: I joined by sewing end to end with a leather awl.
: A piece of shrink tubing heated...
: Neat & tidy.
Thank you for the suggestion. I happen to have both the awl and the shrink tubing on hand. Saved me lots of $. I am making giant elastic bands to hold hockey netting over a feed bins with ridged edges. It is to slow don't my horses from eating too much hay too quickly.