Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
80/20 rule
Only now, after amassing 40+ years of design experience and expertise, do we feel prepared to craft a design for the most discerning, wise, meditative, enlightened and refined customer we've ever served:...
Community
Every year, the TOM BIHN Ravelry group crafts wearable gifts for our crew. Some years the wearables have been scarves or gloves, and this year it was hats. This year, it's not just the artistry, patterns, and colors that make these hats mean so much to us — it's also that they're part of what keeps us warm here at the factory as we've made ventilation a top safety priority.
Company Updates
Halcyon 200d is a high-tech, high-performance alternative to the ubiquitous "oxford" cloths commonly used; it’s a ripstop fabric woven of 210 denier nylon (base fabric) with a square grid of 210 denier UHMWPE (ultra-high-molecular-weight...
covid-19
Download a free PDF pattern that'll allow you to sew our V4 or V6 Masks at home!
cafe bag
Pour a glass of wine or tea, get cozy, and sit with us for a quick interview with Tom all about our classic Café Bags....
Just for Fun
A list of bags that are in-stock, ready to ship, and make great gifts. Plus, you heard it here first: the Empire Builder briefcase will be retiring to make way for new designs.
All about Bags
Meet our newest design! The Truckasana is a version of our original Truck tote bag designed to hold your yoga mat and gear. It's available for order on 11/30 at 7:00am & 1:00pm Pacific Time.
Company Updates
The scoop on our upcoming 11/30 release! Read for the important details. Due to high shipping volume, we recommend placing orders that you'd like to receive on 12/24 no later than 12/07. All orders are currently shipping within 2-7 business days.
covid-19
Patterns and instructions so you can sew our three-layer V3 Reusable Cloth Face Mask at home. Offered free to all under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
sewn
Kim's interview with Honguyen (Sewing/Assembly/Sample Cutting/Supervisor-In-Training here at the TOM BIHN Seattle factory.)
Company Updates
The top two comments/questions we get about our Reusable Cloth Face Masks: "This is the best mask I've tried." and "When are you going to offer more colors?" We have some limited quantities of masks in various colors, so we've decided to offer a different color each day of next week. New colors offered will be: Red Blend, Forest, Purple, Light Blue, and Graphite.
Community
Black lives matter. We see the hurt and pain of our country. We recognize the many demonstrations and protests that have taken place. And we’ve been asking ourselves: what can we as...
