Our highly anticipated Textile Garage Sale returns Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3, 2026.

Now celebrating its 26th year, this annual event has become a destination for makers across the region, offering thousands of donated textile supplies at deeply discounted prices.

Every corner of Textile Center will be filled with fabric, yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks, looms, books, sewing machines, spinning wheels, and more!

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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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It’s unnecessary to trek into the wilderness to harvest wild edibles—there’s options right here in the city!

Join Maria of Four Season Foraging to explore the urban environment in search of seasonal wild foods, starting with ASI’s campus. Be prepared to be outside and walk up to 10 city blocks.

Suitable for ages 18+, or 11–17 alongside a registered adult. $45 ($40 ASI member).

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For centuries, round objects such as bowls, cups, plates, and furniture were produced using the simple technology of a foot-powered, spring pole lathe.

Students will join bowl turner David for this three-day introduction to the craft of turning bowls using this old tool.

Note: this class requires physical strength, stamina, and the ability to stand on one leg.

Suitable for ages 18+. $325 ($300 ASI member) + $50 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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Get your fairy garden ready for spring with mushrooms, creatures, gnomes, and more!

Kids ages 9-17 and their special adults are invited to make a dozen tiny clay decorations perfect for tucking in a potted plant or fairy garden.

After students build and paint their creations with colorful underglazes, the projects will be fired in the instructor’s home studio and then returned to ASI for pickup.

$55 adult/youth pair ($45 ASI member adult/youth pair) + $20 materials fee payable to instructor.

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This beginner course will introduce students to the Scandinavian-style flat-plane carving tradition, with a lesson on basic knife grips and carving techniques.

Come carve and paint a couple of sweet miniature wooden vegetables for imagination play, display, or even making a statement necklace.

Suitable for ages 16+ or 11–15, accompanied by a registered adult. $70 ($60 ASI member) + $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

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