Using ancient techniques and your hands, creativity, and equipment from simple to complex, we offer a full range of workshops to introduce you to new skills or to get you to that next level you have been trying to reach.
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Upcoming workshops are listed below. Click here to see all Fiber Arts on 4th events in a calendar view.
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July 2026
Intermediate Nålbinding: Scandinavian Nålbound Slippers
With Laura Ninnemann
Two-Day Workshop Learn to make and repair warm and cozy slippers that last a lifetime!
Drawing for Tapestry Sold Out
With Elizabeth Buckley
Four-Day Workshop Explore the relationship between drawing and weaving in this tapestry design workshop! Part of our Handwork 2026 Series
Beginner Crochet Last Few Tickets
With Lyn Leshner
Learn the basic stitches of crochet and create a dish cloth!
Trinket Basket
With Lyn Leshner
Weave a small trinket basket from natural and smoke colored flat reed. Great for beginning weavers!
Botanical Printing
With Myra Chang Thompson and Carla Wackenheim
Two-Day Workshop Using common household chemicals, learn to transfer botanical material into unique prints on natural fiber.
Learn to Design Patterns & Weave on an Inkle Loom Last Few Tickets
With Annie MacHale
Learn techniques and artistry to create your own inkle weavings-- make keychains, bag straps, and more!
Mixed Warps for Multi-Shaft Looms
With Myra Chang Thompson
Play with texture and color in your warp while balancing tension and sett!
Tablet Weaving from Around the World Sold Out
With John Mullarkey
Three-Day Workshop Weave around the world with tablet weaving techniques from Turkey, Egypt, and Indonesia! Part of our Handwork 2026 Series
Tablet Weaving: Design Your Own Band
With John Mullarkey
Take your tablet weaving to the next level with your own unique designs! Part of our Handwork 2026 Series
Dorset Button
With Myra Chang Thompson
Use dorset buttons as fixtures to your fabric creations, or display them on their own in a frame or as a mobile!August 2026
Horizontal Bar Pickup on the Inkle Loom
With Annie MacHale
Learn this inkle loom pattern technique used by indigenous weavers across the Americas.
Introduction to Nålbinding
With Laura Danielsson Ninnemann
Learn and preserve an ancient fiber art technique through this nålbinding workshop. Skål!Why should I take a Fiber Arts on 4th workshop?
Have you ever wanted to learn to weave on a loom, weave belts and bands, turn wool into felt, spin fibers into yarn, dye fabric or yarn, weave baskets, learn color theory, make a hat or scarf, knit, crochet, do Viking style nålbinding, make costuming for your Society for Creative Anachronism activities, learn some skills you can apply to wildcrafting or homesteading, do chair caning, dye with plants like indigo or with modern dyes, learn how to process wool to get it ready to spin into yarn, and all things fiber arts? These are the kinds of things you can learn through our workshops!