For those inclined to make one, here are the materials needed:
- Japanese crepe fabric aka. Chirimen
- Microfibre. Anything good enough to wipe your pen would do.
- Ribbon or string
- Iron on cloth adhesive tape.
- Tools used: Iron, Scissors, Sewing kit, sewing machine*, rotary cutter*.
Steps:
- Cut both fabrics to size. Mine was 4" x 12", and it's enough to fit a MB 149. Adapt accordingly.
- Iron the cloth adhesive tape to the chirimen overlapping each other by about 2 mm, then gently remove the tape backing.
- Then attach the microfibre to the above, again, by ironing.
- Trim the unglued edges on the rotary cutter.
- Fold outside in, sew (3 mm from the edge) from the bottom, turn to about 3/4 way up, then turn it inside out.
- Attach string about 100 mm in the middle so that you can just wrap that bit onto the long roll.
- Now push in the bottom part, sew, then finish with ironing the whole thing.
Phew. Now that I realized what it takes to make one of these, I reckon $20 asking price from Nakaya is quite reasonable. But if this idiot can do it, so can you!
TR
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