My wonderful horizontally oriented pillow bag has handles that allow me to hold it in one hand and not do a balancing act with a hip or any other body part. But that does not mean that it's easy to be graceful while negotiating doors! I try to keep one hand free so I can open a door and then use my backside to keep it open while the arm with the pillow "goes first"!
Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: lace Arachne <lace@arachne.com> > Date: 9/30/2005 9:14:42 PM > Subject: [lace] Re: pillow bag > > On Sep 30, 2005, at 18:22, mary carey wrote: > > > A couple of years ago I made a "pillow bag" for a large square pillow > > I have for working Eeva-Liisa's pictures. [...] > > If I make another I will make the handles longer so they could be used > > "over the shoulder". > > I've been printing out all of the instructions as fast as they've been > coming in (Clay's BarbETex's, Mary's) but I also have a question. > > I have a bag for my round cookie 24" (home made) and one for my square > 24" block (bought in Denmark), but both are standard, "vertical-carry". > The home made bag for the round pillow offers better access (a long > zipper down one side which, in addition to the top opening makes it > easier to slide the pillow in), but both are big enough to let me stick > the dis-assembled table (or most of it) into them as well as the > pillow, bobbins, my "tool box", any printed material needed for the > class etc (the home made has two pockets, the bought one one pocket). > So, they work out fine. But, because of the weight, and because I was > at the end of the line when God doled out height, the only way I can > carry them is over the shoulder -- there's precisely 24" between my > handgrip and the ground :) > > I can see the advantage of carrying a pillow horizontally, especially > once the project is on it - there's no gravity pulling at the bobbins > (when using my vertical-carry bags, I secure the bobbins with a bit of > "give", to counteract it). And, if the length of handles was adjusted > "just so", and the pillow supported by the hip (like a baby), I might > even be able to stabilize it at the other end with my fingers, if not > very comfortably (I'm a living proof of Darwinian's theory of the > origin of humans - my arms are long enough to be the envy of any monkey > <g>)... > > But... How does one negotiate doors (never mind crowded elevators) with > a horizontal-carry bag, if using a large pillow??? I suppose, for a > door, one could swing it to the front of oneself (though, some doors, > esp the swing doors in hotels... you'd have someone else holding it > wide-open for you)... > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
