Wintertime is Zoom-Crafting time for much of EartHand… a great time for our members who live beyond an easy travel distance to our learning gardens.
Membership is required to participate in these programs- either a 2025 membership, or get your 2026 membership here- sliding scale from free to $100.
Programs are listed by the day of the week to help you plan by your availability, and run from Sundays to Wednesdays. Scroll through to not miss programs happening soon! Often Zeffy will provide more information on the ticket so click on the link to zeffy for both more information and to register.
Programs are being offered for free, with donations made through program registration going primarily to our volunteer community hosts. Thank you for supporting our programs and being a part of the EartHand community!
Find all programs here on our google calendar as a reference and guide.
Sundays:
Slow Stitch Sundays- online
10-11.30am Jan 11 and Feb 15
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/sunday-slow-stitching
Hosted by Sharon Kallis, open work time with a focus on hand stitching garments- from scratch or for repair and remaking.
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.
Max 10
In Person Maker-Time & Conversation Circles
At the eco-pavilion in Strathcona community garden
11am-3pm
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/in-person-maker-time-and-conversation-circles
A combination of both unstructured co-working time, and focused conversations about how we are shaping the EartHand community. Time to gather around a cozy woodstove fire, bring lunch and water.
December 7– Conversation Circle- reflections on membership. What’s next? What roles need defining? And general maker time in each others company.
January 4 – Get in the spirit of the approaching St Distaff day. Let’s gather to spin and cordage make. Bring your own materials and tools.
January 18- A general maker time for conversations about 2026 in person programs.
February 1 – A continuation of conversations about 2026 in person programs and other ideas that have come up during general maker time.
Mondays:
Mending Mondays
Dec. 15, 29, Jan 26 7-8.30pm
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/mending-mondays-2
Join Zane Markley Mondays for mending time and conversation. A great chance to keep that mending pile from getting overwhelming, and get inspiration and ideas for those mends that keep your gear in rotation.
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.
Spin Off Magazine Deep-Dive & Spinning Group
Dec 22, Jan 5, Feb 23
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/spin-off-magazine-deep-dive-and-spinning-group
Cozy up with fibres for prepping or your spindles and wheels, and lets deep dive into past copies of the Spin Off magazine that are accessible digitally though the Vancouver Public Library. By screensharing articles of interest, we can delve deep into the physics of twist, ply and other interesting tidbits we find. co-led by Zane Markley and Sharon Kallis
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.
Anti-Imperialist Textile Reading Group
4 sessions, Mondays 7-8.30 pm
Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, March 9
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/anti-imperialist-textile-reading-group
Online, Free for Members max 15
Let’s collectively unpick the historic threads that make up the tapestry of industrialization, colonization, and the race to undervalued textiles. note- Individual tickets are for all 4 nights.
We start by setting our intentions of how we show up for each other within the circle.
Then readings from Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, and Empire of Cotton – A Global History by Sven Beckets, launch us into conversations towards unknitting these twisted threads.
Like a visual graph for knitting fairisle- what pattern might emerge in ‘looking big-picture’ at the long, repetitive nature of dates and intersectional happenings related to land grabs, disruptive technologies and forced migrations to cities and different lands?
Tuesdays
Community Website Tour:
For Members and the General Public
Dec. 2nd 7-8.30pm
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/community-website-tour
Online
Join us for a tour around the current website and help us decide what to keep, what we want to feature and what is missing.
Bring your handwork
Braiding Book Deep-Dive
Dec. 9, Jan. 13, Feb 10 7-8.30pm
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/braiding-book-deep-dive
Following excitement from the summer braiding sessions, Carla Frenkel investigates a book on Straw Plaiting, each session looking to decode steps to different braids in the book- think of this as
a maker-focused book/technique club on zoom.
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.
Max 10
Wednesdays
Podcast Maker Time
Dec 10, Jan. 7, Feb 4, 7-8.30pm,
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/podcast-maker-time
online
Join Sandra Vander Schaaf for handwork time while listening to podcasts featuring Indigenous voices and perspectives. A short conversation after allows reflecting on the podcast.
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.. Max 10
Wednesday Morning Maker Club
Weekly, 6 sessions drop-in starting Jan. 7 through Feb. 11 10am-12noon
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/wednesday-morning-maker-club
Daytime weekly co-working sessions to start the new year. Time for setting intentions, project planning, finishing those UFO’s… and garden dreams! Led by Carla Frenkel
This program is free for EartHand members, but donations are gratefully received with 90% going to the volunteering community host and 10% towards EartHand administrative costs.
As a reference, in our past online paid programs we have charged a sliding scale of $10-$25 per session to pay fair value to program facilitators.
EartHand Gleaners Society 