Head Back to Work or School in Style

Whether you‘re packing a laptop or a tablet, notebooks or a planner, a textbook or the mystery you‘re reading, Sarah H. Jackson’s fabulous Shaggy Travel Tote from the May/June 2015 issue of Handwoven has room to carry it all—and a water bottle, too!

To make a good bag even better, the project makes enough fabric for matching zippered pouches to hold your pencils and pens, highlighters, cables, thumb drives, and all the other small items you might want to carry along.

Subtle graduated stripes in orange and red add visual interest to the tote.

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that this bag would also be great for going to weaving workshops and guild meetings. You could easily carry a book of drafts, your notebook, and some graph paper, as well as slide your shuttles or other weaving tools into the pockets. In fact, with a waterproof lining, it would a perfect diaper bag, too. The bag is just that versatile!

The bag is full of pockets, just right for keeping all kinds of stuff organized.

Perhaps most importantly, this stunning 4-shaft bag is woven in plain weave with weft floats, making it a simple and fun project. To create it, you’ll need a loom with a 29" weaving width and a sewing machine.

Make sure to check out the weaving instructions in our May/June 2015 issue and find the sewing instructions here!

Happy Weaving,
Christina

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Published Aug. 8, 2017; updated Jan. 8, 2025