Alexa Anderson + Slowdown Studio

Seattle, Washington

Sunday April 26 ~ 12:00- 3:00pm

$115

REGISTER: https://www.slow-down-studio.com/classes/p/mending

Slow Down Studio is a pottery studio and creative makers space offering workshops of all kinds! They are located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Visit their website to sign up for my class and learn more about their offerings.

In this mending workshop we learn to darn and patch our knitwear- sweaters, socks, and delicate wool base layers by hand. Through creative improvisation, we’ll utilize basic mending techniques to artfully return our once-broken garments to new life. 

We’ll talk favorite tools, materials, and the value of keeping something alive and in use- but we’ll also explore the emotional connections we make with our garments and the stories they connect us to.

We all come to this work with our individual motivations: the meditative and somatic aspects of handwork, the metaphors for relational repair to self and others, and the reality that repair work in some communities and cultures is a result of socioeconomic status, remote living, or simply wanting to opt out of the consumerist cycle.

Students should bring current mending projects such as knit socks, sweaters, and wool base layers with runs or holes. Please bring any project-specific threads, needles, and scissors that you like to work with if you have them, however all levels are welcome and class fee includes some specialty materials and tools you will take home.