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Pouches come from cultures around the world and Alaska. These are used for many different purposes, Medicine comes in many different forms be it food, drink or spiritual.
The design varies depending on culture. They would be worn over Heart to protect the soul. With all this in mind let’s go over how to make one.
First you’ll need these items: leather scissors, Leather hole puncher/awl for making holes something for synching like sinew, leather string or yarn
Here we will start with grabbing out material and cutting a circle
1. First you will want to start with cutting out your material. There are a few different patterns but for this we will be doing a circle of soft leather roughly 6 inches in circumference. This will hold 28.7 grams .You can make it larger if need be.
2. Now you’ll take your whole puncher / awl and run holes along the outer rim. Make sure the holes are about an inch inward and 2 inches apart.
3. Now with your holes punched, get yourself a piece of rope or a thin piece of leather, run it through all of the holes.
4. Now feed the thread through all of the holes and synch it closed.
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