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Posted by Joy Beeson on February 18, 2008, 10:06 pm
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:06:18 +0100, "Ursula Schrader"
> it's me again, this time I'm looking for a pattern for a work basket.
I just found this pair of photographs:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbagopen.gif
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbag.gif
It's a wee tiny workbag, but the idea looks as though it would scale
up nicely. The comments said that the bottom was stiffened.
Joy Beeson
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on February 19, 2008, 3:20 am
"Joy Beeson" wrote...
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:06:18 +0100, "Ursula Schrader"
>
>> it's me again, this time I'm looking for a pattern for a work basket.
>
> I just found this pair of photographs:
>
> http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbagopen.gif
>
> http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbag.gif
>
> It's a wee tiny workbag, but the idea looks as though it would scale
> up nicely. The comments said that the bottom was stiffened.
>
> Joy Beeson
Yes, that looks like the classic reticule (or however it is spelled), just
like the one Empire ladies used to wear. A good idea, too, especially since
it seems to have a certain stiffness to it (good for tossing thing in when
you're in a hurry). I wonder, however, if that one is made from just a
circle or if there are darts in the sides. I tried to make various pouches
in my life and whenever I tried the 'from a circle' variety it didn't come
out very nice - just too much material in most cases. Looks like the outer
layer is a rahter thin fabric while the inside is more sturdy and perhaps
even has some kind of fusible lining. Hmmpf, now you did it, I'm torn... ;-)
I might try both varieties. (Haha, if I ever find the time...)
U.
U.
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Posted by Joy Beeson on February 20, 2008, 11:19 am
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:20:35 +0100, "Ursula Schrader"
> >http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbagopen.gif
> >http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbag.gif
[snip]
> Yes, that looks like the classic reticule (or however it is spelled), just
> like the one Empire ladies used to wear. A good idea, too, especially since
> it seems to have a certain stiffness to it (good for tossing thing in when
> you're in a hurry). I wonder, however, if that one is made from just a
> circle or if there are darts in the sides. I tried to make various pouches
> in my life and whenever I tried the 'from a circle' variety it didn't come
> out very nice - just too much material in most cases. Looks like the outer
> layer is a rahter thin fabric while the inside is more sturdy and perhaps
> even has some kind of fusible lining.
> . . .
On the one hand, having it lie not quite flat would help keep things
in the pockets; on the other, making enough darts to do it subtly
would be a royal pain; better to make the drawstrings a tad short.
Or, the equivalent of what I used to do when crocheting bags: make a
circle of the thin stuff a tad more than a seam allowance bigger than
the pocketing circle, then sew on a straight strip.
Having the thin stuff extend well beyond the stiff stuff certainly
helps in the bunches-of-fabric department, and the photographs suggest
that it suffices.
A ruffle would help too; in addition to giving you a handle to open
the bag, it fills in any hole left by not being able to bunch the
fabric closely. On a circle, it means using a facing instead of just
turning the edge down, but I guess you'd need to do that anyway, since
a hem wide enough to run a drawstring through would pucker. (The tiny
bag appears to use two complete circles instead of a facing or hem.)
Another trick I used on crocheted bags: make the part close to the
casing mostly holes. Hard to implement in a sewn bag. The equivalent
is using a thinner and softer fabric, but that would make it weaker
just where there is the most wear.
Getting elaborate: a small circle for the bottom of the bag, a circle
with a hole in it and a narrow wedge cut out for the pockets, and a
straight strip for the top and the casing. Lots of calculating
<http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/~roughsewing/CONEFR01.HTM>,
lots of sewing, and the seams would mar the product.
To think that I sat down here because the discussion reminded me of a
square knitting bag I used to be fond of! I'd better make that a
separate post.
Joy Beeson
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joy beeson at comcast dot net
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on February 20, 2008, 12:35 pm
"Joy Beeson" wrote...
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:20:35 +0100, "Ursula Schrader"
>
>> >http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbagopen.gif
>
>> >http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/azure_unicorn/tattingbag.gif
>
> [snip]
>
>> < snip >
>>
>
> < snipped details on round bag >
>
A lot of good hints, I'll have to mull it over so that it can really sink
in.
> To think that I sat down here because the discussion reminded me of a
> square knitting bag I used to be fond of! I'd better make that a
> separate post.
Yes, do so! I'd love to hear about that one. After all, nothing has been cut
out yet. ;-)
U. - greedy for more ideas... ;-)
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Posted by Joy Beeson on February 21, 2008, 11:06 am
Now I'm wondering where my square knitting bag has gotten to? I've
been carrying my knitting in my purse ever since I took up sock
knitting about ten years ago.
It was just a square yard of fabric with handles sewn to the corners.
This one was a patchwork square lined with one large square with a
border of squares like those on the outside. The handles were strips
of fabric folded to make loops; I may have sewn buttons on them to
spread the strain. (That is, they were attached with bar tacks and
the bar tacks were worked through two buttons.)
The idea was that one could spread it out to make a clean working
surface, so that when I picked it up by the handles, all the bits were
gathered together automatically. I carried it by putting my wrist
through all four handles, and hung it on a doorknob when it wasn't in
use. If I needed to set it down elsewhere, I tied opposite corners
together.
Once, when I showed up for a meeting before the guy with the key did,
I found that by putting one arm through the handles on two adjacent
sides and the other arm through the other two handles, I had a sling
that comfortably supported my sweater and yarn while I knitted leaning
against a lamp-post.
That may also have been when I discovered that I can knit in typing
mitts, but I can't imagine why I'd have taken those to a meeting; I
prefer gloves for driving.
Found a picture of it!
<http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/~joybeeson/LINKS/IMAGES/STARHANG.JPG>
But it's not the one I described -- note that the handles are loops of
the binding, not sewn on afterward.
Now I have *two* knitting bags missing.
Note also that it's a *big* mistake to put the design in the middle of
the square.
(Just thought of unwrapping the doll quilt next to my baby doll in the
bottom drawer, and there was the bag I described, and it's the
more-precious one. Made it from an embroidered-squares quilt I
started in 1956. Three of the squares are actually embroidered! Some
of the others are vintage prints. Now that we have a digital camera,
I should photograph it.)
Joy Beeson
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