The Ditty Bag Book

The Ditty Bag book teaches the art of hand-making bags using step by step instructions. Also instructs the proper maintenance of rigging and sails.

Contents include:

Sailmakers Implements

Sailmakers Hook

Prickers, Spikes & Fids

Swaging Tool

Heaving Tools

Wire Locks

Rings

Rope

Tape

Canvas

Making a Ditty Bag

Sail Repairs

Palm & Needle Whipping

Chafing Gear

Splicing

127 pp., softcover

8.5x 5 inches

by Frank Rosenow

 

Review

First published in 1976, with a second edition in 1982, Rosenow's book is now back on the market in this reprint edition. It deserves to be. Reading this little volume and practicing the skills therein is like being an apprentice to a master sailmaker showing you everything from tool selection to the details of how to hold a needle.
--Ben Fuller, reviewed in WoodenBoat #220