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Community Knit Night – October 22, 2024

Oct 22, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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***This event requires NO registration! Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start. If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or embroidery, spinning, or weaving. Find a new friend or meet up with an old one and enjoy…

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Sourdough from Start to Finish – Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26, 2024

Oct 25, 2024 6:30PM—8:30PM

Christ Lutheran Church, 150 5th Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Learn the secrets of sourdough bread. This is an eight-hour class, starting Friday evening and picking up again on Saturday. Students are encouraged to come on Friday to get a sneak preview and help us start the fermentation. On Saturday, master breadmakers Bryce Johnson and Ross Safford will take you through the steps of making bread…

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West African Drumming Ensemble (Ages 12+) – Friday, October 25, 2024 (Session 4 of 6)

Oct 25, 2024 4:30PM—6:00PM

Private Location , MN

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Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for djembe and kpanlogo drums, bells, shakers, and stick drums; create full textures of rhythms in traditional West African genres, and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a conversation. When you sign up for the West African Drumming Ensemble, you will be registered for 6 drumming sessions…

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Intro to Skinnfell (Ages 16+) – Saturday, October 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024 9:30AM—4:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Norwegian Skinnfell entails hand-stitching and wood block printing on tanned sheepskins. Traditionally used for an entire family’s warm bedding on cold winter nights, skinnfell traps were created from muiltiple hides that were carefully stitched together and then decorated with motifs meant to convey good wishes to the receiver. In this introductory class, we will turn…

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Soma Yoga Practice – Fall Series: Oct. 26, 2024 (Session 6)

Oct 26, 2024 10:30AM—11:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Soma yoga is a very gentle and slow-paced practice to decrease tension in chronically tight areas, focusing on alignment and stability when finding our classic asanas (yoga poses). This is a great practice to “reset” our bodies for improved mobility, stability and function. Learn a series of gentle somatic movements to relieve tension in chronically tight…

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Community Song Circle (All Ages) October 26 2024 – Marine Mills Folk School

Oct 26, 2024 11:00AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Lia Falls and Barbara McAfee will lead and teach simple songs, in the aural tradition (no lyric sheets or music to read). All are welcome, whether or not you think of yourself as a singer! We will sing songs that celebrate Nature, and being Human; songs that bring us together in the magic and medicine of singing…

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Ribbed Basket Basics – Saturday and Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2024

Oct 26, 2024 9:30AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Learn basic rib basket-making techniques and take home your first Ribbed Egg Basket!  Join Kirsten, a student-favorite experienced instructor who will have you laughing and learning, she’ll help you ease into basket weaving with no stress, you’ll be amazed at how fast the time goes. You will learn basic rib basket-making techniques. Thoughts on this…

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Flour Sack Embroidery – Saturday, October 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024 10:00AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Join experienced embroidery instructor Alycen Brothen for a day of traditional embroidery on flour sack towels.  This class will cover: selection of flour sack towels for embroidery, prepping towels for embroidery, transferring designs, and stitching.  Your instructor will provide the following materials: flour sack towels needle selection of embroidery threads design Students are asked to bring: embroidery hoop (3.5-5 inches in diameter)…

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Learn to Make a Shirred Wool Rug – Saturday, October 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024 10:00AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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What is a Shirred Rug you ask?  Shirred rugs appear around 1870, but few examples survive since most relied on sewing thread to hold the rugs together. By the 1890s, elaborate examples of shirred rugs were made and specialized tools began to be marketed, but most rugs continued to be made with needle and thread…

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Weave a Scarf on a Rigid Heddle Loom, October 26, & November 2, 2024

Oct 26, 2024 10:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Create a woven scarf on a rigid heddle loom! In this two-session workshop, learn to warp a loom, wind a shuttle, hem stitch, weave and discuss troubleshooting, on the first day. During the second session learn several fringe options and how to wet finish. Discuss how to plan for future projects on the loom including…

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Community Knit Night – October 29, 2024

Oct 29, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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***This event requires NO registration! Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start. If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or embroidery, spinning, or weaving. Find a new friend or meet up with an old one and enjoy…

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Community Bridge Club (All Ages) October 29, 2024- Tuesday Evening

Oct 29, 2024 6:00PM—8:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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No Registration Required for this Event Community Bridge Club is ongoing and welcomes players with minimal to experienced knowledge of the game. There is no official instruction, however, everyone is friendly, helpful to one another and enjoys playing bridge in a very relaxed atmosphere. Players gather twice monthly when they can. Host, Joan, provides cards, score pads, learning handouts and sends email reminders…

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West African Drumming Ensemble (Ages 12+) – Friday, November 1, 2024 (Session 5 of 6)

Nov 01, 2024 4:30PM—6:00PM

Private Location , MN

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Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for djembe and kpanlogo drums, bells, shakers, and stick drums; create full textures of rhythms in traditional West African genres, and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a conversation. When you sign up for the West African Drumming Ensemble, you will be registered for 6 drumming sessions…

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MMFS Circular Sock Machine Crank-in, November 2, 2024

Nov 02, 2024 9:30AM—3:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Guess what?  We have Deb and Pete Oswald hosting a monthly Sock Machine Crank-in gathering at Marine Mills Folk School  Beginning on Saturday, Oct 5th and every first Saturday of the month going forward,  MMFS invites all you “Crankers” to the Folk School beginning at 9:30 to 12:30.  This will be a time for gathering…

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West African Drumming Ensemble (Ages 12+) – Friday, November 8, 2024 (Session 6 of 6)

Nov 08, 2024 4:30PM—6:00PM

Private Location , MN

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Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for djembe and kpanlogo drums, bells, shakers, and stick drums; create full textures of rhythms in traditional West African genres, and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a conversation. When you sign up for the West African Drumming Ensemble, you will be registered for 6 drumming sessions…

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