I made this after hearing about the idea through babywearing pages. The idea is taken from the carrier called an onbuhimo, and the theory behind the bag is that it has flexibility of wearing positions. So you could wear it cross-shoulder or you could tie the straps shorter and put it over one shoulder, or you could thread the straps through the rings at the bottom corners of the bag, and wear it like a backpack. Which is a cool idea when you also have a baby strapped to you in any number of ways, but really, it seems cool to me anyway. I love things that can be used in multiple ways. So yeah, I actually salvaged the straps from my failed onbuhimo attempt, and the ends that were blue I dyed in charcoal grey using LWI. The ends that had been white, I dyed in red using a dip dye technique for a solid look. I dyed the canvas for the outer portion of the bag using the same colors, but using the “small squares” shibori technique and direct application of the dyes. It was a real challenge to tie the canvas since it was so thick-- I used artificial sinew and it worked well. I dyed the inner lining (which had been pale blue) with charcoal grey as well, in LWI again, so it matched the straps. I had salvaged a magnetic snap from another bag that was ruined and getting cut up for bits and pieces anyway. And the rest was pretty straightforward bag construction.
