The New York State

Dutchess County Fairgrounds • Rhinebeck, NY

October 17-18, 2026

NYS Sheep & Wool Workshop

Registration Opens Sunday, July 26th, 12:00 PM EDT
Darn Your Sock!
Date: Sunday (10/18)
Time: 10:00 AM-
1:00 PM
Fee: $75.00
Duration: Half Day
Skill Level: Open to All
Category: Miscellaneous
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Learn how to fix your own clothes in a low pressure, hands-on class. You’ll be working on your own socks during the class, so you will learn how to darn and leave with a mended sock. We’ll be focusing on visible mending, so there is space to play with colors and patterns.

Sock darning is a great place to start because no one will see your mistakes!

We’ll explore all sorts of improvised darning tools, solve common pitfalls, and identify what yarns to use. Ultimately, we’ll be using simple tools, and focus on building skills that you can use at home.

Darn Your Sock!
Raheli Harper
Raheli
Harper

Raheli Harper has been mending clothes since she was 14 years old and thought patches would look rad on her denim overalls. Primarily self-taught, she honed her mending skills in the advanced practical course of raising two active boys and farming. Raheli has served as a Repair Coach at the Warwick Repair Cafe for six years and was featured in the book, Repair Revolution. In addition to her mending work, teaches classes in the Hudson Valley to adults and teens, and she sells her homestead yarn as Rocket Sheep Woolens.

Contact Raheli by emailing hello@raheli.com

All Workshops By This Instructor

Workshop TitleCategoryDateStart TimeFeeDetails
Sweater MendingMiscellaneousSat (10/17)2:00 PM$75.00
Darn Your Sock!MiscellaneousSun (10/18)10:00 AM$75.00
Material fee
$0
fee includes
N/A
Payment instructions
N/A
prerequisites
None
Homework
None
Items to bring
"A clean sock to mend, with a hole no bigger than a quarter--its much better to start small that try to mend a blown out heel on the first try. It doesn't even need to have a hole--we can also darn socks that are worn thin. The rest of the supplies will be provided."

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