Stowe Basketry Festival
Our Mission
The Stowe Basketry Festival enjoys a long-standing tradition of exploring all aspects of weaving and this value continues.
The Festival aims to promote the art and craftsmanship of basketry from around the world, to introduce new weavers to the joys and satisfaction of weaving, and challenge more experienced weavers to learn new techniques.
Join us to explore weaving functional but beautiful baskets, jewelry, or sculptural art pieces; the options are always exciting and we look forward to sharing these experiences with you!
Class #1 AM – Carrot Wreath
You will learn to fringe and twirl realistic wool carrot tops before twirling wool noodles to create the carrots. The...
Class #1 PM – Sunflowers
Using the Oxford punch needle you create the center of the flower with ¼” wool strips – then learn to cut and pu...
Class #2 – Zennie
Zennie starts with an overlaid double cross base worked off of a jig so that the weaver spends time weaving and not c...
Class #3 – Caned Stool
A great addition to your home plus this is your chance to learn how to do the seven-step caning, on a footstool that ...
Class #4 – Rolling Waves
Rolling Waves is a willow basket with a round base and sloping sides and features two opposite higher sides with a ro...
Class #5 – Carolina Oval Carrier – 5 SPOTS LEFT
Students will construct this traditional oval basket with a mixture of flat spokes and round and flat weavers.
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Class #6 – Stanislav Asymmetrical Basket – CLASS FULL
Willow weavers of all experience levels will have fun making this interesting contemporary basket.
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Class #7 – Black Ash Needlebook
With covers woven in a 2/2 twill pattern of precisely prepared black ash splint, this project was inspired by a popla...
Class #8 – Untouched
A peaceful and calm-looking basket – Untouched. Woven on a round wood base and it has a split leather handle that i...
Class #9 – Amish Star
Love twills? I do. This small basket packs a lot of punch and will keep you on your toes while weaving it.
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Class #10 – Three Little Trees
Learn to fringe and twirl wool strips to create the 3 little trees to display on the 8” wood slice. Nestle a small ...
Class #12 – The Class Basket
This basket is made of painted paper woven over a mold. This basket is woven in an over-and-under pattern.
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Class #13 – Woven Glass Vase
Learn to weave over a glass vase to create a vase that can be used for fresh, dried, or silk flowers.
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Class #14 – Summer Days Melon
The Summer Days Melon basket is woven with unpeeled willow. Students will choose two instructor-prepared and dried ho...
Class #15 – Diagonal Twill Plaiting
This class offers many interesting techniques that you can apply to your other baskets as well as unlocking the myste...
Class #16 – Handles
There are many ways to decorate a handle and practicing on 12” diameter x 3/4” wide hoops is an excellent way to ...
Class #17 – Ash Bark Berry Picker
The Mokok is a Native American basket style used in the Northeast Woodlands.
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Class #18 – Quadrafoil Medallion
Weave this stunning piece of art with a finely prepared black ash splint.
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Class #19 – Traveling Handbag
The basket is woven on an oval wooden base and has a unique leather U-strap that you attach with wax linen.
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Class #20 – Chair Cane Tote
This basket is a woven oval wood base and has a unique leather U-strap that you attach with wax linen.
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Class #21 – Utensil Caddy – 4 SPOTS LEFT
In this class, students will use cane staves and weavers and a cherry base, rim, and divide.
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Class #22 – Winter Bouquet
Learn to make pine boughs, pinecones, candy canes, magnolia leaves and a poinsettia from beautiful colors of wool to ...
Class #23 – Orianna
Orianna starts with a crossed cloverleaf base that showcases the adaptability of round reed.
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Class #24 – Painted Picture
You will learn how to paint paper in this class and weave a twill pattern that has been premade, or one you have desi...
Class #25 – Ruth Fancy Handle Basket
This sturdy basket is the perfect place to put anything; magazines, yarn, or any other important things.
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Class #26 – Austrian Delight
The Austrian Delight is a most delightful willow basket! It is an advanced level willow basket and students should ha...
Class #27 – Diamond Tote
The basket is woven of natural and dyed flat reed and has a soft cloth or leather handle.
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Class #28 AM – Ash Bark Mini Purse
This scored and folded one-piece bark basket is a worldwide Indigenous container still in use today.
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Class #28 PM – Ash Bark Trinket Box
The Mokok is a native American basket style used in the Northeast Woodlands.
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Class #29 – Teleidoscope
This unique project begins with a teleidoscope (like a kaleidoscope but with no moving parts).
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Class #30 – Berry Purse
This truly beautiful basket serves many purposes, from a cool and unique purse to a berry-picking basket or a carry-a...
Class #31 – Tapestry with Plant Fiber
Plant fiber tapestries are woven over willow rods that are inserted into a 12 x 12-inch pine frame.
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Class #32 – Making Tracks Tote
A stunning tote using the colors black, turquoise, and pistachio. You will be using black and natural spokes along wi...
Class #33 – Counter-Point – 1 SPOTS LEFT
This striking pattern packs a big wow. Using a double-slotted oak wooden base, we will first weave a simple inner bas...
Class #34 – Treats
This functioning treat jar is woven over an airtight glass container using a maple base, solid rim, and cover.
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Class #35 – Venetia Too
Venetia Too is a basket that uses traditional weaving techniques in different ways for a unique look.
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Class #36 – Trinket Tray
This basket is made of painted paper with a twilled bottom and twill sides.
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Class #37 – Double Wall Bowl
This sturdy basket offers smoked spokes and dyed reed for the inside basket.
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Class #38 – Sea Glass Basket
Class #38 - Sea Glass Basket The Sea Glass Basket has an unusual technique as the basket is started at the top and...
Class #39 – Herringbone Stripe Market Basket – 2 SPOTS LEFT
The splint-style market basket teaches interesting techniques using mostly one-size material.
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Class #40 – Japanese Leaf Scoop
The Japanese Leaf Scoop is used in Japan for serving pastries and condiments, or as a flower container.
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Class #41 – Ash Bark Purse
This scored and folded one-piece bark basket is a worldwide Indigenous container still in use today.
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Class #42 – Willow Keepsake Basket – CLASS FULL
In this class, experienced willow weavers will tackle the challenge of squarework in this small lidded basket!
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Class #43 – Pack Basket – Sightseer and Baby
Weave two Adirondack Pack Baskets patterned from Traditional Packs made in and iconic to the Adirondack Mountains of ...
Class #44 – Soft Rush Basket
This basket starts with a 4 x 4 grid of soft rush spokes (Juncus effusus) and the weavers are a thinner soft rush and...
Class #45 – Faded Blues Market Basket
The basket has a unique base that I designed so that it can be carried hugging your hip.
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Class #46 – Riding the Waves
This cat-head basket features the Japanese wave weave done in natural and dyed 3 mm flat oval reed.
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Class #47 – Petite Pastries
An ideal presentation piece for everything from hors d’oeuvres, tea sandwiches, to cookies and confections.
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Class #48 – Leia – 5 SPOTS LEFT
Leia makes use of a 3D-printed jig that helps the weaver maintain proper spacing when creating a Star Base.
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Class #49 – Stripey No Stiping
This basket is made of painted paper woven over a mold. This basket is woven in an over-and-under pattern.
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Class #50 – Garden Hose
Unique and Different, this fun spring and summertime basket is made with a garden hose that is coiled.
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Class #51 – Spanish Dreams
A lovely basket with Spanish willow techniques. A small round base is woven, followed by staking up in multiples of f...
Class #52 – Triangular Sweetgrass
A new and interesting way to start a coiled basket: a multi-directional base.
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Class #53 – Bird’s Nest Basket
This basket is created using round reed as spokes and twining soft rush over the spokes.
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Class #54 – TP Tower
This was designed to store extra rolls of toilet paper in an elegant manner, but not take up too much room on the flo...
Class #55 – Treasure
Starting with a 5” x 8” wooden base, students will insert flat reed spokes according to a template given by the i...
Class #56 – Folded Wall Pouch
This is an easy, beginner basket. It is a nice basket for displaying seasonal flower bouquets throughout the year.
Class #57 – Nantucket Canister
Multi-use acrylic canister with cherry base, rim, and staves. Learn how to add a pattern as you weave.
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