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Algae Yarn Workshop with WRM

$180.00

As part of the first Future Material Series, WRM presents an algae yarn workshop at Four One Nine. Join Stella Harry Lee, the founder of WRM, for a hands-on session where you’ll learn how to make yarn from algae. Blending technical processes with conceptual exploration, the workshop invites participants to reconnect with the origins of materials and imagine new possibilities for how we source and create. You’ll leave with your own algae-based yarn, and a deeper appreciation for the stories embedded in the materials we use.

Tickets are non-refundable

  • Date: Sun, April 25, 2026

  • Time: 2-4:30pm

  • Location: Four One Nine, 419 Tenth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Capacity: 15 people

  • Skill level: For everyone! Basic crochet or knitting skills are encouraged, but not required

As part of the first Future Material Series, WRM presents an algae yarn workshop at Four One Nine. Join Stella Harry Lee, the founder of WRM, for a hands-on session where you’ll learn how to make yarn from algae. Blending technical processes with conceptual exploration, the workshop invites participants to reconnect with the origins of materials and imagine new possibilities for how we source and create. You’ll leave with your own algae-based yarn, and a deeper appreciation for the stories embedded in the materials we use.

Tickets are non-refundable

  • Date: Sun, April 25, 2026

  • Time: 2-4:30pm

  • Location: Four One Nine, 419 Tenth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Capacity: 15 people

  • Skill level: For everyone! Basic crochet or knitting skills are encouraged, but not required

Workshop Overview

  • The workshop will last 2-2.5 hours.

  • 15 min: meet & greet, introduction to algae as a material

  • 1hr 45min: make algae yarn!

  • 30 min: experiment, crochet, or knit with yarn (we will have some crochet hooks at the workshop, but feel free to bring your own tools)

What’s Included

  • All materials

  • Take-home kit

What to Bring

  • Please wear something that can be easily washed & something that is not precious to you.

Meet Stella Harry Lee
@stellaaharrylee

Stella is a material and product designer exploring the future of materials and our evolving relationship to them. Motivated by the growing challenges of consumerism within the climate crisis, her work centers on biodegradable and bio-based materials such as seaweed, algae yarn, mycelium, and fish skin. Founder of WRM (With Raw Materials), she creates limited-edition accessories using emerging materials, translating material innovation into culturally resonant objects.