Crafts
Current & Upcoming
Wool Drying Basket – September 27 and 28, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 9:30AM—Sep 28, 2025 3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterJoin basket-making guru Kirsten Skoglund, to make a beautiful wool drying basket. Beginners are welcome! Throughout the 1800s, wool drying baskets were used after shearing sheep to dry wool before carding and spinning. The damp wool was placed in the basket to allow air to circulate around wool fleece. The bottom of this type of…
View MoreMake a Tin Thread Chevron Braided Bracelet – Saturday, September 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterJoin instructor Katherine Buenger and learn how to make an elegant bracelet. Using tin thread (4% silver) or tin thread and leather, learn to make a gorgeous 8 strand bracelet. The bracelet is finished with a silver-plated magnetic clasp. Your instructor will provide: Written instructions Complete kit to make one bracelet Skill level No experience…
View MoreBinding Cane Twill Footstool – September 27 and 28, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 9:30AM—Sep 28, 2025 3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterChair caning is a fun and profitable heritage craft to learn, and in this class, we will be using wide binding cane, weaving a twill pattern on a custom made square, green-painted footstool. You will learn how to weave the easy twill or herringbone pattern, using the correct tension, learn the secret of invisible joins,…
View More(Waitlist) Copper Foil Stained Glass Window (Ages 12+) – Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oct 04, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterLearn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, owner of Longfellow Soap Company, who has been designing, making, repairing, and restoring antique stained glass windows for 23 years. All tools and materials will be provided and each student will take home a small window. You will learn how to make, cut, and…
View MoreLeather Market Tote – Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oct 04, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterIn this class, we will learn the basic skills of leather working while sewing a classic 100% leather tote bag. Learn about cutting leather, preparing it for stitching, saddle-stitching, and riveting handles. Leave with a beautiful market tote of your very own and the skills to do countless leather-working projects for a lifetime! The tote…
View MoreKumihumo meets Sami Tin Thread – Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oct 04, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterKumihimo is a Japanese art of braiding or twisting cords and ribbons into intricate patterns. The word “kumihimo” literally translates to “gathered threads”. Sami artisans have been embroidering textiles and jewelry with spun pewter thread since the 1600s. Join Katherine Buenger to create this beautiful necklace that joins these traditional craft methods together for this…
View MoreTiny House Clay Vases – Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oct 04, 2025 9:30AM—12:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterGet ready for a crafty and creative adventure! Hand-build 2 adorable tiny house vases using clay. In this unique class, you’ll learn the basics of hand-building and add personalized touches to make your tiny houses truly special. Use them as vases or holders for small treasures – perfect for holiday gifts or adding a touch of…
View MoreCattail Basket – Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oct 04, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterUsing hand-gathered and processed natural cattail leaves, we will create a small square to round basket. The base will be woven as a square, gradually rounding the sides, using a twining technique, with a tucked rim. Everyone will create this basket first, and if there’s remaining time, we can weave a small mug coaster or…
View MoreStained Glass Suncatchers (Ages 12+) – Saturday, October 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 9:00AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterHave fun learning the basic steps to making a stained-glass window and go home with a new skill and a gift or two. Students will learn how to break glass with purpose, shape glass to a pattern, and reassemble it to make something beautiful. Glass will be assembled with the copper foil method, which is a thin strip…
View MoreChallenge Yourself Series: Tricks for Knitting in the Round – Saturday, October 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 9:30AM—1:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterYou will up your knitting game and become a master of illusion when you learn 3 methods for making jogless color joins for thick stripes or 2-row stripes. Plus, there’s even a mind-blowing way to make jogless single row stripes! (A little challenging, but worth it.) Learn a jogless cast on and smooth out your…
View MoreAstrology and Oracle for Creativity – Saturday, October 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 10:30AM—1:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterThis workshop will help you look at your creativity in a new way–through the lens of astrology and oracle cards. Come with a creative project in mind, or just focus on your creativity as a whole. We’ll look at the planets in your natal chart that rule creativity, and will talk about how to see…
View MoreWillow Bark Necklace Basket – Saturday, October 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterAmaze your friends and relatives when you wear this handwoven willow bark necklace basket that you created! You will use willow bark that the instructor hand-gathered and processed, along with waxed linen and a variety of beads as embellishments for the base. The fancy rim weave is really simple once you learn the technique, but…
View MoreWelcome to the Woodshop: Make a Botanical Press (Intergenerational) – Saturday, October 18
Oct 18, 2025 10:00AM—11:30AM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterIn this intergenerational class, students will learn to use drills and handsaws safely to make a wooden botanical press for collecting leaves and flowers. We will learn about wood grain, hardwoods v.s. softwoods, and hardware. This inclusive class is ideal for nature lovers, children and grown-ups looking for something fun to do together, and people…
View MoreMake Your Own Drum (Ages 12+) – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct 25, 2025 11:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterWayne Manthey is a nationally known drum maker and teacher of drum making. His approach is spiritual, honoring the animals who provided the hides and the trees who donated the wood. The healing properties of a drum are found in the elements that make it: wood and animal hide. Making a personal frame drum is…
View MoreIntro to Skinnfell (Ages 16+) – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct 25, 2025 9:30AM—4:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterNorwegian 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…
View MoreMaking Paper Moravian Stars (Ages 10+) – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct 25, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterUsing narrow strips of paper, learn how to fold beautiful three dimensional stars. The tradition started in the 1800’s by a Moravian math teacher, to teach his students about geometry. Students will follow specific, clear directions to make one or more stars and attach a hanger. Paper and hanger options will be explored. This class…
View MoreMake Your Own Herbarium – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct 25, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterThis workshop is for anyone who has ever wanted to keep track of the plants they have found. We will discuss a few different ways you can make an herbarium, and then we will make one! Herbariums are plant specimen books including dried samples, drawings, records of your observations of the plant, etc. We will…
View MoreThe Art of Pumpkin Etching – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct 25, 2025 10:30AM—3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterHave you ever wanted to carve something more than the traditional jack o’lantern? Something other than three triangles and a toothless smile? In this class, students will learn pumpkin etching, a technique using sharp knives to create beautiful, detailed, glowing images. Students must bring a drawing or sketch of what they want to create with…
View MoreCopper Foil Stained Glass Window (Ages 12+) – Saturday, November 1, 2025
Nov 01, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterLearn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, owner of Longfellow Soap Company, who has been designing, making, repairing, and restoring antique stained glass windows for 23 years. All tools and materials will be provided and each student will take home a small window. You will learn how to make, cut, and…
View MoreIntroduction to Nordic Peasant Knitting – Saturday, November 1, 2025
Nov 01, 2025 9:30AM—12:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterLearn how to knit traditional stranded colorwork using what is known in the Nordic countries as “peasant knitting.” Working in the round with two colors at a time, knitters of old held one color in each hand, knitting as they led the cows back to the barn or wandered down to the docks, hoping to…
View MoreBox Building for Beginners – Saturday, November 1, 2025
Nov 01, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterThis class is perfect for the new-to-book-arts person who would like to learn something a little different! Box building is a time-honored tradition within book arts. Hand built boxes serve many functions; from holding tools to preserving fragile books. Participants will be learning the basics of box building while creating two differently styled lidded boxes. …
View MoreStitch Meditation, A creative mindful practice – Saturday, November 8, 2025
Nov 08, 2025 1:00PM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047
RegisterStitch meditation is a creative mindful practice that helps you reduce stress, increase mindfulness, develop your stitching skills, and discover your unique creative voice. In this 3 hour workshop, you’ll explore a calming process that blends simple hand stitching with the principles of meditation. The repetitive rhythm of stitching gently quiets the analytical mind, allowing…
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