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Step 23"Furoshiki" Instant Backpack
Pronounced "Froshki", it's an ancient Japanese trick to use a big square of cloth as a backpack or bag.
They come in all sizes from hanky size up to giant sheets used by furniture movers.
Just pile the stuff in the middle of the cloth. Bring two opposite corners diagonally together and tie them together with a square knot. Then repeat with the other two corners. Now you have a bag with two straps.
Then you can carry it like a bag, hang one or both straps over a shoulder or wear it like a backpack as seen here. If it's full of a dozen pigs or something really heavy, you'll loop a strap over your forehead and pile the huge bag on the small of your back.
They come in all sizes from hanky size up to giant sheets used by furniture movers.
Just pile the stuff in the middle of the cloth. Bring two opposite corners diagonally together and tie them together with a square knot. Then repeat with the other two corners. Now you have a bag with two straps.
Then you can carry it like a bag, hang one or both straps over a shoulder or wear it like a backpack as seen here. If it's full of a dozen pigs or something really heavy, you'll loop a strap over your forehead and pile the huge bag on the small of your back.
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I get my jacket off, fasten its buttons or zip, pull the hood cord really tight os cross-fasten buttons so as to reduce the collar hole, and stuff my shopping in it, then tie (if a thin jacket) or button together (if a denim jacket) the sleeves together to make the strap... I'm quite quick with it too, so people are really amazed! :D
Besides, I like the look on people's faces when you whip it out, spread it on the store counter and elegantly wrap up your groceries. No plastic bag can beat that one.