1 Bag to Weave, 3 Looms from Which to Choose!

While looking through the project archives for Handwoven, I stumbled upon the beautiful Drawstring Shoulder Bag you see in the photo above, which was woven on what designer Marie Kawano called a peg loom. When I think of a peg loom, I think of a loom like a pin loom with wooden pegs, but the loom used for this particular project was a frame loom with pins (pegs) at the top and bottom. Interestingly, I learned that not only could this bag be woven on a frame loom, but it could also be woven on a rigid-heddle loom.

The Drawstring Shoulder Bag and the tools Marie used to weave it, including what she describes as a peg loom.

The bag was such a fun project, I knew I had to translate the instructions, and the result is this super-fun subscriber-exclusive project! (Not a subscriber yet? Learn more about our different subscription options here.) Read on to find out how the project was originally woven, how to weave the project on a frame or rigid-heddle loom, and how to make your own peg loom if you want to weave it as the designer originally did.

Frame-Loom Modifications