Trades Classes

Description: Learn weaving by making either 2 placemats or a short table runner on a 2-harness loom. When: Saturday, April 11, 9:00AM-1:00PM Instructors: Instructors are members of Wabash Weaving Guild. ...

Description: Indigo was used for more than 6,000 years across the world and in Colonial America.  Some plantations grew Indigo during the Colonial period. Students will learn to prepare wool...

Description: Make your own Market Basket with handle sizes and color accents to vary. When: Saturday, May 9, 9:00AM - 3:00PM with 1 hour lunch (bring your own lunch) Skill...

Description: Make a needle felted blue bird which is approximately 5 inches in size. The blue bird can be used as an ornament or set in a house plant. When: Saturday,...

Description: Students will make a small pine needle bowl approximately 6” diameter x 5” height with lid out of White Pine Needles to take home. Great as a decoration or...

Description: This class is designed for those students who would like to learn the basics of spinning fiber into yarn.  Students will learn to draft the wool fiber and spin...

Description: Using natural broomcorn and choice of color cord, learn to make this beautiful useful broom. When: Saturday, May 23, 9:00AM - 1:00PM Instructor: Bev Larson. In 2009 Bev added broom making...

Description: Learn the basics of cutting fabric pieces, sewing those pieces back together to form a block, putting a border on the block, putting three layers of a quilt together,...

Description: This class is designed for those students who have taken the Beginning Spinning Class or have some previous experience in spinning.  Students will learn to draft the wool fiber...

Description: Make breads as you learn how to build a fire in a hearth, about tools and utensils and pans used in hearth cooking, safety, learn boiling using a crane...

Description: Learn a historic skill to make a wooden one-handled bucket using historic tools and methods.  Learn what old tools are still available today and make some that aren’t.  Students must...