The Physics of Summer Break—Green Bag

Designed by Jane Patrick

It's not often that The E-Newes begins with a physics lesson, but bear with us on this:

Albert Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity states that space and time are interwoven into a single continuum known as space-time. In simple terms, what this means is that events that occur at the same time (or pace) for one observer can occur at different times (or at different paces) for another, depending on how fast each person is moving.

One need look no further than Summer break for a wonderful, real-world illustration of this idea; to a child, the summer can fly by in a blink, while to the parent it can (at times) seem never ending. We have found that working on a project together is a most wonderful way to get yourself, and the people around you, in sync.

Wool yarn, because it stretches, is very forgiving and therefore great for beginners. Because this bag will be heavily fulled and the edges will be sewn into the seams of the bags, it doesn’t matter if the beat is a bit uneven or the selvedges a little wavy. Because it is a fairly short warp, it weaves up quickly. Because they make it themselves, this bag could be the first step to a lifelong love of the needle arts...and because of who we are and what we do, there is little we find more exiting than helping people take that first step.

Project Specs

Weave structure: plain weave, heavily fulled

Finished size off loom: 8" wide x 28" long

Finished size after fulling: 7" wide x 27" long

Finished bag: 6" x 9" with 19" long handle

Width in reed: 8"

Number of ends: 64

Warp length: 1-1/2 yards

EPI: 8

PPI: 8