Arts & Craft/Craft
Make a Danish cord stool
Build an actual piece of furniture — a frame joined properly, then woven with Danish cord — and take it home. Learning joinery with something to sit on at the end.
- Grid
- E9
- Where
- Hackney E9
- Format
- One-off
- Time
- Full day
- Cost
- £££
- Solo or group
- Solo-friendly
- Rain or shine
- Indoor (rain-proof)
Why this one
Build an actual piece of furniture — a frame joined properly, then woven with Danish cord — and take it home. Learning joinery with something to sit on at the end. Makes a genuinely good, slightly-different date.
How to get involved
- 01Book ahead
Grab a ticket from the website — these sell out.
- 02Turn up and enjoy
Nothing to prepare; it's a one-off experience.
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