***This event requires NO registration! ***NEW!  TWO TIME SLOTS TO CHOOSE FROM! To meet high level of interest and keep group sizes small, we are now offering two time slots to choose from for each knit night: 5:00-6:30pm  or 6:30-8:00pm Please come to whichever session fits best into your schedule. Come as you are and…

On Saturday, September 20, Marine Mills Folk School (MMFS) invites everyone to experience a day in the life of a folk school! The annual Marine Mills Folk School Fall Festival is a free community event that takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and includes: The Festival takes place on the grounds of the…

*** 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…

*** This event requires NO registration *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge, you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by group leader Joan Fogelberg. Bring your notes if you have them.  A reminder notice will…

PREREQUISITE: Attendees must have taken Jim’s introductory travel sketching class, ‘Anyone Can Draw.’  Learn to draw in COLOR and get more out of traveling! ‘Moment sketching’ is capturing the moment, expressing how you feel about what you are observing and sketching. It’s the perfect approach for traveling, as it will help you become more observant and expand your…

Join 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…

Join 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…

Learn how to use wet-on-wet watercolor techniques to create gorgeous abstract landscape art.  Participants can choose up to 6 of their pieces to mount with complimentary “framing” onto notecards. As time permits, participants will be encouraged to write thoughtful notes and prepare them for sending, using sealing wax. Students will take all of their art…

Chair 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,…

Dating back to the early Iron Age, card woven bands were used to create the starting and selvedge bands for warp-weighted looms. Decorative bands are also added to woven textiles along the hem line, and as belts and straps. In this class we will create bands approx ⅜-¾” wide and 24”-36” long. Students will have…

***This event requires NO registration! ***NEW!  TWO TIME SLOTS TO CHOOSE FROM! To meet high level of interest and keep group sizes small, we are now offering two time slots to choose from for each knit night: 5:00-6:30pm  or 6:30-8:00pm Please come to whichever session fits best into your schedule. Come as you are and…

*** This event requires NO registration *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge, you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by group leader Joan Fogelberg. Bring your notes if you have them.  A reminder notice will…