Skill Level and Prerequisites: Intermediate - need to independently warp your loom

Instructor: Bob Sobiech

Saturday, October 25, 2025; 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

$50 member/$60 non-member

The purpose of this class is to provide participants with an introduction to weaving Danish Medallions on a rigid heddle loom. This weave structure typically uses thicker contrasting supplemental wefts to draw the ground weft up to create circular or medallion shapes in the fabric. Participants will create a sampler as they experiment with a variety of supplemental weft yarns to create different designs using this particular weaving technique.

Materials and Equipment Notes:

To maximize the weaving experience, the participants should bring the following to the class:

• A rigid heddle loom, pre-warped as follows:

  • 10, 12 or 12.5 -dent reed

  • Pre-warped with 8/4 carpet warp (or something similar) in any color. This will be the main or ground weft, so participants should bring an ample supply for use throughout the sampler.

  • Width at the reed can vary from 6” to 12” and should be in 1” increments (i.e., 6”, 7”, 8”, etc.)

  • The number of warp ends will vary depending on the reed DPI

• One stick shuttle wrapped with the main/ground weft

• One stick shuttle with supplemental weft in a contrasting color and slightly thicker than the main weft

• 1 or 2 additional stick shuttles for use with other supplemental wefts (to be provided by the instructor to encourage experimenting with the Danish Medallion weave structure).

Maximum participants:  8