Use one of our 15” looms or bring your own. This is a beginner class where you’ll learn the basics of using the warping peg, choosing yarns, and weaving a small project. Instructor Barb Bangert, longtime weaver, has loads of experience to share! Cost $75, class size is limited.

Here’s what Barb says about the class:

For our beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving Class we will be making a simple but pretty scarf.  We will learn the following:

1) Weaving terminology (pretty simple, really...I like simple)

2) Direct warping with a warping peg 

3) Tying the warp onto the back apron rod

4) Moving the warp threads into the holes from the slots (this will make sense later)

4)Tying on to front apron rod

5) Getting our tenison just right

6) Adding Floating Selvedges to keep our selvedges neat and tidy

7) Hemstitching on the beginning and the ending of our scarf

8) WEAVE!!!  

9) We can also do a twisted fringe when the scarf is cut off the loom

Tools that you may want to bring are a good pair of scissors, a blunt-ended, big eyed needle for hemstitching, a tape measure and a pair of objects to use for weights for the floating selvedges.  I use old film canisters with coins inside, or a pair of S-hooks that have a bit of weight to them, just something that can hang off the back of the loom to give tension to the floating selvedge threads (we have the above items too if you don’t).   Plus, bulky yarn, or two strands of DK would work as well.