Take your tapestry weaving to the next level with precise planning!

Learn how to calculate basic shapes within a tapestry that can be applied to your weaving, accounting for chosen epi, weft, and personal technique.

The focus of this class is designing/understanding design, and not weaving techniques, but you will leave with at least one weaving showing what you learned that you can take home with you.

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An exhibit about the threads, literal and metaphorical, that bind Hartford’s past and present, inviting residents to celebrate the city and our connections to one another.

Woven Hartford brings together two vibrant expressions of Hartford’s cultural life: the bold, colorful 20th century posters preserved in Hartford Public Library’s Hartford History Center and the contemporary hand-woven works created by the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center.

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The Gallery at Grace is a fine art exhibit space located within Grace Church that features both professional and emerging regional artists who work in all media: sculpture, paint, ceramics, textiles, photography, and more…

Grace is an Episcopal church located on an island 35 minutes west of Seattle by ferry. Designed by the architectural firm Cutler-Anderson in 2003, the church structure of glass and beams reflects a distinctive Pacific Northwest ethos.

Visitors are always welcome. Grace is located on 10 acres which includes wooded trails that connect with the island trail system, a labyrinth, and a playground. The Gallery is open 6 days a week: Monday – Friday, 9 -1; Sunday until noon; and by appointment: gallery@gracehere.org.

An open and affirming congregation, Grace is part of: the Diocese of Olympia, a group of Episcopal congregations in western Washington; The Episcopal Church; and the world-wide Anglican Communion, a global family of 85 million Christians whose roots lie in the Church of England.

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Gather with other makers for a friendly and productive evening! Makers Night is a monthly opportunity every third Thursday for anyone interested in craft to work in community in our Berglund Studio Classroom. Bring a project to work on and any tools you need, and be ready to share conversation, tips and questions.

Free; no advanced registration required.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Learn the basics of rya weaving while making a small tapestry of your own design, inspired by pieces in ASI’s current exhibitions, Handwoven: Between Chaos and Order and Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art.

Students will learn learn history, technique, and get to explore oodles of colors and textures in this hands-on, beginner-friendly class.

Welcomes registrants ages 11-17 accompanied by an adult. $115 ($100 ASI member) + $15 Materials fee payable to instructor.

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Discover the history and art of spinning yarn by hand in this one-day workshop.

Students will learn basic techniques for working with a bottom-whorl spindle and explore historical methods that predate the spinning wheel. Bring home a spindle and fiber, brand-new yarn, and foundational skills to continue spinning.

Suitable for ages 14+. $115 ($100 ASI member) + $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Learn to weave on an inkle loom, a useful, portable loom for weaving bands up to 3″ wide in a variety of patterns and styles.

Students will learn how to warp an inkle loom and start weaving a 1″ wide band, and will leave with a band up to 4″ long.

Suitable for ages 16+ $115 ($100 ASI member) + $20 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Make the sweetest little woolly tomte and critter friend ready for imaginative play in this intergenerational needle felting class.

Kids and their special adults will shape and decorate a pocket-sized tomte and its cute companion using the magical technique of needle felting.  Kids ages 9-17 are invited to join alongside an adult.

$55 adult/ child pair ($45 ASI member adult/child pair) + $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Gather with other makers for a friendly and productive evening! Makers Night is a monthly opportunity every third Thursday for anyone interested in craft to work in community in our Berglund Studio Classroom. Bring a project to work on and any tools you need, and be ready to share conversation, tips and questions.

FREE; no advanced registration required.

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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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