Cool ties

Last year, when we went on our bike trip to Montana for my Kawasaki forum get-together, some of the guys had presents for everyone (one person gave everyone bells for their bikes; another had little refrigerator magnets made up that commemorated the event). I've been thinking about what I could take for everyone this year. I didn't want to spend a lot of money per item, because I suspect that there will be about 75 people there this year. Then I remembered these things:

http://www.cooltiesareus.com/

I'd been wanting to get some of these for Alan and me because it gets so incredibly hot riding in the summer, especially going through places like Wyoming. I found a site that tells you how to make them, and the other day I went out and bought six or seven pieces of fabric and the water-absorbing polymer granules that you put inside them.

Yesterday, I made my first batch of 10. They're pretty easy to make; it just takes a bit of time to cut the fabric, stitch it, turn it, sew the edges, add the granules, and sew up the opening. I made some little tags to go with them. This is what they look like in their little baggies. So 10 down, only 65 to go! :-)