Being sick sucks a lot. Three cheers for Captain Obvious lol. I haven’t been truly sick since sometime in grade school. Yeah I get migraines and here and there I’ll have a sore throat or stuffy nose. But not like knock down drag out high fever sick. Until last weekend. You’ll notice both Friday and Monday are missing blogs. Generally I find typing with a fever of 103 to be a bad idea as I’m not all that coherent.
Now, over a week later, the fever is gone, the cough is gone, the only thing left is this feeling that I’d rather be dead than moving around lol. Even writing blog posts sorta sucks. That’s where friends are amazing! Today’s blog post is brought to you by one of my BFFs, DruidX.
The Peg Loom
When my brain gets started on a crafting binge it usually tries to get me to do everything: Bake, garden, play violin. But fear not, I’m not going to bore you with all of that, just one of my current obsessions: The Peg Loom.
Weaving in any form is thought to date back into pre-history, with the peg loom being one of the simplest types of loom. As you can see in the picture, it’s a length of wood, with holes in it, and then some sticks placed in those holes.
I first saw this device at the New Forest country show, (those of you in N. America might call it a county fair) the summer just gone. I got talking to one of the ladies at a weaving stall about it, and had a little play on the demo one. Alas they didn’t have any for sale there but I was intrigued, and vowed, when I got home, I would look up how to make one. I figured it would be cheap and easy.
Okay, so six months later I still hadn’t made one, but with spring on it’s way I decided to get on and just buy it.
Using the loom is extremely simple. You use the threader (the stick to the right in the picture) to put some string through the holes in the bottom of the peg, then knot the end. Then you wind the yarn through the pegs, back and forth until your yarn is close to the top of the peg. Then you remove the peg and slide the yarn down onto the string, then rinse and repeat until you’re finished.
For those of you who like to know these things, yes that is my loom in the picture. I bought mine from Corkwood Online, and the yarn is ‘Freedom’ by Twilleys of Stamford colour 415.
So far using mine has been so easy and relaxing, even if I’m not a hundred percent sure what it is I’m making right now. I really think this type of weaving is so easy that anyone can pick up a loom and start using it, and I totally encourage anyone who loves to try different crafts to have a go 
Happy Weaving!
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