String bags can be made in a variety of sizes, shapes and materials.
If you want additional patterns, go to one of the following books and use a pattern found there.
Brittain, Judy. The Bantam Step-by-Step Book of Needle Craft. London:Bantam, 1980. (ISBN 0-553-01221-5 contains history, basic techniques, string bag, and hammock)
Holdgate, Charles. Net Making. Buchanan, New
York: Emerson Books, Inc., 1972. (instructions, diagrams,
and patterns for string netting including hammock and bags)
Ludgate, H. T. Make Nets, Here's How. Maumee,
Ohio: Jann's Netcraft, 1976. (illustrated; patterns for
making fishing nets, hammock, and bags; also lists supplies available
for netting with twine)
Morton, Barbara M. Down East Netting. Camden,
Maine: Down East Books, 1988. (instructions for netting
for string/twine, patterns, and variety of lace stitches, the string bags start with diamond mesh for the bottom of the bag before changing to circular)
"Netted Ball Bag." Harper's Bazar, Vol. 3, p. 149. (pattern)
Non-commercial use only. |
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