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I would just add here that you need to make sure that when you punch your holes (I'm assuming you've punched all the way through) that your pricking irons need to be dead vertical to your leather as you punch. Again, as Phil said, consistency is key in everything related to your stiching....holes punched straight and to the same depth, needle work the same on every hole, same tension pulled on every hole, same direction pulled on every hole etc, etc. You'll get it. It just take practice. One of the things I did was to make a few stitched belts. You can get a pretty good rythym doing that.