Here are a few sweet dates to know about for where you will find us for more learning opportunities!

Sunday September 8th 11am-2pm

Community East Van Celebration

Find us at the centre of the action- right in the middle of McSpadden Park for the annual McSpadden County Fair! Anna Heywood Jones and some great community volunteers from our Relational Clothing: Soil to Skin Cohort will be on hand, teaching rope making, demonstrating spinning, and generally leading by example on where the fibre party is at.

Saturday October 26 10am-4pm

Exploring Basketry: an introduction to soft plant fibres

This one day immersive program is a gentle dive into handwork with natural materials such as willow bark, daylily, crocosmia, english ivy, dandelion, and other locally bountiful plant fibres.

Sliding scale $100, $130, $160 Hosted by Sandra Vander Schaaf Read more and link to registration request is here!

Saturday November 2 12-1.30pm

Mending Circle: Threads of Support & Resilience

Do you have a garment that belonged to a loved one who has passed on?

Does it need some special attention; perhaps a patch added, or a hole darned?

During our lives, cloth acts as our second skin and when someone dies their clothing can be the closest physical link that remains. The intention of this mending circle is to gather, converse, and care for our loved ones through the act of repairing their garments.  This free event has a small # of spaces, registration opens on October 2, visit this page for more information and to register.

Saturday November 2 1-4pm- and onwards into the evening

Threads of Connection with Heart of the City Festival

Spend the afternoon with us at Trillium Park, then join our procession to the ancestor shrine Ancestral Foodways will be hosting at the Strthcona Fieldhouse.

There are so many things planned for this day- you don’t want to miss it! Book the afternoon and evening and stay tuned for more information as the day nears.