Try out a basketry project by making a multipurpose tray out of willow.

Tension trays are useful, beautiful, and happen to be the perfect project for a first-time willow weaver. They can be used as trivets, soap trays, and even cooling trays for bread or cookies.

This class is excellent for anyone curious about this sustainable and versatile basketry material.

Suitable for ages 12-15 registered alongside an adult, or 16+. $75 ($65 ASI member) + $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Carve and paint your own game set in this one day workshop open to all skill levels.

Students will practice basic flat-plane and chipcarving techniques to create a game board and pieces for the Old Norse game of Hnefatafl, commonly known as Viking Chess. Students may embellish their work as they see fit with decorative carving and colorful paint, and should expect to leave with a set of pieces ready to use right away.

Ages 16+.  $115 ($100 ASI member) + $60 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Pick up a new hobby while being inspired by Swedish knitting traditions!

This workshop is for beginners or those who wish to refresh their dormant skills. Students will make a wrist warmer or cup cozy while learning to cast on, knit, purl, and finish.  The instructor will discuss Swedish knitting traditions, and each student will head home with needles, yarn, and inspiration to continue knitting.

$80 ($70 ASI member) + $35 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Looking for a paint with a long history, natural ingredients, and a durable finish? Milk paint, a powdered paint made from milk protein, lime, and natural pigments, is a great choice.

This class will cover basic techniques for mixing, applying, and f inishing milk paint to achieve a desired look and feel, and will make sample tiles for future reference.

Suitable for ages 16+. $125 ($110 ASI Member) + $60 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Join Liesl to learn more about the very old but accessible craft of kolrosing, a wood embellishment technique likened to tattooing wood.

Students will have the opportunity to practice making their own marks with a kolrosing knife and get a feel for the many possibilities that kolrosing offers anyone interested in woodworking, drawing, and traditional Scandinavian crafts.

Suitable for students ages 13+. $70 ($60 ASI member) + $15 materials fee payable to instuctor.

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Add color and texture to clothing in this daylong wool embroidery class.

Students will work in Dala-Floda style (påsöm), pulling inspiration directly from folk costumes in ASI’s collections to add folk art-inspired decoration to their own textiles.

Suitable for ages 11+. $115 ($100 ASI member) + $30 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Knit lace like a Victorian Swede! Working with silk yarn in a lace construction, knitters will create unique ruffled cuffs to adorn an existing garment or craft a bracelet.

Knitwear designer Wendy Johnson will also discuss the history of garment design in Sweden during the Victorian era, as well as the history of silk mills in Sweden.

Suitable for ages 16+ $75 ($65 ASI member) + $30 materials fee payable to instructor

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Starting with Slöjd is a monthly program for early elementary (K-2) students who want to start crafting! Whether it’s playing with wool, wire, paper, or more, this group will explore new tools, materials, and skills that prepare kids for a lifelong love of slöjd (handcraft).

Join ASI instructor Anna Ruhland to learn the basic techniques of rya weaving. Use the skills you learn to create a woven piece of art inspired by Handwoven: Between Chaos and Order. $20 non-member/$15 ASI member.

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Fair Isle Knitting With Elizabeth Seward
April 11, 18, 25 & May 9, 2026
8:30–9:30 am Pacific Time

Join author and instructor Elizabeth Seward for this adult workshop as we knit a traditional Fair Isle beret designed by celebrated Shetland designer Alison Rendall.

You’ll master corrugated ribbing, stranded 2-color knitting, peerie patterns, borders, and stunning crown wheel designs — using one or both hands.

Discover what makes Fair Isle so uniquely satisfying to knit.

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Join herbalist Gigi Risberg Stafne to learn more about eight common medicinal trees and shrubs common in Nordic folk medicine traditions, and also found in the Upper Midwest.

Participants will have the opportunity to handcraft a tea, tincture, and sauna blend while learning about each tree’s myths, magic, food, shelter, and medicine.

Suitable for ages 14+. $90 ($80 ASI member) + $20 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Get started with Scandinavian-style flat plane figure carving in this three-week class. Carver Jock Holmen will get students started with basic knife safety and techniques for shaping figures’ bodies and faces.

Students may be interested in continuing with the intermediate class immediately following for seven weeks of carving.

Geared towards ages 18+ beginners. $135 ($120 ASI member) + $5 Materials fee payable to instructor.

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Discover the possibilities of weaving using rya knots! Join ASI instructor Anna Ruhland to learn the basic techniques of weaving with rya. Use the skills you learn to create a woven piece of art inspired by the current exhibition Handwoven: Between Chaos and Order.

Slöjd Studio is a monthly program for young makers (grades 3-5).  $25 non-member/$40 member.

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Join felter Jen for this intergenerational class, where kids and their special adults can try out “painting with wool” together.

Using a felt base attached to a mini grapevine wreath, students will practice needle felting techniques to create a colorful spring scene using felting needles, wool, and lots of imagination.

This workshop welcomes children 9+ alongside their accompanying adult. $55 per adult/child pair ($45 ASI member adult/child pair) + $20 materials fee payable to instructor.

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In this hands-on workshop, led by AMOCA Artist in Residence Bianca MacPherson, students will explore the intersection of personal reference, conceptual thinking, and large-scale handbuilding in clay.

Using their own ideas, experiences, and visual references as a foundation, participants will investigate abstraction as a personal code or visual language.

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Handwork, Soulwork: Black Craft in the United States offers a social history of quiltmaking, pottery, basketmaking, and blacksmithing.

Each week, we will explore a different practice, the craftspeople working within that practice, their work, and the material conditions in which they created their work.

We will cover renowned craftspeople with an exhibition and publication history, we will focus on the people whose provenance records and museum interpretive labels identify them as “unknown.”

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