Farmer's Doubleweave Bread Bag

I love old grain and seed bags. It is hard to believe all the work that went into them. When I hold one in my hands and think about how the thread had to be spun and woven, then cut and sewn into a grain bag, it’s just mind-blowing.

I thought it might be fun to make my own bag—not a grain bag because I have no use for such a large bag, but maybe a bread bag to store my loaf of newly baked bread. I could spin all the thread from flax roving and doubleweave a tube that requires no side seams.

Fiber Flax roving (Lofty Fibers), Natural, 4 oz (113.5 g).
Yarn Warp: 10/2 linen (1,500 yd/lb; Georgia Yarn Company), Natural, 432 yd.
Weft: Handspun singles, fingering weight (1,275 ypp; 22 wpi), 180 yd.

About: Tom Knisely has taught weaving and spinning for the past 40 or so years. He enjoys collecting and studying antique textiles to gain a better understanding of how they were woven. He writes about textiles for Long Thread Media and has published six books on textiles. In addition, Tom has written two children’s books about spinning and weaving.

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