Indigo Plant Dye Café
A vat of all-natural Japanese indigo is being prepared at the Studio for your fiber, textile, or small clothing item. This natural indigo creates softer, less intense blue tones coming directly from the strength of the plant.
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Experience Threefold
Threefold Main House 285 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesCurious about artistic activities, purposeful work, & life at Threefold? Join others seeking the same goals and participate in intentional activities embedded within the context of community. In celebration of our 100th anniversary, we invite you to experience Threefold through a weekend immersion in the work and life occurring on campus.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Sheep and Wool Festival
The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesHeld under the leafy shade trees of the Threefold Community campus, this family-centered event features child-friendly craft activities, a petting zoo, live music, local craft vendors, and delicious food. A silent auction will be held inside Orchard House.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Art of Clothing 2025-26
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesIn this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Dyeing a Rainbow: Silk Veil Workshop
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin us in making an extra large size rainbow silk veil learning how to over-dye with three kinds of plant colors. You will receive healing energy from the color of nature and be surprised by the wonder of over-dye magic.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Art of Clothing 2025-26
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesIn this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
Art of Clothing Exhibition
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesOver the course of ten classes, students in the Art of Clothing course have designed, created, and hand-sewn their own garments from cotton, wool, silk, and linen. Come to Orchard House to admire their artistic handwork and the lovely apparel fashioned with the new skills they have acquired.
Handwork and Cooking Afternoon
Orchard House 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThis hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Rigid Heddle Weaving Workshop
The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesOver three sessions, you’ll learn to weave on a 16-inch rigid heddle loom. We’ll direct-warp the loom together, then explore how color, texture, and yarn weight talk to each other as the cloth grows row by row. Each piece that emerges will be entirely your own: a record of your choices, your instincts, your moving hands.
Rigid Heddle Weaving Workshop
The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesOver three sessions, you’ll learn to weave on a 16-inch rigid heddle loom. We’ll direct-warp the loom together, then explore how color, texture, and yarn weight talk to each other as the cloth grows row by row. Each piece that emerges will be entirely your own: a record of your choices, your instincts, your moving hands.