Knitting for Beginners - In Person

Tue · Oct 20·11 AM – 12:30 PM·Georgetown Neighborhood Library · Washington

In this course, participants will explore a variety of mixed-media approaches to art! Mixed media can unlock a variety of textures, styles, and imaginative avenues. Applying techniques such as perspective, shading, and color theory, participants will have the opportunity to work from reference imagery as well as from l…

Tue · Oct 20·6 PM – 7:30 PM·Hill Center DC, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC

Learning how to properly yield a knife is key to cooking great meals safely. Do you want to learn how to chop vegetables like a pro or learn the proper uses for certain knives? Join Chef Wendi James in Hill Center’s kitchen as she teaches the essentials of knife skills for beginners! Learn the techniques of proper knif…

Tue · Oct 20·6 PM – 8 PM·Washington Printmakers Gallery (1675 Wisconsin Ave NW), DC

This workshop series invites participants to engage with a variety of materials through guided, hands-on exercises. — Every session starts with a meditation journey to emerge in our creative mind. This workshop series invites participants to engage with a variety of materials through guided, hands-on exercises. The ser…

Tue · Oct 20·6:15 PM – 8:45 PM·S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, S. Dillon Ripley Center · Washington

Knitters confident in their beginning skills are invited to try techniques that provide an entertaining experience for the knitter and a beautiful knitted piece too. Liven up your projects with double knitting, thrumming, knitting backwards, strip knitting, and freeform knitting.

Tue · Oct 20·6:30 PM – 8 PM·Hill Center DC, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC

This course is designed for adults who wish to start drawing, but aren’t sure where to begin! We will be working on basic drawing skills and techniques over the course of four classes. Our first class will serve as an introduction – trying out techniques and becoming familiar with materials. In the second class, studen…

Mon · Oct 19·6:30 PM – 7:30 PM·Northeast Neighborhood Library · Washington

Join fellow yarn enthusiasts for a bi-monthly meet up to trade tips and encouragement. Bring your latest knitting or crochet project and a mug -- we'll make the tea.

Sun · Sep 20·10 AM – 4 PM·Spark!Lab, First Floor, West Wing, American History Museum · Washington

Spark!Lab is where museum visitors become inventors. The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation invites children between the ages of 6 and 12 to create, collaborate, explore, test, experiment and invent. Activities for children and families incorporate traditional science, technology, engineering and…

Sun · Sep 20·10 AM – 4 PM·Wonderplace, 1 West, American History Museum · Washington

This learning space designed especially for children ages six and under combines age appropriate activities with museum collections and touchable objects to provide a gateway to history and a place to exercise curiosity for the youngest historians. Admission to Wonderplace is on a first come, first-served basis. At bus…

Sun · Sep 20·10 AM – 5 PM·3 East, American History Museum · Washington

Step back to 1776 in stunning virtual reality! Experience Gunboat Philadelphia: Save the Revolution! , where you'll discover how thousands of Patriots worked together to thwart a British invasion.