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2026

Electric Lathe Turning Private Lessons with Jarrod Dahl Schedule your 2-3 day session to focus on bowls, end grain cups, Japanese style turning, and/or forging turning tools.

January

January 10, 17, 24 Hand Sewing Winter Series Choose 1-3 Sessions with LeeAra Anglin Register Now!

February

February 7, 14, 21 Hand Sewing Winter Series continued

March

March 3-6 End Grain Turning & Wood Week with Jarrod Dahl at North House Folk School, MN

March 21 Chequamegon Bay Seed Fair, Ashland, WI

April

April 30 Drink Up! Norwegian Ale Hens Craft Night Series slideshow with Mike Loeffler.

May

May 1-3 Bird Carving: Songbirds of Lake Superior with Mike Loeffler

May 15 Baskets in Lichtenfels: International Basket Festival Craft Night Series slideshow with Jarrod Dahl.

May 16-17 The Willow Laundry Basket with Jarrod Dahl

June

June 3 So Many Scandinavian Baskets! Craft Night Series slideshow & demonstration with Jarrod Dahl.

June 4-7 Korgar: Scandinavian Split Willow Baskets 4 Days with Jarrod Dahl

June 12 Turning Flax into Cloth Craft Night Series presentation & demonstration with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Watch or take part in the processes of making flax plants into fiber, thread and cloth.

June 13 & 14 Spin Cotton Wool & Flax with a Spindle 1 or 2 Days with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

June 22-24 Swedish Split Willow Picnic Basket with Jarrod Dahl at North House Folk School, MN

July

July 9 Japanese Textile Travels Craft Night Series show and tell of textiles and photos from three trips to Japan with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl.

July 10-12 Katazome Stencils & Sukumo Indigo Dyeing with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

July 16 All Blue: Japanese Indigo Dyeing Experience Craft Night Series with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Watch or try out dyeing in a sukumo indigo vat. Registration is required to participate in dyeing.

July 17, 18 & 19 Shibori Patterns & Sukumo Indigo Dyeing 1, 2 or 3 Days with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

July 21-24 Sukumo Indigo Dyeing 3-hour Taster Sessions A fun activity for small groups!

July 31 Latin American Textile Travels Craft Night Series presentation with Louise Young. A show and tell from Louise’s amazing textile collection and talk about her travels to Guatemala and beyond.

August

August 1-2 Guatemalan Style Back Strap Weaving with Louise Young

August 7 Urban Woodsman: Wood Carving in Detroit Craft Night Series presentation with Joey Traynor.

August 8-9 Wagatabon Japanese Style Carved Tray with Joey Traynor

August 13 Scandinavian Wood Carving Traditions & Travels Craft Night Series presentation with Alex Yerks. Alex will give a slideshow about his recent travels as an ASF grant recipient.

August 14-16 Kuksa: Nordic Wooden Cup Carving with Alex Yerks

August 20 Turned Round: Museum Collections Craft Night Series presentation with Derek Brabender. Derek will present a slideshow about his recent wooden treen research.

August 21-23 Pole Lathe Bowl Turning with Derek Brabender

August 28 Lively Baskets Craft Night Series presentation with Emily Derke on willow basketry.

August 29-30 Willow Basketry with Emily Derke

September

September 4 Our Wooden Spoon Collection Craft Night Series presentation with Jarrod Dahl. The Wooden Spoon Drawer Exhibition & Talk.

September 5-7 Wooden Spoon Carving choose 2 or 3 days with Jarrod Dahl

September ? Flax Day & Natural Dyes Pop-Up We will pick a sunny dry day to process flax plants and do natural dyeing from plants in the textile garden. Sign-up to find out when.

September 18? Japanese Woodturning & Urushi Craft Night Series presentation with special guest, Eiko Tanaka from Japan.

September 25-26 Unplugged Event We will be at North House Folk School, MN with special guest Japanese woodturner, Eiko Tanaka

October

October 2-4 Sajifest, Japanese Spoon Carving Event Nagano, Japan

October 27-29 End Grain Turning with Jarrod Dahl at North House Folk School, MN

November

December

December 5 Birch Bark Ornaments morning or afternoon session with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl