2025-02-15 — Cardweaving (online)

Name: 2025-02-15 — Cardweaving (online)
Brand: Vesterheim
SKU: OL.2025.Q1.15
Price: 150.00 USD
Availability: InStock

SKU: OL.2025.Q1.15

$135.00

Schedule: 

February 15 (10:00-11:30 am and 3:00-4:30 pm CT) and Febuary 16 (Noon-1:00 pm CT)

Instructor: 

Laura Demuth

Location: 

This is an online class hosted on Zoom. 

Join Vesterheim Gold Medalist Laura Demuth and explore, not only a popular traditional Scandinavian handcraft, but also a popular cultural folk art form practiced across the globe in varied textile traditions. The woven band played an important role in traditional Norwegian clothing. Bands were used to close or support clothing in ways that we now use buttons, zippers, snaps, or Velcro. They also added beauty and interest to an item of clothing while identifying a person as coming from a particular area of Norway. Today, bands can be used as bookmarks, belts, lanyards, bag closures, and handles. In this class, we will focus on card weaving.

Level of Instruction:

Students of all skill levels are welcome.

Supplies: 

A complete kit of supplies with all the equipment and materials needed to weave a sample band, including assorted cards, a clamp, belt, and yarn ($65 value) is included in the cost of enrollment. You will need a work surface like a sturdy table, good light, and a computer, laptop, or tablet with a camera and mic as well as a fast, reliable internet connection.

If you are registering for this class in a location outside the United States, you will need to provide your own supplies. Please contact folkartschool@vesterheim.org when you register for more information about what materials are required for this class.

Special Instructions:  

When registering for the class, please make sure to use the mailing and email addresses you'd like the Zoom meeting invitations sent to. You will receive links to the Zoom sessions by email sometime during the week prior to the class. If this class is a gift, please sign up with the recipient's mailing and email addresses or be prepared to forward the kit and all communications.

Enrollment Deadline: 

January 31, 2025

Click here to learn more about instructor Laura Demuth.

Vesterheim Folk Art School's online programming is made possible in part by the generous support of the Vesterheim Annual Fund from Sons of Norway - Noreg Lodge 3-466.