Bag Made of a Wooden Clog With Crocheted Mill
Introduction: Bag Made of a Wooden Clog With Crocheted Mill
For this Instructable I used the American abbreviations crochet stitches.
A while ago I bought a number of rejected wooden clogs. I didn't know what to do with them straight away, but the possibilities of clogs are endless. For example, in addition to wear them, in the north of the Netherlands they are also used to collect lock money. When a ship passes a lock, the lock keeper lowers a clog on a fishing rod and the skipper puts the amount due to be allowed through the lock into the clog. This way of collecting money is included in the list of intangible heritage. Birdhouses, sailing ships, flower pots or money boxes are also made from it.
We used to wear clogs, not on the street but in our garden while playing. These clogs were made by the wooden shoes maker who lived opposite my grandfather. He made the clogs exactly to size for you, completely by hand without using any power tools. For me, it seemed only logical not to use power tools, but if you prefer to use power tools then that’s fine off course.
I love bags and sometimes it is nice to have a special bag that you do not see everywhere and one that is preferably made of unusual material. For example, I previously made a bag from a paper bag, which is still in use and with that pile of clogs in mind, I thought about whether it would be possible to make a bag out of it.
The base of the bag has therefore become a clog. To stay in the Dutch style, I crocheted a windmill in blue as a decoration, as a nod to Delft Blue. 812
The mill can also be used as an application, only then leave the iron wire out of the blades. The green with red beads on the side of the mill are free style tulips.
Supplies
Material
wooden clog
Felt (blue)
Leather (brown)
Hinge with screws
Rope
Wooden button about ø 2.3 cm
Iron wire 20 gauge
8 small beads for the blades (suitable for double iron wire)
White cotton
Dark blue cotton
Mid blue cotton
Green cotton
Brown thin cotton
Red beads
5 small copper nails (1.5 cm)
4 small beads that fit on the nails (Max 0.5 cm)
Red thread
Tools:
Crochet hook 2.50 (US C / 2, UK 12)
Darning needle (eye suitable for the cotton)
Needle
Glue
Scissors
Ruler or tape measure
Pencil
Handsaw
Various sizes of hand drills
Gouge or chisel
Screwdriver
Hammer
Small awl
Revolving punch pliers
Graph paper 5 mm
Adhesive tape
Step 1: From Clog to Bag
First of all, I checked whether I would keep the clog in one piece or would saw it through at a certain point. Leaving it whole makes it difficult to get things in and out, so I sawed the clog.
I looked at what seemed the best point to saw through and marked the clog there. I saw the clog with a handsaw. After I saw I made holes with a hand drill in both parts of the clog to let the rope (handle) run through.
I provided both clog parts with felt on the inside and then carefully cut away the felt for the drilled holes. Because the felt is difficult to fit because of all this e curves, I glued the felt in parts. After the felt I covered the saw cuts of both parts with leather. With the help of a mold I glued a strip of leather on the outside of the clog and on the edge.
There is now a small crack between the leather, I solved this by crocheting a chain of thin brown cotton and gluing it between the two leather parts.
Finally, I marked the hinge and chiseled out the place where the hinge will be placed slightly so that the hinge is recessed. The hinge is secured with 4 copper screws. I have coated the clog with one layer Danish Oil.
Step 2: The Strap
I measured a piece of rope to the length that I wanted for the strap, I calculated 40 cm extra for the passage of the clog, tying a knot on both sides and for making tassels.
I cut two strips of leather of 27 cm long and 4 cm wide, these were placed on top of each other and glued together. With adhesive tape I put the graph paper around the outside so that I coul cut holes at an equal distance, I used the smallest hole of the revolving punch pliers. After making the holes I crocheted the two parts together. 56