Hearth Craft
Weaving Threads of Story, Craft and Community
Inspired by the Irish Wisdom Tradition
Come back into rhythm with the dark half of the year, moving through the seasons of Lughnasa and Samhain in community, from your own hearth (we meet together via Zoom online hearth).
Together we will honor the gifts of the harvest and the descent into the fallow time, gathering ever closer to the hearth within and without, remembering the gifts and wisdom found here.
During this six month community experience we will reclaim the magic and mystery of the hearth, which was the heart of every home until very recently. The hearth was and is a place of nourishment and story, of creation and connection to the human and more than human realms. The hearth of the earth will also be remembered and honored as we mirror our inward movements with the flame held within the seasons of the land.
Together we will create from the hearth as we weave in traditional Irish crafts, recipes, herbs and story, all connected to the rhythms of the earth.
We will gather once per month and weave together story, ritual and craft. We will actually weave threads that we spin from a drop spindle and wool roving, spinning magic and the world we hope for. We will spin threads that we will weave together in our time together. We will spin threads infused with intention and community, with remembering and connection.
In addition to spinning, each month we will create a traditional Irish craft and seasonal recipes will be shared for food and herbal potions. We will be hearth crafting harvest knots and lunar infused oils, Cailleach bundles and posies, rowan charms and healing syrups.
Six participants are invited to join me in Ireland over the Samhain threshold where we will connect with the land and spend time reclaiming the magic of the hearth together. We will cook traditional foods of the season (many foraged!) and spin tales and yarn, making mullein torches and rush lights, crane bags and dream charms, ritual brooms and herbal infusions with berries and thorns.
You are welcome to join with or without the pilgrimage in Ireland.
To the Sacred Three, to Save, to Shield, to Surround, this hearth, this home, this household, this night, this sacred night and each sacred night. -Irish Hearth Blessing
Gatherings
2.5 hours per month weaving in traditional Irish craft, story and seasonal ritual
Saturdays from 10-12:30 MT/ noon- 2:30 ET/ 17- 19:30 GMT
8 August
5 September
19 October
Pilgrimage to the Hearth in Ireland (optional): 27 October- 3 November 2026
14 November
5 December
9 January
Reciprocation
$100 deposit to hold your spot. Pay deposit HERE (set up via Stripe). Please email me at tonjareichley@gmail.com and let me know which option you will be joining.
Including Seven Day Pilgrimage in Ireland (27 Oct- 3 Nov): $300/ month for six months/ limited to six participants
Online Gatherings Only: $60/ month for six months
Invoicing will be set up before the first class to occur monthly for six months (August 2026- January 2027)
Supply List
Please procure the following before our first class:
Drop spindle
Wool roving
Lap loom (won’t need until Samhain season/ November)
Herbs: nettle, yarrow, rose, elderberry, hawthorn berry, mugwort (and others may be discussed and invited)
