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  • Needle Felting Workshop with Alena

    Exploration needle felting. Felt a flat landscape, a 3D animal & choose your own project using your favorite technique. 

    Sign up here! 
  • Blueberry Camp | Adult Art Retreat

    A weekend of blueberry crafts, paint making, drawing, watercolors, stitching & printing.

    Sign up here! 
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  • Introduction to Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions: Getting Started Live Zoom

    Dotty Widmann will be conducting an orientation zoom session that will introduce the different aspects and procedures for attending the Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions. 

    Orientation will meet Saturday, August 2 8AM - 9:45 AM Alaska time

    Register here! 
  • Gansey Construction Study Group

    Join us in a study group for gansey construction live and online at The Net Loft.

    Weekly group meets Thursdays at noon Alaska time in the shop and on zoom. Registration for the Gansey Project will provide link for participation

    Monthly group is on hiatus for the summer and will resume meeting in the fall.

    Register here! 
  • Net Loft Summer Nature Journaling Camp

    Come to summer camp with The Net Loft! 

    Join us for a summertime self-guided course in nature journaling. The Net Loft Summer Camp will be using Roseann Hanson's books for a summer of nature study and recording of outdoor observations and experiences for first and second year campers, while third year campers will enjoy a summer of independent study and an opportunity to do a nature journaling presentation for the group. 

    Register Here 

Fisherfolk Bucket

The Fisherfolk bucket is great for your knitting projects. This carryall may also be used to keep your handcraft life in order. 

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The Net Loft Current Events

  • what listening looks like

    Dotty Widmann

    A year ago, The Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions Book Club decided to read the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, by Robin Kimmerer. Our previous Book Club selection had been Hannah Hinchman’s...

    what listening looks like

    Dotty Widmann

    A year ago, The Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions Book Club decided to read the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, by Robin Kimmerer. Our previous Book Club selection had been Hannah Hinchman’s...

  • across an endless sea

    Dotty Widmann

     I have a friend who told me the story of how her grandfather had come many years ago from Japan, and landed on one of the islands in our regional...

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    across an endless sea

    Dotty Widmann

     I have a friend who told me the story of how her grandfather had come many years ago from Japan, and landed on one of the islands in our regional...

    6 comments
  • Happy Gansey Day

    Happy Gansey Day

    Dotty Widmann

    Thursday, November 25, is the first ever International Gansey Day. I have been thinking on this, reflecting on our Cordova Gansey Project that started only 7 years ago, following a...

    2 comments

    Happy Gansey Day

    Dotty Widmann

    Thursday, November 25, is the first ever International Gansey Day. I have been thinking on this, reflecting on our Cordova Gansey Project that started only 7 years ago, following a...

    2 comments
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