Jane Andreas wrote: > I would add that one thing yarn does have is the availability in > virtually any color and texture, as well as producing a light weight case.
How about using a more dense industrially produced fabric ? I'm not overly familiar with these things, but I would expect that there are typical materials (linen, cotton, velvet, nylon, etc.), along with conventions for specifying their characteristics. Since a number of these materials have a long history, they ought to be widely available, too. Making a pouch would then involve cutting a number of patches from a sheet and sewing them together. There seems to be some pretty inexpensive sewing machines around, like this one http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp10227-0122.html or even without battery, like this (this price is about USD 4.5) http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-102404853-mini-maquina-de-coser-portatil-llevala-a-todos-lados-_JM No idea if this sort of machine is any good, though. Maybe one would rather do such small things manually (*) anyway. (*) I.e., needle plus fingers, with quantum physics exacting punishment whenever a violation of the rule that two objects cannot occupy the same space is attempted, however briefly. E.g., I think a soft smooth fabric similar to the black cloth that comes with the Ben may yield a nice-looking pouch. One could probably use the same design also with soft thin leather. Not sure how hard it is to find the latter, but I noticed that there are a number of very low-cost products that come with sleeves/etuis that are either soft real leather or extremely convincing imitations. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
