Klein Kontainers

This is designer Calvin Klein, he makes handbags

This is mathematician Felix Klein, he made bottles

[if you want to knit one, look here]

And this is Mathias Klein, his company makes tools & toolbags

Bob came across one of these toolbags on the internet recently. It is a ‘small component bag’ for screws etc.

These are about £9 each, which is quite a lot of money. Howevere, these bags have lots of useful features…

• heavy duty canvas so it won’t damage easily
• full zip so you can reach in to get hold of contents
• flat bottom so it will stand by itself
• strong brass zip, with ‘pull’
• grommet for carabiner, so it can hang from a tool-belt

So Saturday’s Sewing Day also included making one – I had some heavy cotton camo fabric [stiffened further with iron-on interfacing. I also had a brass zip [salvaged from  M&S Blue Harbour Chinos which had worn out] and a zip-pull [and grommets from the garage]

I made a simple bag, with a covered rectangle of card to stiffen the base, and here’s my Klein Bag.

Bob is very pleased with it. He has some woodworking activities lined up for the summer and I think this will come in very useful.

Another project to tick off the list!