Lock any loop. Move it in seconds.

Two pegs do everything

The Texsolv system uses two pegs, both nylon, both strong enough for the heaviest loads on a loom, both locked by friction so they need no tools and never work loose in use.

Straight peg

Goes through two loops to join cord to cord, or through one loop and around a bar. This is the peg you move when you adjust a tie-up: pull it out, move the cord one loop, push it back. Straight pegs also come in colours, which makes it easy to mark which cords belong to which shaft.

Anchor peg

Has a head and goes through a loop and into a hole drilled in the loom, so the cord hangs directly from the wood. The anchor peg fits a 5.5 mm (7/32") hole; for 8 mm holes there is a plastic bushing.

Pegs are sold in bags of 25, 50, 100 and 1000.

Accessories

• Plastic bushing, in bags of 50, 100 or 1000: fits an 8 mm hole and takes the anchor peg where the hole in the loom is too large for it
• Repair needle (latch hook), for catching and repairing loops and dropped threads in fine fabrics; the movable latch holds the thread while you work
• Heddle hook (reed hook), in plastic, for pulling warp ends through the heddle eyes
• Weaving scissors with extra-hardened, Teflon-coated blades, and nickel-plated pocket scissors, both from Textilia Solingen, for cutting cord and yarn cleanly
• System Texsolv cloth bag, a cotton drawstring bag for cord, pegs and heddles

Using the pegs

The folder shows every connection: which peg goes where, how to make the loop that a loom part hangs from, and how to mark an anchor hole with a felt-tip pen so a cord that is often removed goes back to exactly the same place. Start with connecting pegs.