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Folk Knitting Stitches and Techniques
April 3-4
Donna Kay
Spend two days with master knitting instructor Donna Kay exploring the rich traditions of folk knitting. Learn techniques from across Northern and Eastern Europe—Latvian lace, Norwegian colorwork, twined knitting, Austrian twisted stitches, and Estonian roositud—while creating a personalized sampler cowl. Designed for intermediate knitters, this workshop invites you to deepen your skills, expand your stitch vocabulary, and connect with the beauty of historic patterns carried forward by hand.
ONE SPOT LEFT!
Introduction to 19th Century Tinsmithing
April 11-12
Richard Eckert
Step into the world of 19th-century craftsmanship with Master Tinsmith Richard Eckert and explore the tools, techniques, and history of the early American tinsmith shop. Using period tools and machines, students will create traditional household items—from cups and sconces to chambersticks and extinguishers—while learning how tinsmiths trained, sourced materials, and sold their wares.
THREE SPOTS LEFT!
Build a Stick Chair
with Andy Glenn
April 22-26
Andy Glenn
Over five days, shape a stick chair from solid wood, beginning with a plank and working through every stage—carving the seat, shaving legs, and crafting sticks, arms, and combs. Using ash or red oak at the bench and the shave horse, students bring form and structure together through skilled handwork. Open to all levels, this workshop offers both challenge and success, with opportunities to adapt the final design and create a chair that reflects your own hand.
TWO SPOTS LEFT!
Build a Basic Fly Rod
April 25-26
Jamie Eisenberg
Build your own custom fly rod in this two-day workshop with renowned guide Jamie Eisenberg. Students will assemble and finish a personalized 3, 5, or 8 wt. carbon fiber rod—learning thread wrapping, finishing techniques, and the history of fly rod making along the way. Registration closes April 10, so don’t miss your chance to craft a rod ready for the water.
Sanborn Mills Farm is a 540-acre nonprofit craft school and working farm where land, labor, and learning are inseparable. We are a living campus where traditional land-based skills are actively practiced in service of a resilient future. From draft animals working the fields to grain milled in our water-powered gristmill and craft studios teaching weaving, woodworking, blacksmithing, and natural dyeing, everything we do is rooted in the land.
Join our team and help steward a place where agriculture, craft, and community come together.
Sanborn Mills Farm | 7097 Sanborn Road | Loudon, NH 03307 US