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September

Fine Furniture: Windsor Comb Back Armchair or Rocking Chair Sep 3 Weaving With Wild Yarns Sep 3 Forged Cooking Utensils: At the Grill and in the Kitchen Sep 5 Fine Furniture: Natural-Edged Windsor Bench Sep 5 Jewish Baking Sep 6 Fine Furniture: Natural-Edged Windsor Bench Sep 7 Fachwerk or German-Style Timber Framing Sep 8 Deerskin Mittens with Anishinaabe-Style Beadwork Sep 10 Simple Hand-Sewn Leather Shoulder Bag Sep 10 Blacksmithing: Women & Non-Binary Session Sep 11 Self Care to Community Care: Beginner's Botanical Medicine Sep 11 Doughnuts! Sep 12 Lichens and Mosses of the North Woods Sep 12 Build Thoreau's Cabin: Basic Building Skills Workshop Sep 16 Japanese Wood Turning Sep 17 Event: Points North Online Auction Sep 18–27 Beading: An Anishinaabe Way of Being Sep 18 Rosemaling: Setesdal Style Sep 18 White on Blue: Organic Indigo and Resist Designs Sep 18 Scandinavian Smörgåsbord Sep 19 Leksand Band Weaving: Band Loom with Treadle and Rigid Heddle Sep 20 Japanese Wood Turning Sep 21 Natural Dyes Above and Beyond Sep 21 Blacksmithing: The Basics & Beyond Sep 22 Gnome Spoon Carving Sep 22 Cider: Crafting Fine Hard Cider at Home Sep 22 Herbal Foods and Drinks Sep 22 Primitive Rug Hooking: Open Session Sep 22 A Taste of Japanese Wood Turning Sep 24 Event: Unplugged Sep 25–26 Tuppor: Pompoms the Leksand Way Sep 25 Layer Up! The Art and Science of Lamination Sep 29 Card Weaving: Beginner & Intermediate Sep 30 Grand Marais & Beyond Nature Photography Workshop: Fall Session Sep 30

October

Wooden Spoon Carving Traditions Oct 1 Viking-Era Smelting: Iron-Age Technology in the Modern Era Oct 1 Introduction to Spinning on the Wheel Oct 2 Ways of Weaving: Inkle, Rigid Heddle, Table, and Floor Looms Oct 2 Chairmaking: An Introduction Oct 2 Layer Up! The Art and Science of Lamination Oct 2 Geology Up the Gunflint Trail Oct 2 Braided Leather Shoulder Bag and Wallet Oct 3 Event: Basket Week Oct 6–13 White Oak Basketry Oct 6 Coracle: Weave Your Own Boat Oct 6 Black Ash Handbag Basket Oct 6 Branches and Bark: Willow Gathering Basket Oct 6 Daffodils, Sweet Grass, and Iris: Baskets from the Garden Oct 7 Teeny Tiny Baskets Oct 7 Harvest Helpers: Crafting Small Brooms to Accompany Your Basket Oct 8 Willow Bark Trays Oct 10 Black Ash Pack Baskets Oct 10 All the Small Things Oct 10 Wiigwaas Makakoon: Birch Bark Baskets Oct 10 Weaving a Black Ash Cooking Basket Oct 10 Polish Bread Basket Oct 11 Optional Day Fall Fly Fishing Tactics for Brook Trout and Splake Oct 14 Kids Only: Rolled Beeswax Candles Oct 15 Woodcarving for Families: Magic Wands and Dragonflies Oct 15 Fall Fly Fishing Tactics for Brook Trout and Splake Oct 15 Introduction to Lantern Puppets Oct 15 Families at the Forge Oct 15 Kids Only: Paper Mâché Finger Puppets & Storytelling Oct 15 Eco-Printing with Fall Foliage Family Workshop Oct 15 Event: Family Weekend Oct 16–17 Kids Only: Crafting with Wood and Fire Oct 16 Catching the Rye: Many Uses of a Great Grain Oct 16 Families at the Forge Oct 16 Imaginative Needle Felting for Families Oct 16 Artisan Copper Pendants for Families Oct 16 Kids Only: Carve, Stamp, Patch! Oct 16 Families at the Forge Oct 17 Crankie Boxes for Families Oct 17 Printing Pictures with the Sunlight! Family Workshop Oct 17 Stuffed Felted Friends Oct 17 Favorite Holiday Copper Ornaments for Families Oct 17 Pebble Jewelry Fabrication from Soup to Nuts Oct 18 Blacksmithing: The Next Step Oct 19 Pole Lathe Turning Oct 22 Woven: Traditional Swedish Table-Made Hair Bracelet Oct 22 Artisan Breads Immersion Oct 23 Kitchen Table Pebble Jewelry Workshop Oct 23 Making Hide & Canvas Boots Oct 23 Hand-Crafted Brooms: An Introduction Oct 23 Machine Knitting Introductory Course Oct 23 End Grain Turning: Cups & Bowls on the Lathe Oct 27 Exploring Woven Structures: Plaited Twill, Rosepath, and More Oct 28 Frightful Forging Oct 29 Fingerweaving Oct 29 Chainsaws: Safety, Maintenance, and Tree Felling Oct 30 Lathe Turning: The Wooden Bowl Oct 30 Natural Wet Felting with Local Wool Oct 31 Old-School Inks Oct 31 Tortillas, Polenta, and More: Traditional Corn Processing Oct 31

November

Learning to Master the Skew Chisel Nov 3 Handwoven Pillow Nov 5 Scandinavian Inspired Boxes with Sliding Dovetailed Lids Nov 5 Primstav: Tattoo Your Stories in Wood Nov 6 Turning Fine Detail Platters Nov 6 Nordic Herbs and Healing Arts Nov 7 Seasonal Pies: Baking for the Colder Months Nov 7 Old World Ale Bowls: Pole and Power Lathe Turning Nov 12 Beginning Floor Loom Weaving Nov 12 Great Big Leather Tote Nov 13 Felt for the Home: Table Runners and Rugs Nov 13 The Magic and Mechanics of Circular Sock Knitting Machines Nov 13 Needle Felting & Bead Embroidery: Bead, Felt, & Frame Nov 13 Forge a Railroad Spike Knife Nov 13 Better Butter Baking Nov 13 Felt for the Home: Table Runners and Rugs Nov 16 Wood Carving Tutorial Nov 17 Lidded Woven Birch Bark Basket Nov 19 Event: Winterers' Gathering and Arctic Film Festival Nov 20–22 Baking for a Swedish Christmas Nov 20 Ancient Wool Crafts from Northern Europe Nov 20 Hand-Drawn Maps: Documenting Your Journey Nov 21 Sewing a Viking Age Woolen Hood Nov 21 Cardamom Nov 30

December

Anishinaabe-Style Bead Embroidery & Moccasin Sewing Dec 3 Processing Wild Foods and Homegrown Grains/Legumes Dec 4 Bowl Carving with Axe, Adze, and Gouge Dec 4 Loop-in-Loop Chain Bracelet Dec 4 Weaving Landscapes: The Art of Tapestry Dec 4 Hand-Stitched Leather Travel Accessories & Gifts Dec 5 Sugar Coat Sweater Dec 5 Build Your Own Yurt Dec 10 Pizza by Hand Dec 10 Rigid Heddle Scarves Dec 11 Kick Sled Building: Push and Glide Dec 11 Sewing a Simple Garment: Introduction to Sewing Dec 11 Rosemaling Holiday Ornaments Dec 12 Flatbreads from Around the World Dec 12 Wet Felted Holiday Luminaries Dec 12 Build Your Own Yurt Dec 16

January

Minnesota Loons Sweater: A Colorwork Knitting Adventure Jan 8 Handspinning Yarn: Unraveling Woolen and Worsted Textures Jan 8 Timbered Workbench: Early American Style Jan 8 Bezel Set Stones for North Shore Jewelry Jan 8 Norwegian Needlecraft: Taking the 'Hard' out of Hardanger Jan 9 Hand Pies Jan 9 Artisan Breads Immersion Jan 12 Deerskin Mittens with Anishinaabe-Style Beadwork Jan 14 Craft of Birch Ski Making: Making Your Own Set Jan 14 Artisan Breads Immersion Jan 15 Masonry Heater Building Jan 15 Puzzles in Wood and String Jan 16 Introduction to Rosemaling Gudbrandsdal Style Jan 16 Automata: Mechanical Marvels in Wood Jan 20 Bowl Carving with Axe, Adze, and Gouge Jan 22 Fancy Butter! Butter Molds and Butter Sampling Jan 22 Making Hide & Canvas Boots Jan 22 Woven Birch Bark Basketry Jan 23 Breads, Salads & Soups Jan 23 Après-ski Jan 25 Adirondack Chair Building Jan 27 Wooden Spoon Carving Traditions Jan 28 The Art of Beverage-making: Teas, Herbs, Water, and Bubbles Jan 29 Rigid Heddle Weaving: Towels Jan 29 Winter Natural Dye Exploration Jan 30 Hand-Sewn Leather Tote Bag Jan 30 Felting for the Sauna Jan 30 Adirondack Chair Building Jan 30 Dead of Winter Cooking Jan 31

February

Hand Tool Woodworking: Getting Started Feb 3 Laminated Canoe Paddles Feb 4 A Stitch in Time: Embroidered Sampler Feb 5 Willow Basketry Feb 5 Hand Tool Woodworking : The Next Steps Feb 6 Soupcraft Feb 6 Skill Building in Anishinaabe Beadwork Feb 6 Technique Building in Anishinaabe Beadwork Feb 7 Handwoven Pillow Feb 8 Event: Fiber Week Feb 9–16 Japanese Shibori: Beginning Techniques Feb 9 Needle Felting & Bead Embroidery: Bead, Felt, & Frame Feb 9 Scandinavian Roots: Weaving on the Rigid Heddle Loom Feb 9 Hand Knit Azerbaijani Slippers Feb 9 Carve and Weave: Exploring Tension-Based Weaving Traditions Feb 9 Creative Color for Fiber Artists Feb 9 Build Your Own Drum Carder Feb 13 Raw Felted Fleece: Humane Sheepskin Chair Pad or Small Rug Feb 13 Japanese Shibori: Advanced Techniques Feb 13 Beginner/Intermediate Penny Rugs: Woolen Mosaics Feb 13 North House Fair Isle Project Feb 13 Bead Weaving from Western Ukraine Feb 13 Weaving Gamps: Twill, Sett, and Color Feb 13 Knitted Longwool Locks Scarf Feb 14 Stitching a Folk Battle Vest Feb 17 Rölakan Rug Weaving Feb 18 Black Ash Pack Baskets Feb 18 Wet Felting Immersion Feb 18 Meat Preservation: The Basics and Beyond Feb 19 Carved and Kolrosed (Tattoos for Wood) Cutting Board Feb 19 Straw, Paper, Reeds: Mobile-Making Traditions of Europe Feb 20 Black Ash Pack Baskets Feb 21 Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry Feb 25 Black Ash Bushel Baskets Feb 25 The Baker & the Candlestick Maker: Hand Pies & Woodturning Feb 26 Masonry Heater Building Feb 26 Hedeby Bags: The Ancient Art of Sprang Feb 26 Sewing a Simple Garment: Introduction to Sewing Feb 26 Trees of the North Woods Feb 27

March

Woodturning Skill Builder Mar 2 Rigid Heddle: Beyond Plain Weave Mar 5 Chainsaws: Safety, Maintenance, and Tree Felling Mar 5 Fermented Foods: From the Basics to Soy Sauce and Miso Mar 5 Crossbody Saddle Bag Mar 5 Giizhik Anaakananens: Weaving a Small Cedar Mat Mar 6 Event: Wood Week Mar 9–16 Fireside Stool Mar 9 Split Willow Basketry Mar 9 Bird Carving Mar 9 Carving Wooden Plates and Trays With Hand Tools Mar 9 Oodles of Noodles: An Introduction to Chip Carving and Handmade Pasta Mar 9 Japanese Handplanes: Nankin Kanna Mar 9 Kuksa Carving: Traditional Scandinavian Drinking Cup Mar 9 Japanese Handplanes: Kanna Mar 13 Shave Horse: Build Your Own, Knockdown Style Mar 13 Kolrosing Nordic Runes Mar 13 All Ground Up: Sausage Making Mar 13 Figure Carving: Scandinavian Style Mar 13 Wooden Spoon Carving Traditions Mar 13 Swiss-Style Coopering: Flat Backed Wooden Staved Vessels Mar 13 Beginning Floor Loom Weaving Mar 18 Coopering: Buckets in the Western European & American Style Mar 18 Rosemaling Plants from the Boreal Forest Mar 19 Cases, Covers, and Sheaths: Protect Your Tools Mar 19 Weaving Landscapes: The Art of Tapestry Mar 19 Bench Brushes and Beyond: Introduction to Handmade Brushes Mar 20 Herbalism Apprentice: Beginner's Botanical Medicine Mar 25 Table Design Fundamentals: A Hands-On Approach Mar 25 Rya Rugs: Painterly Designs through Knots Mar 25 Wild Yeast: The Art and Science of Sourdough Bread Mar 25 Pysanky: Ukrainian Egg Painting Mar 26 Wet Felted Hand Puppets and Oven Mitts Mar 27 A New Edge, A New Day: A Sharpening Tutorial Mar 27 One Pot, Many Colors Mar 27 Narrative Storytelling with Pebble Jewelry Mar 29

April

Outdoor Timbered Benches Apr 1 Grow Your Own Sweater: Shepherding, Spinning, Stitches Apr 1 Blacksmithing: Women & Non-Binary Session Apr 2 Baking Baltic Black Rye Breads Apr 2 Healing Through Craft: Jewelry Fabrication Apr 2 Build Your Own Custom Fishing Rod Apr 2 Jewish Baking Apr 4 Sharpening for the Woodworker Apr 13 Sew Your Own Scandinavian Work Shirt Apr 13 Wood and Wool: Carve and Spin Apr 13 Damascus Knife and Leather Sheath Apr 15 Swedish Dalmålning with Homemade Casein Paints Apr 16 Intro to Inkle Weaving Apr 16 Creative Mending Apr 16 Plant Proteins from Scratch: Tempeh, Seitan, Tofu and More! Apr 17 Card Weaving: Beginner & Intermediate Apr 17 Scandinavian Pick Up Band Weaving Apr 19 Timber Frame: Build Your Own Smaller Frames Apr 19 Playful Freeform Embroidery Apr 20 Wild Yeast: The Art and Science of Sourdough Bread Apr 21 Blacksmithing: The Basics & Beyond Apr 22 Tackle Box Tank: A Stash-Busting Knitting Retreat Apr 23 Wood, Linen, Leather, Wool: A Handcraft Sampler Apr 23 Black Ash Bike Basket Apr 23 Child's Windsor Side Chair Apr 23 Needle Felting & Bead Embroidery: Bead, Felt, & Frame Apr 23 Trees of the North Woods Apr 24 Wild Yeast: The Art and Science of Sourdough Bread Apr 26 Blacksmithing: Crafting The Tools of the Trade Apr 27 Anishinaabe-Style Bead Embroidery & Moccasin Sewing Apr 29 Woven: Table-Made Hairwork Sampler Apr 29 Felt for the Home: Table Runners and Rugs Apr 30 Loop-in-Loop Chain Bracelet Apr 30

May

Birding and Botanizing Through May May 1 Soapmaking: The Old Fashioned Way May 1 Soapmaking: The Old Fashioned Way May 2 Event: Building Traditions: Tools and Techniques from Norway May 4–12 Traditional Tools: Pjål May 4 Traditional Tools: Norwegian Wooden Hand Planes, Scrub Planes May 4 Traditional Building: Norwegian Sash Windows May 4 Traditional Forged Tools for the Woodworker May 4 Traditional Building: Grindbygg Construction May 4 Forager and the Cook May 4 Medicines of the North: A 5-Day Boreal Botanical Experience May 5 Natural Paints and Plasters May 7 Birding and Botanizing Through May May 8 The Butcher and the Baker: Meat Pastries and Pies May 8 Traditional Tools: Frame Saws May 9 Traditional Tools: Bench Plane and Pjål Irons May 9 Traditional Tools: Norwegian Wooden Hand Planes, Moulding Planes May 10 Basic Timber Framing May 14 Lantern Puppet Design and Construction May 14 Wool: The Full Experience May 14 Build Thoreau's Cabin: Basic Building Skills Workshop May 14 Flax to Linen: Break, Hackle, Spin, & Weave May 14 Birding and Botanizing Through May May 15 Viking Axe Heads May 15 Spring Gastronomy - Sweet to Savory May 15 Asparagus May 17 Forging A Mjolnir: The Blacksmith's Rounding Hammer May 21 Naturescapes in Fiber May 21 Leather and Wood Backpack May 21 Juggle Braiding May 21 Refine Your Bowl Design Through Production Methodology May 21 Better Butter Baking May 21 Birding and Botanizing Through May May 22 Wattle Fences and Garden Trellises May 22 Hand-Sewn Leather Laptop Case and Wallet May 22 Spindle Turning: An Introduction to the Lathe May 25 Rosemaling: Os Style May 25 Blacksmithing: The Basics & Beyond May 27 Foraging for Spring Wild Edibles May 27 Event: Northern Landscapes Festival May 28–30 Spring Birding on the North Shore May 28 Weft-Faced Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom May 28 What's this Rock Too? Central North Shore's Geologic Story May 28 Birding and Botanizing Through May May 29 Discovering the Language of Birds May 29 Beekeeping Basics May 29 Lathe Turning: The Wooden Bowl May 29 Spring Birding on the North Shore May 30 Lichens and Mosses of the North Woods May 30

June

Foraging for Spring Wild Edibles Jun 1 Fundamentals of North Shore Pebble Jewelry Jun 2 Lathe Turning: The Wooden Bowl—Women & Non-Binary Session Jun 3 Spring Birding on the North Shore Jun 4 Designing a Landscape Using Edible and Medicinal Plants Jun 4 Welcome to Blacksmithing! Jun 4 Lake Superior Fish: Cured, Fermented, Smoked, and Pickled! Jun 4 Northwoods Nature Through the Lens Jun 4 Discovering the Language of Birds Jun 5 Indigo 1,2,3 Jun 5 Custom Leather Sandal Construction Jun 5 Lichens and Mosses of the North Woods Jun 5 Pajaki: Making Polish Mobiles Jun 5 Spring Birding on the North Shore Jun 6 Lichens and Mosses of the North Woods Jun 6 Color and Texture in Woodturning Jun 7 Intermediate North Shore Pebble Jewelry Jun 8 Forge a Railroad Spike Knife Jun 9 Custom Color: Woven Summer Scarves Jun 10 Turning Outside the Box Jun 10 Leather Messenger Bag Jun 10 A Midsommar Feast Jun 11 Tiny Forests: Macro Photography of Moss and Lichen Jun 11 Swedish Toothbrush Rugs Jun 12 Families at the Forge Jun 12 Midsommar Herbs: Wild Medicine Workshop Jun 12 Families at the Forge Jun 13 Braided-In Rug Jun 13 Rhubarbarama Jun 13 Hand-Forged Using Knife Jun 15 Composite Canoe Repair and Maintenance Jun 15 Mending: Hand-Sewn Techniques Jun 16 Everything Agate: A History, a Hunt, and Felting Your Own Jun 17 Introduction to Rosemaling Jun 17 Event: Summer Solstice and Wooden Boat Festival Jun 18–20 Carving the Mörksuggan Jun 18 Cedar-Strip Boat Construction: Techniques & Fundamentals Jun 21 Damascus Rings: Jewelry from the Blacksmith Shop Jun 21

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