GRATITUDE AND LOOKING FORWARD IN THE NEW YEAR

We've received special funding from Sustainable Northwest to help connect folks to visit sustainably managed land to harvest materials for projects and are launching a new class series. First up is Make a Wooden Rake with Kiko Denzer!

As a new year takes root, we feel incredibly humbled by the support and love we've received from all of you in 2025. Thank you! Your support helps Tarweed grow our capacity to offer more classes, secure scholarship funding for students in every class, throw a few more free gatherings and crafty parties, and so much more.

In this month's newsletter, keep reading to learn more about:

• Upcoming classes through April, with some new class spaces open

• A new class series, harvesting your own materials in locally managed forests

• An update on the Fiber Arts Group

• Tarweed Folk School in the radio! Listen to our interview on KLCC

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LAST WEEK OF OUR FUNDRAISER AND REFLECTIONS FROM OUR YEAR

A full room of friends at our Holiday Market this month. I (Rose) look at this photo often - it is a marvelous display of the warmth, energy, and joy and I feel proud to reference as part of what we do.

This week marks the 6th and final story as part of our series and it comes from Rose Holdorf. The pace of the season will soon pick up again, but it is in the slower times that we can reflect on what we do and how we do it. After all, folk schools are made as we go, and in collaboration with others.

Read Rose's letter below and see our list of upcoming Spring classes, some of which still have spots left. We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to 2026 and our continued participation in the community!

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CRAFT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE

Duncan splitting an oak log for a multi-week greenwood stool building class this fall.

This week our story comes from Duncan Ellinwood, who joined our Steering Committee this year and is a greenwood chair maker, performing all of his woodwork exclusively with hand tools (trust us, you will want to see some of his incredible work on his website). Duncan shares how craft instills in him a sense of childlike wonder, and why crafting with others is a powerful force for good.

Read Duncan's letter below and see our list of upcoming Spring classes. We hope everyone had a Happy Solstice and have lots of time this week with family and loved ones. Welcome back, sun and light!

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