Shaker Chair Seat Weaving
2022-02-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Enfield Shaker Museum, 447 NH Route 4A, Enfield, NH, 03748, United States
Learn to weave a chair with Shaker tape and help Enfield Shaker Museum! In all Shaker communities, fabric tape was preferred over rush or wood splint for chair seats. Fabric tape is longer lasting and is simple to weave. Any chair seat with rails on all four sides may be woven with tape.
Our wonderful reproduction Shaker ladderback chairs, used for all events and meetings, need some tender loving care. Using one of our chairs and chair tape, we will teach you the art and mystery of chair seat weaving. Or you can bring tape—or purchase tape in our Gift Shop—to reweave your own chair, for a modest fee.
All participants will need to bring scissors and a hammer.
Free for participants who will be weaving Museum chairs
$25 for participants weaving their own chairs
Class size limited to 10. Advance registration required.

Museum Board president and expert Shaker chair weaver Carolyn Smith leads this workshop.

Kids' Maple Sugaring Kit
2022-02-14 - 2022-02-18
Sponsored by the Brundage Foundation
Every year during late winter, the Enfield Shaker Brethren and boys went out to tap thousands of sugar maple trees. Carrying on this tradition, Enfield Shaker Museum is offering a maple tap kit for kids this February.
The kit includes supplies for tapping one backyard maple tree and other maple-themed activities. Contents include a maple tap spout, sap bag holder, and a 4 gallon sap bag. All you will need is a 7/16″ drill bit.
Kits are free, but numbers are limited. Please register below.
Kits will be available for pickup February 14-18. To arrange a pickup time, email education@shakermuseum.org or call (603) 632-4346.
