2025-10-18 – Knitting through Norway (Webinar)
Schedule:
October 18 (1:00-2:00 pm CT)
Instructor:
Maree Hampton
Location:
This is an online class hosted on Zoom.
Maree Hampton is a knitting instructor for Vesterheim Folk Art School and one of the first recipients of a research grant from Vesterheim to study Norwegian knitting in Norway. Vesterheim offers this professional development opportunity to enable practicing folk art instructors to travel to Norway, study, gain inspiration, and develop ideas for future teaching.
While in Norway in the fall of 2024, Maree visited textile and folk art museums, attended a three-day knitting festival in Bergen, toured Norway’s long-standing yarn factories, and met everyday Norwegian knitters in the areas where she traveled. She will share what she learned in her month-long study in Norway, show images from her travels, highlight current trends in Norwegian knitting, and show how the experience has inspired her knitting, teaching, and more.
Supplies:
Students will need to provide a computer, laptop, or tablet with a camera and mic as well as a fast, reliable internet connection.
Special Instructions:
When registering for the class, please make sure to use the email address 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 email address or be prepared to forward the kit and all communications.
Enrollment Deadline:
October 18, 2025
Click here to learn more about instructor Maree Hampton.
Vesterheim’s 2025 online programming is supported in part by a generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund from Sons of Norway - Noreg Lodge 3-466.