How Do You Break In A Hacky Sack Or A Myachi?
• The traditional crocheted version takes longer to break in Check the material. Suede, leather and corduroy make great fabrics for hand sacks and footbags. These fabrics usually require the least amount of effort to break in. • Note that a denim or crocheted fabric will take much longer. • Check the panels. On a footbag, the general rule is: The more panels, the better. There is a point of diminishing returns here, though. Any more than 22 panels is a little crazy, and a 54 panel sack is not usually any better than a 22 panel sack, but it will cost you a lot more. • Check the thickness. A good hand sack or footbag will be loose and “under-stuffed”, allowing the fabric to give around the filling. Very often, newer sacks will be overstuffed. If the footbag doesn’t give when you press into it (or the hand sack doesn’t fold), you may want to open it up, drop out a few beans (or a little sand, or whatever else serves as filling), and then sew it back up. • Once the sack folds easily, you a
