Curious about making your own yarn? In this two-part class, you’ll learn the basics of handspinning using both a drop spindle and a spinning wheel. In the first group class on October 10, students will explore fiber preparation, spinning, and plying with drop spindles. After two weeks of at-home practice, each student will attend a personalized one-on-one lesson to review their practice yarns and learn spinning wheel techniques. IMPORTANT: The individual lessons will be scheduled during the first class for either October 24 or 25. $25 materials fee due to instructor at first class date

From seed to supper, learn how corn becomes cornmeal! Casey and Shara of Wild Edges Farm will cover growing, harvesting, processing and storing flint corn at home. Together, the class will shell and grind some of this year’s harvest into fresh cornmeal, then use it to cook and sample two easy and versatile recipes: cast-iron cornbread and cheesy polenta. Participants will bring home a pint jar of freshly ground cornmeal from the farm. $10 materials fee due to instructor day of class

Weave your own useful and unique dish towel in a wintery blue and white plaid or striped pattern! Using a pre-warped rigid heddle loom, you'll learn beginner friendly techniques to weave a 100% cotton dish towel approximately 14"x18". Beginners welcome; no weaving experience required. $25 materials fee due to instructor on day of class