This year, Karma Co-op is again hosting Repair Café workshops. The next one is focused on fabric mending. The co-op is located at the rear of 739 Palmerston Ave. (off Karma Lane).

Bring your clothing in need of mending and leave with both wearable garb and some new sewing skills.

“We aim to provide a mentoring relationship and enable community members to mend and fix items in their own lives and divert things from landfill,” said Andrea Dawber, a Karma Co-op volunteer and event organizer.

All Repair Cafés are open to the public, and they aim to teach people repair skills for clothing, small appliances, electronics, or bicycles. Last year the workshops were so popular that Karma has decided to offer them again this year. The upcoming ones are in February and March. 

These free repair events are an extension of Karma Co-op’s mission to sell locally sourced food in bulk, where possible. 

The fabric mending workshop is Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The small appliances & electronics workshop is Saturday, March 28, 2026, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.  

—Brian Burchell/Gleaner News

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• LIFE: Save Karma Co-op (Dec. 2022)
• NEWS: Celebrating 50 years of  sustainable food and community (July 2022)
• NEWS: Mural reveals eco-anxiety (June 2021)
• NEWS: Karma marks 45 years (JUNE 2017)
• NEWS: Karma Co-op celebrates its 40th anniversary (July 2012)