Winter 2010: To reserve your space in any program, please pre-register by calling the above number. Enrollment is limited in many classes.
$/members $/non-members
Knitting for Everyone!
March 20th: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM These workshops are designed for the beginner just getting started or for the more advanced. Have a problem pattern? Don't know how to finish off your project? Lois Dansereau has taught many knitting courses and with the help of experienced knitter Margaret Mertz will guide you with patience and humor. Beginners can bring size 6 needles and a ball of sport weight cotton to make a washcloth. Lois is able to teach the most experienced and will also cover the basics, finishing, making your own designs, both the European and American methods, knitting with more than one color, different stitches, and more. Come, have fun and learn! This workshop is free and open to the public! $0/members $0/non-members
Meet The Lambs!!!
April 10th 10 AM - 2 PM It's Springtime on the farm! Bring the family to learn about taking care of baby animals, pet the lambs
visit the chickens and see how we farm in an organic, sustainable way!
For more information, email education@merckforest.org $0/members $0/non-members
Pack Basket Making
To Be Announced Bliss McIntosh has been weaving baskets from natural materials for the past 25 years. In this workshop, she guides participants in weaving a 12 to 14 inch high pack basket from flat reed in the style of the old Adirondack splint back pack. Each person should bring a sturdy pair of scissors, flexible tape measure, pencil and 10 spring-type wooden clothes pins. Bring a bag lunch. $60/members $70/non-members
Birch Bowl Making
July 10 9 AM - 4 PM Join craftsperson Bliss McIntosh in this hands on workshop. Birch bark is a strong, durable and easily obtainable material which can be cut, bent and stitched or woven into a variety of useful shapes. Learn how to identify good bark, peel it and fashion a simple bowl with split wooden rims. Participants will have the opportunity to collect and use a variety of natural plant fibers for sewing bowls, including black ash splint, spruce, basswood bark and elmwood bark. Each participant should bring a sturdy pair of non-serated scissors, a pencil and a bag lunch. $TBA/members $TBA/non-members