Our next yurt building workshop will be offered August 14th and 15th .  We will be teaching people how to build all yurt parts.  All participants will leave the workshop with knowledge about building their own yurt, the complete yurt building manual, and a roof ring that they assembled and finished on their own.

We will offer lots of tips and suggestions, and participants should leave the workshop with first hand experience and knowledge about how all yurt parts come together (including the yurt cover and all frame parts).  We feel that because the roof ring is the most challenging frame piece to build, it will benefit all participants to make it on site.

The cost for the workshop is the cost of the ring plus $100 to help cover costs incurred by workshop (food, materials, instructors, printing of the manual, etc.)  We will have a limit of 8 people at our workshop.

Below is an outline of what can be expected from the workshop.  Thank you!

Yurt Building Workshop Outline

Saturday

10 a.m- 6 p.m

Introduction to Yurts and Yurt Living

v     Circle in the Yurt for meet and greet

v     Workshop partcipants share their vison of the yurt they will build

v     Basic information about yurts and yurt parts

Making yurt frame parts

v     Making khanna pieces demonstration

v     Yurt khanna assembly

v     Rafter demonstration

v     Ring assembly

v     Finishing off/ sanding staining of ring/ khanna/ rafters

Evening activities

Dinner and campfire at Laurel Nest community.  Please bring guitars, drums, digeridoo… hula hoops provided. J

Sunday

Morning activities at Laurel Nest

7 am Yoga class in the yoga yurt

8 am community walk

9 am breakfast

Workshop at Laurel Nest Yurts, manufacturing facility

10 am- 4 pm

v     Learning about the yurt cover

Material choices

Making windows

Sewing a roof

Grommetting

v     Lunch

v     Erecting the Yurt

v     Closing Circle in the yurt/ Q&A

We are planning a yurt building workshop June 19-20th.  If you are interested in signing up, please e-mail us or fill out the contact form, as there will be limited space available.

Workshops:

We offer two types of yurt building workshops.  Our goal is to meet your needs and help you be involved in building your own yurt.

Workshop 1: Help Build Your Yurt! You pay the cost of the yurt, learn the steps of building the yurt, and work for 3 weekends on building yurt parts, set up a yurt, and when the building school is over you can take home your yurt or have it shipped to your home.

Workshop 2: Learn to Build Your Yurt Purchase book and use it as a tool during workshop as you learn to make all the different yurt parts, including the rafters, khanna, door frame,  You will assemble an entire yurt, put together khanna, grommet a canvas, and put the yurt up .  You will go home with a sample rafter, khanna piece, a roof ring, and a canvas.

Speaking engagements: we want to educate people about yurts.  We are happy to come to your area and host a class, workshop, or talk about yurts and yurt building.  We can help you get started on building your own yurt, the possibilities are endless… let us know how we can help you!