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Foolproof Way to Open Stitched Bags
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2020
- Opening a product bag that has a string stitch across the top can be a frustrating experience - until you know the secret!
This type of bag closure is used for many products, including flour, rice, citrus, and agricultural products like livestock and chicken feeds and grains. While it’s a secure packaging approach, it sure can be confusing on where to begin!
Don’t succumb to the temptation to slice the top of the bag off with your utility knife, or start hacking away at the string tape with a pair of scissors. And, whatever you do, don’t just start pulling hard on one end of the sewn tape. You’ll just make a mess if you do.
In this episode, learn the simple trick to orienting the package or bag correctly, and which end of the tape and strings to start separating. We even throw in a few memory cues to help you always get it right.
Very helpful! I have opened these darn bags wrong EVERY time for 53 years!
Scott, glad it was helpful! Here's to 53 years opening them correctly. Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
LOL! 😂
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I shop at Costco and they use the other type of stitching that has the two threads. Those you must attack from the loop side. This method doesn’t work with the two string stitch! At least you mentioned what type of stitch it was so I could go find the answer I needed. If I ever get the single thread stitch it will be a cinch thanks to you!
Very helpful... Well explained and demonstrated as compared to other videos out there with the same content. I really appreciate it as I was so frustrated for years figuring out the trick of opening sacks the right and easy way. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and writing. Best to you, DFJ.
20 Years I've been struggling to open these bags correctly, jagging it right every now & then. Looking on the bright side at least it wasn't 53 years. Great helpful video.
Glad I could help!
Best video on the internet. These bags are such a pain. 😅
I don't know how I made it through life with out you. Thank you for all the content.
Glad to have you aboard Drew Hankins. DFJ
Excellent teaching skills using examples, repetition and great analogies .A++
Glad you liked it! Best, DFJ
I was soooo close. I took my utility knife to the front of the bag and went from right to left! thanks for the great tip.
Thomas, now you'll never miss again. Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
How can we ever thank you for this !!
Jalatlaco - glad to be of help! Best, DFJ
I am 74 and knew there must to a right way of doing this. As a kid I opened grain bags for chickens and cows by pulling a string but it was always luck if it ever worked for me.
Today I tried opening a bird seed bag. It had single stitch on the front and double stitch on the back, but no extra pc of tape or paper. Just one pc of paper folded and stitched. I played with the strings front and back and finally I got hold of one string on the back that I pulled and then it opened as I remember as a kid. Can't wait to see if I can open a bag the next time I try.
Thanks for writing! How has this turned out for you?
When i was 10 helping on my uncles ranch...chickens, sheep, horses, dogs, etc. I never had any problem unstitching the bags. I guess I have been away from it too long. 58yts old and had to look it up on youtube. Pathetic. Thank you very much for sharing!
The bags I get from the local farmer does not have any kind of plastic flaps or paper flaps on them it's just chain stitch So I watched your video and figured out how to do it no more cutting each stitch and mutilating the bag thank you
Thank you so much, your 8 minute video has saved me HOURS of frustration.
Glad to hear it, Nancy.
Ok, I'm going to go try this on what is left of the seed bag I finally gave up on and slashed the heck out of it opening. I have been fighting this for over 60 yrs! The new bags with the strip and string and "opening" instructions...lifesaver, no problem, but there are still bags out there without that and I always seem to get them. My 50# nyjer seed bag has two lines of stitching straight onto the bag so I have double the trouble. After I retrieve the top of that bag I cut off, I'll try this and get back with you.....here's hoping I've finally found the solution thanks to your video!
thank you. this is the best instruction i have seen on the net. I wish i researched first before trying, haha. now i have bits of strings on the floor because i had to use scissors 1 inch at a time.
Glad I could help! Best to you and keep on watching! DFJ
Cool to know, my potato bag had a buch of extra string hanging on both ends, so I wasn't sure it would work the same, but it did :)
What an excellent, clear teacher you are. One of the small mysteries of life and tiny frustrations removed instantly. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
It took almost six and a half minutes into this video before I understood you have to hold the double stitch, while pulling the single one. It didn’t work for me following the instructions at the first of the video. Well, at least I know how to do it now. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. I struggle with opening these type of bags. Now I know why.
Thank you from rural Tasmania, Australia! Never again opening these bags incorrectly- ❤️🇦🇺
Penny, it's great to hear from you! We're glad you found this to be of help to you. We are getting ready to issue a second episode on this topic, as there are some other stitch types that can be confusing - but we will show how to demystify them. Watch for it by subscribing if you haven't already. Best Regards, DFJ
Thanks my dude, that really helped.
Awesome tips thank you 🙏
Appreciate the info so much - it'd be cool to have a condensed, quick how to video too.
Thanks 🙂
Thanks, I've always been hit or miss with these.
Glad to help, Michael. Thanks for watching! Best, DFJ
Love your videos. Too bad this one is a little late. The dog died.
Thomas, get a new dog and try again. LOL! Best, DFJ
Thank you for the cool instructions. I used to know this but in my old age had forgotten about it. Totally frustrating otherwise.
Glad it helped!
I have recently changed my coal supplier and it now comes in these bags. I knew from my younger days there was a way of doing it but I couldn't remember. Thank you for reminding me. I will let you know if things are different in the UK.
Never knew this trick, despite growing up on a farm 70 years ago. Thanks.
Glad we could help stephen wilson. Best, DFJ
Thank you Dad🙏🏻 for the advice. 💖💖💖💖💖⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You are VERY welcome lolitapoly123. Keep watching and commenting. Best, DFJ
These I can deal with! It is the ones WITHOUT the tape that give me a fit. I hope you made a vid for that kind too. The ones that have feed and seed in them. Thanks.
Cindy, thanks for writing. We haven't produced a video showing the other type, but the bags I've seen without a tape used the same type of stitching and were approached the same way. Sounds like they are using a different stitching protocol where you are located. Best, DFJ
Excellent, explained very well. Thank you. From PaulineX in UK
Brilliant! - as my UK friends say. Best, DFJ
Great information!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank You soooo much for the GREAT explanation. Tried it out on 2 charcoal bags. Worked perfect. On both I could not undo the stitch to the right so I just used my utility knife to cut the loop so I could grab the front side (smooth)on right stitch on bag and it worked perfectly. Thanks again for the EXCELLENT explanation. 😊😊👍👍👏👏
Thanks EstimatingTakeoff. Once you get the process down, it's so simple. Thanks for watching and writing. Best to you. DFJ
Well I just tried it out. It worked so good I actually got wood! Going to see if the wife is busy right now!
Wow. That's the most unusual compliment we've ever received. How did things go? LOL! DFJ
Thanks, just happened upon your UA-cam, thank you for insight. I subscribed and look forward to more tips…
Thanks, Robin! Welcome to the DFJ Viewer Family! Best Regards, DFJ
I especially want to thank you for this easy solution to opening stitched bags. This old dog appreciates your new (to me) tricks; thank you, thank you ...
Thanks, hbwink, I guess, one old dog to another, we can never be too old to learn something new!! Best to you, DFJ
Using reverse logic, if you learned something new, you can’t be an old dog (because you can’t teach an …). ;^)
I'm now looking forward to trying this on my next bag
Brilliant!
Love it.
Marry Christmas 🌲🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Super, I fight with bird seed bags and thought I would try to google it. Your video is great !!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting Harold's. Hope you will check out our other videos and also our website dirtfarmerjay.com for recipes, blog, etc. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie.
Good to know! Actually did not know this, but I somehow lucked out once or twice. 😃👍
You and me both until I learned the secret. Now it's your secret too. Thanks for watching and taking time to write! Best, DFJ
terrific. Love your instructions. Packaging on many products sometimes drives me crazy. Thanks for this. Stay safe and well.
holidaze, Thank you! You too! Best, DFJ
I was taught how to do this as a kid. The cat litter I now uses the ISO 101 stitch. I could sometimes get the trick, sometimes not. Was basically guessing. Thanks to this vid I will get it right Everytime. I love making fun of my husband for using scissors! Lol
That is awesome! I'm glad to contribute to marital harmony as well.... Best, DFJ
Fantastic video with many details, but why a video on the bags with the easy strips? It's the ones WITHOUT the strip that are of Satin!
Jay, good insight. I'll see if we can feature some of those bags in another video! Best, DFJ
It was this simple all along
Indeed.
Oh my god thank you so much!!!!!!!
Thank-you!!!!!!
Thanks for your great video. This used to frustrate me trying to open these bags. Now it is easy.
Glad I could help Quentin Pienaar. We have a grandson named Quentin. Keep watching and commenting. Best, DFJ
Thank you, Extremely Helpful!!!
Glad it helped! Best to you, DFJ
Such a useful tip! Thanks!
Topher - glad it was helpful! Best, DFJ
U da man! Solved my nightmare!!
Another way to orientate your way to the bag is strattle the bag with the single string on your right and pick the single string to un zip the bag
Good tip Jonathan Pendley. Thanks for watching and commenting! If we do a follow up video on this technique we'll be sure to give you the credit for it. Best, DFJ
what about the ones that don't have a tape strip like corn.? I'm no better off. I can already do the strip kind.!
Great video! May 31 2021. Thanks so much.
Glad I could help Psalm 3713. (Love that verse by the way) Best, DFJ
We Asians buy rice in a 25 to 50 lb bag. They use the ISO401 stich
WOW! I'm nominating you for the medal of freedom!
Aw garsh, but keep those votes coming folks! Hope you guys are well. We are!
DirtFarmerJay doing fine but finding out that Tucson warms up quickly!
Awesome! Can't wait to try it! 👍
Have fun!
THANK YOU!
You're welcome!
It's like magic!
Thanks
Glad to help. Thanks for writing!
Great video! I *finally* learned how to do it properly. Y'all great :D
Awesome! Thank you! Glad I could help. Best, DFJ
Great tip....... so many times I had to use my pocket knife.
Very useful
Thanks a lot. Best to you. DFJ
Left to the right on 1 and 2. I’ll remember that! Thanks alot!
Hey thanks for watching and commenting Bharath Nadukatla.
I'm now going to try it.
Let me know how it turns out!
Dang it! Thanks for this helpful tip. Like others have mentioned, I just take my knife to these bags to avoid frustration. Oh , one last question, does this also apply to charcoal bags?
Thanks for watching and commenting Paul G. This process applies to just about every stitched bag. There is always a chain stitch on one side and a retainer stitch on the other to hold the stitch together. Best, DFJ
Apparently Pennington Bird Seed ties the “pull end” with more knots. After unsuccessfully untying the extra knots, I got scissors and cut off all the extra tape and string from the pull end of the bag luckily pulled the correct string. If I have to have a cutting tool anyway, I may as well just cut the bag to begin with.
Love it. Sorry for the poor experience. DFJ
Thanks a lot I’m always messing this up but not anymore.
Hi Tim. We got another tip from a viewer on this topic that I want to pass on to you as well. He says "stand up and put the top of the bag between your legs with the tape side facing to the right. Pick the string out of the tape to get it started then pull tape and string and you're open!" Best, DFJ
TY TY TY!!
And thanks to my great-uncle Henry for inventing this.
Hats off to great-uncle Henry! Best, DFJ
For some reason this didn't work on a Swagat Sona Massoori 20 lb Rice bag. Not sure if it's operator error or not.
Didn't work on my rice bag from Thailand, either. The string zips from left to right, unlike in Dirt Farmer Jay's video. My theory: the ISO standard may be followed more consistently by companies in big Western regions like EU and US, whereas smaller businesses in other regions may use sewing machines that were manufactured without Western standards in mind.
The good thing is, if you first try to open a non-Western, nonstandard bag by pulling the string from right to left, you then can simply try the left end to go left to right, instead of continuing to struggle with each stitch of the right end.
Good video. I learn to open chicken feed bags by trial and error. I learn the hard way to pull from the string from right to left. I'm working on a process of removing the bottom two strings on the feed bag. I think I got it down.
Good to know
Sweet baby Jesus! Thank you
Sounds like we solved a problem for you that you've been waiting to solve for a while! Glad we could help. Best to you, DFJ
Thank you much.
Oh man having an asian wife and growing up without a dad, thank you so much! Now my wife doesnt throw the rice cooker at me 🤣🤣🤣😂
Glad I could save you from the rice cooker!! Thanks for watching and commenting. Best to you and your wife, DFJ
That was real helpful for a klutz like me! lol! 😃
Glad it was helpful!
You da'man, thanks.
Thank you. Could’ve done it in a minute though.
Thanks Josi. Even if it was longer than a minute, I hope you found it to be helpful. best, DFJ
Well Done. Thank You.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching! Best, DFJ
What's the advantage of not using a utility knife? It's fast and I don't need to remember anything special.
My bag of birdseed doesn't have a narrow tape to pull and the ends of the string were knotted already. Is there a technique for that?
C Campbell, it's hard to tell without it being right in front of me. But, I do suspect that this is a similar approach - a chain stitch of some kind, but without a backer tape. If there is a double stitch on one side, and a single on the other, then it can be figured out. Assuming this is the case, orient the bag so that the double stitch is towards you and the single is on the back. Clip off the knots on the right side and see if you get it unravel. You may have to pick out the strings a bit. Once it loosens up, you should be able to "unzip" the bag, going right to left. Let me know if this helps! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay That worked, thanks.
C Campell - we are getting ready to produce another episode on this topic and are referring back to people that have either given us feedback on opening different types of bags. Has this since worked well for you and do you have any further insights you'd like to offer us? Thanks!
@@DirtFarmerJay Thanks for these videos. I am mostly opening birdseed bags and it seems that most of them should be opened from the bottom. Also, closeups of the corner that opens vs the one that doesn't would be helpful.
@@CECamp thanks! Watch for the episode that is coming out next week. We'll be sure to utilize your insights. Best, DFJ
Another trick is to undo it half way and then put the string through one of the loops to make it stay half sealed and half open to pour
jdizzle6911 - BRILLIANT! That is a great idea, thanks for sharing! Best, DFJ
Great tip that will come in handy as I have had a hell of a time trying to preserve the bags . One question, unrelated that is bugging me, all your videos back to , but not including the gopher video are really hard to watch as they are saturated with green. Have you changed cameras ? I have had this problem with some videos and have not been able to find an answer to the problem .
Christopher - thanks for writing and watching our videos. Not sure what is happening with the green hue - might be a setting in your viewer. The gopher video and this one were shot with two different cameras, but it appears that problem shows up in both. We'll double check on our end. Thanks for letting us know! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Thanks for the reply. Funny thing is, this video is now working fine. The other two before the Gopher one are still green. The Gopher video was always good, in case you misunderstood. It's probably my problem but appreciate you taking the time. Cheers from Australia.
Ok, I'm tried it, and I failed, over and over....I tried it from both right and left side with smooth stitch towards me, nothing worked, tangled mess...I'm frustrated and done with bags...out comes the scissors and lots of frayed bags!
You're not alone. Most of the time it does not work for me, either. Apparently if not done exactly right on the first attempt, no way no how is that string going to pull out of there, and you are cutting open that bag with a utility knife no matter what.
If no overlay tape (tape on top of tape, do the opposite and pull chain side stitching.
It doesn’t always work and I have to tell you on an irritation level. It’s a 10!
… Scissors it is!
Love it, James! Best, DFJ
What about bags without pull tape? I.e. Pennington bird seed.
C N - great insight. We'll get on it and show you how to address these types of stitched bags. One of your fellow viewer family member gave us a great tip on how to address this and we'll put out another episode using his method. Watch for it in the next week or so! Best, DFJ
Thank you. We are sharing 50lb flour bags. This will be useful with me.
Glad it was helpful, Karla! Thanks for watching and writing. Best, DFJ
Karla, here's a tip from another viewer, @jdizzle6911, that may help you in your situation when working with partial bags or making it easier to pour in a more controlled fashion. @jdizzle6911 says: "Another trick is to undo it halfway and then put the string through one of the loops to make it stay half sealed and half-open to pour." I hope that helps as well! What are your favorite baked goods to make? Sounds like you and others in your close circle do some serious baking! Best, DirtFarmer Jay AND Maggie
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What about the bags that don’t open like these easy ones? Some bags, I think won’t pull like this from either end or on either side. Then what?
Tracy, not sure what is happening there. If it is the simple single-string stitch shown in this video, an ISO 101 stitch, it HAS to come apart somewhere as that's the only way the stitch can be sewn - it is a chain stitch allowing for it to "unloop" from itself. Here's what I suspect. In those "stubborn" bags, the stitch is tucked back inside itself or knotted up. You would take the same approach: single stitch side of the bag facing you, begin on the right top and work to the left. You would check to see that that the undoing of the stitch is begun on the backside and then go from there. Try that approach and let me know how it turns out. Thanks for watching and taking the time to write! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Thanks! Like some others I've struggled with this simple method that seems to never work, or at least only works sometimes. And this comment gave me what I needed to figure out why. The reason is: not all bags have the same stitch!
As you noted, your video describes how to undo an ISO 101 SINGLE THREAD chain stitch. But many bags also use a DOUBLE thread chain stitch, such as this Pennington bird seed bag I have. Googling that I found it is ISO 401. Trying this method with that stitch will only tighten the knot on the opposite side.
This is the best video I've found so far on undoing that type of stitching: ua-cam.com/video/nFbFLiULdy0/v-deo.html
Single stitch without the tape???
Get to it
Thanks for stopping by!
He rips the bag @ 4:10
Yayyyy!
Glad you like it!
Be my Dad!
Plus no elbow grease necessary with my newly arthritic thumb bothering me.. 😁 👍
Hemp oil will help with the thumb
@@roberthammond5652 thank you! will need to purchase hemp oil! 🛢☺
My rice bags don't look like that. They don't have a separate strip. You have to pull the right thread. When you get it open there is a front thread and a back thread. If you pull the right thread it comes open. I need to know which thread . There is no paper strip to pull, only the thread.
My bag has 2 rows of stitches and no separate piece. When you pull the right one you end up with 2 pieces of string.
Virginia, another person gave an insight on this that might be helpful to you. They say they straddle the bag, with the single string to the right, loosen (pick a loop out) on that single string and pull it back towards you. See if that works for your type of bags. Let us know!
Good to know. I just always used scissors.
drac1026, now you've got options. Thanks for watching! Best, DFJ