Calendar

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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.

2026 REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

2026 REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

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 Korgar: 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 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 21-24 Pole Lathe Bowl Turning with Derek Brabender

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

August 29-30 Willow Basketry with Emily Dirke

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 with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

2025

 

January-March

March 29 Chequamegon Bay Seed Fair We’ll be giving away Madder seeds for dyeing and promoting our classes. Come say Hi!

 
 

April

April 24 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Mike

April 25-27 Bird Carving: Songbirds of Lake Superior with Mike Loeffler

 
 

May

May 9-11 Knutkorg: Scandinavian Knot Basket with Jarrod Dahl at North House Folk School, MN

 
 

June

June 13 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Jarrod

June 14-15 Spoon Carving Intensive with Jarrod Dahl

 
 

July

July 10 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Jarrod & Derek

July 11-13 Pole Lathe Turning with Jarrod Dahl & Derek Brabender

July 18 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Beth Dow

July 19-20 Hand Sewn Leather Minim Bag with Beth Dow

July 25 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Jazmin

July 26-27 Shibori, Ikat & Indigo Half-Day Classes with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

 
 

August

August 1 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Scogin

August 2-3 The Hundred Stick Willow Basket with Scogin Zimmermann-Mayo

August 16 Community Event: Flax Work Day
Roll up your sleeves and help process homegrown flax/linen. Bring work clothes, dust mask, water bottle, and a bag lunch. Details here.

August 21 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Wesley

August 22-24 Relief Carving with Wesley Hathaway

 
 

September

September 4 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Hege Aasdal Basket Weaver from Norway

September 5–8 Norwegian Vedmeis: Split Willow Basketry with Hege Aasdal Basket Weaver from Norway

September 11 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Jarrod

September 12-14 Knutkorg—Scandinavian Knot Basket with Jarrod Dahl

September 18-25 Assisting Kenta Watanabe, Japanese sukumo indigo dyer at North House Folk School

 
 

October

Sadly events with Steen Madsen have been cancelled due to an illness in his family. Please check back next year.

October 15 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Steen Madsen Basket Weaver from Denmark

October 16-19 Session 1: Buff & White Willow Basketry with Steen Madsen, Basket Weaver from Denmark

October 15 Community Event: Craft Night Potluck Meet & Greet with Steen Madsen Basket Weaver from Denmark

October 23-26 Session 2: Buff & White Willow Basketry with Steen Madsen, Basket Weaver from Denmark

 
 

November

November 1 Birch Bark & Felted Wool Ornaments with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl