- Start the single cordovan stitch here.

- Insert the tip from the back to front and leave a 1.5 inch (4 cm) tail.

- Tie an overhand knot so that the tail points away from subsequent stitches.

- Begin a single cordovan stitch by pushing the tip through the next hole from front to back.

- The push the tip through the formed loop from front to back.

- Finish the stitch by tightening the lace through the hole then through the loop.

- Make three single cordovan stitches.
