Fiber Arts Folk Art Courses

Schedule:  June 8 (2:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Laurel Sanders Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us for the first presentations in Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring bandweaving from multiple cultural perspectives. Join weaver and...

Schedule:  Six Wednesdays, June 11-July 16 (6:00-8:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Laura Berlage Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Curious about how tapestries are made and ready to try your hand at pictorial weaving? This most ancient...

Schedule:  June 12-15 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Caroline Feyling Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Tavlebragd is an iconic overshot weave structure where a pattern weft floats over a ground of plain...

Schedule:  Two Thursdays, June 19 and 26 (6:00-8:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Lesley Darling   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    The one and only blue, found in so many Scandinavian linens! In this workshop, students...

Schedule:  July 9-13 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Laura Demuth Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Finnweave, or Merkavev, is a weaving technique in which two layers of fabric are interchanged to form...

Schedule:  July 19-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Marta Kløve Juuhl Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Discover the rich tradition of Åkle - or coverlet - weaving! In this class you’ll learn...

Schedule:  July 21-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Gina Nylund Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Join us for a Hallingdal bunad purse embroidery class with Gina A. Nylund of Bunad Creations! Learn...

Schedule:  July 28-August 1 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Marta Kløve Juuhl Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Discover the ancient art of Varafell weaving, a traditional Viking-age technique closely related to rya...

Schedule:  Four Thursdays, August 21-September 11 (5:30-7:30 pm CT)   Instructor:  Steph Anderson    Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    So many of the Bunad classes are based on the women's Bunad.  In this class, we...

Schedule:  Starts September 1 (Available all month)   Instructor:  Kate Running   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Learn to knit a mug cozy in the round using two colors of yarn! Made to slide on...

Schedule:  Four Thursdays, September 4-25 (6:00–8:00 PM CT)   Instructor:  Laura Berlage   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Explore and celebrate early medieval wool embroidery with these interwoven Nordic dragons! The Bayeux Stitch (a type...

Schedule:  Six Thursdays, September 4-October 9 (3:15-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Ivy Riggs Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Young students will enjoy starting their fiber arts journey at Vesterheim! Participants will be introduced...

Schedule:  Fridays, September 12-26 (6:00-7:30 pm CT)   Instructor:  Susan Kolstad   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Norway's rich traditions of crafts have been thoughtfully addressed through classes in Norway by Husflidens throughout the country....

Schedule:  September 21 (2:00-3:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Heather Torgenrud   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us for the second webinar in Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring bandweaving from multiple cultural perspectives.  The...