The D-Bag Part the Second

While my latest efforts (top) are an improvement over the machine-gun attempts that came before (top), I am no master of the flat stitch.

D-Baggery

Progress on the ditty bag is hampered by my apparent inability to sew a straight line. It has been suggested I use a sewing machine; a suggestion that I have refuted with an argument I find myself using commonly in the line of sailing: 'that's practical and faster and likely better and all, but not the point.'

Am re-pinning and adding a sew-to line.

Progress on the Nutshell Pram

A Mast in Progress

Rudder and tiller cheeks completed

Fid-ling about

The first step in learning to sew a sail is learnign to sew a ditty bag. What do you need to sew a ditty bag? Well, a needle, some marline and a yard of canvas (all commercially available,) some beeswax (got plenty of that,) and a fid (think of it like a rounded, blunt wooden stake.) As you can't find proper fids on Amazon these days, this is my first attempt at carving one out of 3/4" oak. I'm fairly okay with the whittling portion. Still need to sand it down quite a bit.