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It's in the Bag

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So, got this loom...   and have peers who know stuff and are encouraging and enabling.  Dug out and got around to sewing the piece I made earlier on a borrowed loom.  Didn't have matching yarn so found something similar to the red of the stripe on that piece, measured off strong warp thread in blue to "match" and wove a strap to make this a bag.   Came to the end of the strap weaving and looked up to find the paper at the end had a message on it.  Hadn't noticed when I'd put it in that it said "Help."  I took it as a confirmation, more than a plaintive cry from the work, so kept going.  Folded the strap in half and whip stitched the two sides together for strength.  Sewed the strap onto the bag, sewed a liner in (made from an old sheet), twisted the loose ends until they twisted over on themselves, and done!   I like how the blue from the warp in the strap appears checked, mimicking the red stripe of the bag. There are things I...