Peg Weaving

Similar to stick weaving, peg weaving uses a stand to put in the pegs. The one at the top is more suitable for making rugs; the pegs can be put into different holes to make rugs with various widths and accommodate the size of the material used. The bottom one is more suitable for making scarves. One can choose different number of pegs to make scarves of different width.

The pegs are very similar to the sticks in the stick weaving. Pegs are usually shorter and the holes are drilled closer to the middle of the peg while the sticks have holes closer to the edge. Put the warp yarn through the holes and then put the pegs on the stand to start weaving.

Weave in a horizontal "8" pattern, same method used in stick weaving. When it's time to push down the yarn, take the pegs off the stand.

The back side of the pegs and the stand.

The front side of the pegs and the stand.

Save some yarn for making tassels, use up the yarn to finish the scarf.

Push the yarn down on the warp and take all pegs off the stand.

Cut the warp yarn from the pegs.

Put in the tassel yarn and tie knots with the warp yarn at the edge of the scarf to secure the weaving and to add beauty to the scarf.

Stick weaving is easy but the width of the scarf is limited by the ability of a person's hand to hold on to the sticks. Generally specking, 6 sticks is about the limit for a normal hand. The scarves made by stick weaving tend to be narrower than desirable.

To expand the width of stick weaving, a stand is made for the sticks and it's called peg weaving. Pegs are usually shorter in length and the holes are closer to the middle. One can make as many pegs for the stand, and the pegs can be made large enough for weaving rugs.

Stick Weaving

Six sticks with holes.

The warp yarn is blue Merino, attached to each stick by threading through the holes. The weaving yarns are Angora and Merino; start weaving the yarn on the sticks in an in and out pattern of "8".

Do a few rows then slide it down a bit, still keeping the weaving yarns on the sticks; when the sticks are full, pull the sticks to let the yarn slide down to the warp.

When the scarf is long enough, pull the sticks out and cut the warp yarn from the sticks.

Tie the blue Merino warp yarns into tassels; then add some Angora tassels to match the rest of the scarf.

Another Stick Weaving Project

Weave the yarn in a horizontal "8" pattern among the sticks.

Use fingers to push down the yarn.

Close to completion, just need to push down the yarn further and to even out the distribution of the pink yarn on the warp.

The finished scarf: The hot pink yarn is a mohair blend; the finished edge is a crochet of novelty llama blend yarn.