How fo you make hemp clothing (bags, hats, belts etc)?

Question

i know how to make simple hemp stuff such as bracelets, necklaces, etc but i want to learn how to make things with 3 dimensions such as bags and hats

Answer 1

first, find a maraj--I mean hemp store.

There are books about it.

Answer 2

If you think about macrame (the knots used for most hemp bracelets) you can find most on internet, but for the rest you need to use your imagination.

This page has a good set of instructions for a belt:

http://www.frayedknotarts.com/tutor1.htm...

A page with some knots and some simple projects:

http://knopen.ismijnhobby.nl/tables/macr...

(No bags nor clothing.)

An Ipod cover/holder: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/0...

Some instructions for bags:

http://www.macramelovers.com/macramebags...

This page hints at dresses made with macrame, but does not give patterns nor further links as far as I saw:

http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/09/29/stori...

There is a lot more on internet, with instructions, but you will have to use google yourself, and wade through pages full of sites just selling things, till you find what you are looking for.

A good source is books from the 60's and 70's, in that time almost everything could be made in macrame.

Answer 3

Find a pattern and buy the hemp and sew, it sews no differently than any other heavy material.

Deb

Answer 4

You can find hemp fabric online at hemptraders.com and using a pattern, cutting, and sewing it together make whatever you would like.  There is 100% hemp fabric is made from the longest of hemp fibers which is going to be the more expensive, the shorter fibers are blended with cotton or other material and is usually less expensive.  You could also buy the hemp yarn--if you knew how to weave cloth...