv.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3h3Kv.jpg" alt="slide through stitch and through loop pull to knot"></a>
Create the knot
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gJvfQ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gJvfQ.jpg" alt="knot close up sometimes twice"></a>
Hide the extra
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qG2Tx.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qG2Tx.jpg" alt="sink the extra thread into the material "></a></p>

<p>These stitches shown here are just so I can show a sample, my stitch work is typically better. Though when I darn, I let it get messy. LOL
happy mending sustainability lovers!
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2020-01-28T00:39:19.190Z
PS I would start with a knot and bring the needle in through the glove.
Not The Face
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Not The Face
<p>I'm mending my (second hand) leather gloves by hand.</p>

<p>My sewing skills are rudimentary, but I like fixing the seams of or patching up clothes every now and then.</p>

<p>However, I never know how to finish up a sewn seam. I usually just keep repeating the last stitch, alternating the angle a little bit, or the direction, in a random fashion (random perhaps because I reason that if it's hard for me to unravel, it must be so too for the thread itself).</p>

<p><strong>I would like to know if there's a proper way to finish sewing a seam.</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rHxoD.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rHxoD.jpg" alt="Leather gloves in the midst of being mended"></a></p>

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How do I finish hand-sewing a seam?
Joachim
# How do I finish hand-sewing a seam?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-27)

I'm mending my (second hand) leather gloves by hand.

My sewing skills are rudimentary, but I like fixing the seams of or patching up clothes every now and then.

However, I never know how to finish up a sewn seam. I usually just keep repeating the last stitch, alternating the angle a little bit, or the direction, in a random fashion (random perhaps because I reason that if it's hard for me to unravel, it must be so too for the thread itself).

**I would like to know if there's a proper way to finish sewing a seam.**

[![Leather gloves in the midst of being mended](https://i.sstatic.net/rHxoD.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/rHxoD.jpg)

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-28. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

What I would do at this point with your gloves, is to take the needle and slide it under that last stitch (I took a close look at your pic) leaving a loop behind, then take the needle and slide through that loop to create a knot, you may need to do this twice. Then, I usually push the needle into the material and leave extra thread inside the work, cutting what is super extra or bothersome.[![slide through stitch and through loop pull to knot](https://i.sstatic.net/3h3Kv.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3h3Kv.jpg)
Create the knot
[![knot close up sometimes twice](https://i.sstatic.net/gJvfQ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/gJvfQ.jpg)
Hide the extra
[![sink the extra thread into the material ](https://i.sstatic.net/qG2Tx.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/qG2Tx.jpg)

These stitches shown here are just so I can show a sample, my stitch work is typically better. Though when I darn, I let it get messy. LOL
happy mending sustainability lovers!

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: PS I would start with a knot and bring the needle in through the glove.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-27. Score: 2

This is one way (as suggested by WikiHow):
1   Flip the fabric over. ...
2   Slide the needle under the nearest stitch and pull it to make a loop. ...
3   Insert the needle through the loop and pull it tightly to make a knot. ...
4   Tie the thread through another loop to double knot the stitch. ...
5   Trim the excess thread and turn your fabric over.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PbLKldLE0
This video offers some alternatives


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