The Little Shop in a Great Big Wild
Creative Workshops & Supplies for the Handmade Life
Handcraft Haven & Homelife Mercantile in Cordova, Alaska since 1984
Art Supplies | Fine Yarns | Gifts | Jewelry
A Message From Our Team
January 5th, 2026: Please note that mail orders will experience slight delays as our staff will be away on a scheduled buying trip. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and we look forward to bringing back new and exciting items for you soon!
Upcoming Zoom Sessions
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Introduction to Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions: Getting Started Live Zoom
Register here!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.
Orientations are suspended until after the new year, but one can register for the online sessions and watch online introduction in Teachable document.
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Gansey Construction Study Group
Register here!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
The Net Loft Current Events
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what listening looks like
Dotty WidmannA 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 WidmannA 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...
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across an endless sea
Dotty WidmannI 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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Dotty WidmannI 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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Happy Gansey Day
Dotty WidmannThursday, 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 commentsHappy Gansey Day
Dotty WidmannThursday, 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...
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