Sewing kit

[SCOMAN]

Having made a few moleskine covers with varying success I wanted to try something different and smaller. After a recent incident whilst away with work it came to me, a sewing kit. It's a little over engineered and heavy duty for what it is but it was fun to make and cast my mind back to the days of a make and mend when it wasn't spent in a pub in Pompey or Guzz.





It measures 130mm x 55mm. I have about 5 needles in it pretty heavy duty, linen thread, black and brown and I have some waxed dental floss in for particularly hardy sewing.

 

[Sniper]

Nice little kit scoman

 

[lannyman8]

looking good.....

 

[Wayland]

A much underrated part of an outdoor man's equipment.

Nice job.

 

[sandbender]

A much underrated part of an outdoor man's equipment.

Possibly the most underrated piece of outdoor equipment.

Nice work SCOMAN, you should maybe add a small ball of woolen yarn for darning
your socks or woolen thermals if you use them.

 

[bikebum1975]

Neat my only problem now I gotta learn how to sew LOL

 

[Wayland]

Possibly the most underrated piece of outdoor equipment.

Nice work SCOMAN, you should maybe add a small ball of woolen yarn for darning
your socks or woolen thermals if you use them.

Yes it's noticeable that most people either don't carry one or keep it tucked away these days, in many cultures it was so important that it became a treasured item.

This is based on a Saami kit.

 

[sandbender]

Yes it's noticeable that most people either don't carry one or keep it tucked away these days, in many cultures it was so important that it became a treasured item.

Those are lovely.

This one belongs to my wife.

In Nessmuk's 'Woodcraft and Camping' he describes his ditty bag sewing kit...

"...three darning needles and a few common sewing needles; a dozen buttons; sewing silk; thread, and a small ball of strong yarn for darning socks; sticking salve; a bit of shoemaker's wax..."

...and Horace Kephart mentions his "pocket repair kit' in 'Camping and Woodcraft'.

"...fitted into a quite small wallet. A pair of tiny, sharp-pointed scissors for trimming dressings, rigging tackle, and so on; pointed tweezers that can be used as dressing forceps, to remove splinters, and in manipulating gut for flies or leaders; some dental floss for emergency repairs on rods and the like; some I-inch adhesive plaster; a needle or two, waxed linen thread on card, spare buttons, safety pins; one or two large rubber bands; a spare shoe lace; some strong twine; two feet of copper snare wire..."

 

[jimbo75]

Are those sami one's made from reindeer antler or bone?

 

[Chopper]

I have been one the lookout for a Sami sewing kit for a while, any ideas where I gan get one from?

 

[Tor helge]

A suvernir shop in Finnmark (Norway) should have on for sure .

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Possibly the most underrated piece of outdoor equipment.

Nothing fancy

Some canvas thread and good needles

 

[Wayland]

Are those sami one's made from reindeer antler or bone?

Mine is made from antler, I don't know about Sandbenders but it is a beauty.

I have been one the lookout for a Sami sewing kit for a while, any ideas where I gan get one from?

Start with a bit of antler and start carving...

 

[sandbender]

"...I don't know about Sandbenders but it is a beauty..."

It is antler and all the way from snowy Sweden.

For long distance trips this is the sewing kit that comes with me...

It contains...

- a thimble.
- several needles in several sizes.
- some buttons.
- a reel of strong linen thread.
- a couple of scalpel blades
- a needle threader (makes life easier if one is cold and wet).
- a short length of wire.
- white thread wound around a headless matchstick and wrapped in clingfilm.
- woolen yarn wound around a headless matchstick and wrapped in clingfilm.
- some gaffa tape.



Or for a more basic kit, two meters of waxed cord and a needle both sealed in a plastic straw to keep them clean and dry.

 

[Cobweb]

I've been thinking about the Scandinavian kits for a while now and I'm very tempted to make one, just need to get some bone first... hello local butcher!

I have a material one I made a while ago. It's not pretty but it does the job, it's also big enough to stop getting lost, I'm awful for losing things.

Wayland's kit is beautiful in piccies but in real life it is stunning, which in turn makes me want one even more lol!

 

[Tengu]

Why did they make such funny designs though? why not a simple wallet?

 

[sandbender]

Why did they make such funny designs though? why not a simple wallet?

To protect the bone needles?

 

[Wayland]

You are looking at a culture that is often described as "bone age" because they favoured the materials that they had available, rather than trading for expensive metal.

Add to the reason given above that they preferred to hang things on their belts where they were readily available rather than use pockets and you have a good part of your answer.

 

[Crank Cuffin]

Yes it's noticeable that most people either don't carry one or keep it tucked away these days, in many cultures it was so important that it became a treasured item.

This is based on a Saami kit.

That is a lovely selection of beautiful and useful kit.
Could we see more of the belt please? ....... I can feel another project coming on

 

[Wayland]

Certainly, although I hope I'm not hijacking Scoman's thread.