Saturday, September 20 2025 / 1-4 pm

Join our sashiko workshop: embellish a denim patch with beautiful running-stitch embroidery! Hosted in-person at our studio space in midtown Toronto.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday September 20

Time: 1-4pm

Location: 1024 Dupont St, Unit 22

Event Description:

Sashiko is a method of fabric reinforcement originating in Japan during the Edo period. In this workshop, Allie Davis (they/them), will help you create a patch to embellish or mend a garment, while giving you some of the historical and cultural context behind indigo dyeing and sashiko.

All required materials will be supplied. Event will be capped at 10 registrants.

Cost: $80.00 + HST

Saturday, September 27 2025 / 1-4 pm

Make your favourite garments last with Sashiko Mending. This style of visible mending originating in Japan during the Edo period and has been used since to fashion strong and beautiful mends in woven garments (and sometimes knits too).  In this workshop, Allie Davis (they/them), will walk you through sashiko mending techniques for repairing garments, while giving you some of the historical and cultural context behind indigo dyeing and sashiko. 

1 session, materials included

Materials: The class fee includes all your materials:

• Sashiko Needles

• Sashiko Cotton Thread

• Fabric for Patches

• Chalk

• Scissors

• Thimbles

• Sashiko pattern templates

Level: No experience necessary

Cancelation Policy: No refunds are provided for students who cancel their class registrations. A store credit or exchange of the date of the class can be given if you provide 3 days notice prior to the first session of your class. Notifications made within 3 days of the start date are not eligible for a store credit or exchange. Exceptions may be made for students who miss classes due to COVID-symptoms - please get in touch.

Price: $86 CAD

In our Darn It! Learning to Mend Workshop, Allie (they/them) will teach you the darning stitch: weave beautiful patches into your garments and decorate them, or use matching yarn to disguise a small hole. You will also have the opportunity to try mending with needle-felting techniques, and learn the basics of a darning loom!

Saturday, November 22 2025 / 1-4 pm

Make your favourite garments last with Sashiko Mending. This style of visible mending originating in Japan during the Edo period and has been used since to fashion strong and beautiful mends in woven garments (and sometimes knits too).  In this workshop, Allie Davis (they/them), will walk you through sashiko mending techniques for repairing garments, while giving you some of the historical and cultural context behind indigo dyeing and sashiko. 

1 session, materials included

Materials: The class fee includes all your materials:

• Sashiko Needles

• Sashiko Cotton Thread

• Fabric for Patches

• Chalk

• Scissors

• Thimbles

• Sashiko pattern templates

Level: No experience necessary

Cancelation Policy: No refunds are provided for students who cancel their class registrations. A store credit or exchange of the date of the class can be given if you provide 3 days notice prior to the first session of your class. Notifications made within 3 days of the start date are not eligible for a store credit or exchange. Exceptions may be made for students who miss classes due to COVID-symptoms - please get in touch.

Price: $86 CAD

Taking the time to mend your garments is a great way to preserve memories, hold on to cherished items, and avoid waste and over consumption; not to mention the soothing benefits that come along with all handcrafting practices.

Join Allie Davis at The Knit Cafe as they lead you through various ways to breathe new life into beloved knitted items - sweaters, socks, toys and other cozy keepsakes. In this class we will focus on several techniques to repair knits:  the classic woven mend, and felted mend to fill in holes, and duplicate stitching for embellishing and for reinforcing thinning areas. You do not need any knitting experience to acquire these mending skills.

1 session

Materials: The class fee includes all the materials you will need for the class: knitted swatches, yarn scraps, and darning needles, roving, felting needles and foam.  Additional mending materials like darning threads of specific colours, and darning eggs can be purchased at The Knit Cafe. Check out our mending supplies HERE. 

The Knit Café will provide knit swatches for students to use while practicing the technique. To ensure The Knit Cafe remains a moth-free environment students should not bring in knitwear to be mended. Participants are welcome to bring in photographs to ask the instructor about specific mending issues.

Level: No experience necessary.

Cancelation Policy: No refunds are provided for students who cancel their class registrations. A store credit or exchange of the date of the class can be given if you provide 3 days notice prior to the first session of your class. Notifications made within 3 days of the start date are not eligible for a store credit or exchange. Exceptions may be made for students who miss classes due to COVID-symptoms - please get in touch.

Price - $68.00

Saturday, January 24 2026 / 1-4 pm

Make your favourite garments last with Sashiko Mending. This style of visible mending originating in Japan during the Edo period and has been used since to fashion strong and beautiful mends in woven garments (and sometimes knits too).  In this workshop, Allie Davis (they/them), will walk you through sashiko mending techniques for repairing garments, while giving you some of the historical and cultural context behind indigo dyeing and sashiko. 

1 session, materials included

Materials: The class fee includes all your materials:

• Sashiko Needles

• Sashiko Cotton Thread

• Fabric for Patches

• Chalk

• Scissors

• Thimbles

• Sashiko pattern templates

Level: No experience necessary

Cancelation Policy: No refunds are provided for students who cancel their class registrations. A store credit or exchange of the date of the class can be given if you provide 3 days notice prior to the first session of your class. Notifications made within 3 days of the start date are not eligible for a store credit or exchange. Exceptions may be made for students who miss classes due to COVID-symptoms - please get in touch.

Price: $86 CAD

Taking the time to mend your garments is a great way to preserve memories, hold on to cherished items, and avoid waste and over consumption; not to mention the soothing benefits that come along with all handcrafting practices.

Join Allie Davis at The Knit Cafe as they lead you through various ways to breathe new life into beloved knitted items - sweaters, socks, toys and other cozy keepsakes. In this class we will focus on several techniques to repair knits:  the classic woven mend, and felted mend to fill in holes, and duplicate stitching for embellishing and for reinforcing thinning areas. You do not need any knitting experience to acquire these mending skills.

1 session

Materials: The class fee includes all the materials you will need for the class: knitted swatches, yarn scraps, and darning needles, roving, felting needles and foam.  Additional mending materials like darning threads of specific colours, and darning eggs can be purchased at The Knit Cafe. Check out our mending supplies HERE. 

The Knit Café will provide knit swatches for students to use while practicing the technique. To ensure The Knit Cafe remains a moth-free environment students should not bring in knitwear to be mended. Participants are welcome to bring in photographs to ask the instructor about specific mending issues.

Level: No experience necessary.

Cancelation Policy: No refunds are provided for students who cancel their class registrations. A store credit or exchange of the date of the class can be given if you provide 3 days notice prior to the first session of your class. Notifications made within 3 days of the start date are not eligible for a store credit or exchange. Exceptions may be made for students who miss classes due to COVID-symptoms - please get in touch.

Price - $68.00