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Soap pouch

Completion date: February 1, 2020




I always use a net pouch for my body soap.  Advantages of net pouch

  • helps to lather up foam 
  • it is easy to let the soap dry (no more "melt-like" soap)
  • when the soap becomes very small, just add a big one in the pouch and use them together

I could buy a soap net pouch for HK$4.  It is actually quite cheap but I couldn't find them in local stores. 

Materials
- 3 pieces of ribbon (around 3mm in width): HK$8 for 10 ribbons
- 60cm x 60cm Insect net for window: (I forgot the price, 150cm x 150cm).  The net hole size around 2mm

Tools
- Wide eye needle
- Hairpin

Steps
1. Cut the insect net 60cm x 60cm (note: illustration is a rectangle cut)




2. Fold it two times into a 30cm x 30cm rectangle



3. Take a ribbon, put it through a needle (or a hair pin).

4. Now, the folded net, one side has one fold, one side has 2 folds, and 2 other sides with "4 pages". You only weave the ribbon on the "4-page" sides.



5. Tie a knot at both ends.  Weave the ends to the stitches (optional).



6. Cut a small slit on the one fold side.  This is for the double pull strings to go through.



7. Thread the pull string ribbons in and tie knots at the ends.


8. Burn the ribbon ends (to stop the fabric from running)

9. Put the soap inside.



After thought: I actually flipped the net pouch inside out afterwards, so the ribbon ends could stay in the pouch.

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