The Rye — Tan Woven Mini Crossbody Bag

Our tan starts pale and warm, close to raw saddle leather, and is meant to be carried until it changes colour. Water spots fade back in as it ages.

The Rye is a woven mini crossbody: a small box with a hand woven flap that closes on a hidden magnet, on a slim detachable strap.

It is 7.5″ (19 cm) wide, 5″ (13 cm) tall and 2.25″ (6 cm) deep, with a strap that adjusts up to a 23.5″ (60 cm) drop. A phone, cards, keys and a lipstick.

Inside there is one slip pocket for cards. It comes with a detachable 0.75″ (2 cm) adjustable crossbody strap, up to a 23.5″ (60 cm) drop.

Choose the Rye for summer evenings and weddings when you want texture in a small bag. For more room in the same weave, see the Wells woven crossbody. Or browse all our woven crossbody bags.

The weave

Each strip is cut from full-grain leather, skived thin at the edges and woven by hand in a basket weave. A full leather panel sits behind the weave and carries the weight, so the strips are never what holds the bag together.

How it is made

A weaver lays and tightens every strip by hand, then the panel is stitched to its leather backing and built into the bag in our own workshop. Edges are burnished and the fittings are solid brass.

Care

Wipe with a dry cloth, brush the weave now and then, and use a little neutral conditioner on the strips and strap when they start to look dry.