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 – Lightening Biscuit
Class #1 – Lightening Biscuit This multi-purpose basket will be a striking addition to your basket collection! ...
Class #10 – Church’s Double Oval
Class #10 – Church’s Double Oval This striking basket is double walled – it features many shades of space-d...
Class #18 – Small Oriole
Class #18 – Small Oriole This little Oriole basket is for folks who are knowledgeable about ribbed basket const...
Class #3 – Medium Ash Bark Mokok
Class #3 – Medium Ash Bark Mokok The Mokok is a Native American basket style used in the Northeast Woodlands. I...
Class #40 – Alchemy
Class #40 – Alchemy Alchemy is loaded with all kinds of techniques. The lower part of the basket is woven with ...
Class #2 – Adagio
Class #2 – Adagio Adagio is a smaller oval basket woven with No.4 spokes and No. 2 weavers. The side are woven ...
Class #21 – Japanese Baskets
Class #21 – Japanese Baskets Japanese Basketry is a wonderful sampler of five traditional baskets woven with ro...
Class #39 – Twill Paths
Class #39 – Twill Paths This elegant and useful basket will be an enjoyable weaving project for both beginner a...
Class #30 – Black and White Hourglass
Class #30 – Black and White Hourglass This class offers many interesting techniques that you can apply to your ...
Class #20 – Elm Bark with Sweetgrass
Class #20 – Elm Bark with Sweetgrass Students begin by weaving a simple twill base on this elegant elm bark and...
Class #12 – Sculptural Seagrass
Class #12 – Sculptural Seagrass Students will begin this basket by plaiting a square base of flat reed. The sid...
Class #38PM – Sciathog
Class #38PM – Sciathog This classic Irish potato straining frame basket starts with a prepared and dried hoop. ...
Class #38AM – Polish Bread
Class #38AM – Polish Bread This basket is made in willow and is based on the Polish Tatzca basket. It is useful...
Class #29 – Hazelnut
Class #29 – Hazelnut The hazelnut basket is made with fine peeled willow and is made over a wooden mold. The ba...
Class #19 – Zarzo
Class #19 – Zarzo A large round willow basket of Spanish origin with a distinctive style! The tray form was ori...
Class #28 – Colorful Cane Twill
Class #28 – Colorful Cane Twill This large, beautiful basket is constructed with dyed flat reed for spokes and ...
Class #11 – Sciob
Class #11 – Sciob This classic Irish basket starts with a large round base with a most unusual weave in the mid...
Class #25 – Arise
Class #25 – Arise This is a great basket for the newer waxed linen weaver. Students will twine the entire baske...
Class #15 – Confetti
Class #15 – Confetti The experienced waxed linen weaver will have fun weaving this basket. The pattern is a com...
Class #5 – Its A Set Up
Class #5 – Its A Set Up Students will start with a wood base with the spokes pre- glued prior to class. The des...
Class #4 – Summer Tote
Class #4 – Summer Tote This classy tote is woven using reed and dyed Hamburg cane. You begin with an Ash base a...
Class #41 – Black Diamond
Class #41 – Black Diamond Weave this charming low cathead bowl of precisely prepared natural and stained black ...
Class #32 – Quad Medallion
Class #32 – Quad Medallion Weave this stunning piece of art with finely prepared black ash splint. The focal po...
Class #23 – Twill Ash Bowl
Class #23 – Twill Ash Bowl The base and sides of this low cathead bowl are woven in a 2/2 twill with precisely ...
Class #9 – Ultimate Shaker Trio
Class #9 – Ultimate Shaker Trio Create ¼ scale versions of classic Shaker utility baskets. Weave with precisel...
Class #37 – Big Roundy
Class #37 – Big Roundy A fun basket for all to make! In this class students will make large baskets with rounde...
Class #8 – Oval Shopper
Class #8 – Oval Shopper Learn a strong and steady way to build an oval base! Students in this class will work w...
Class #31 – Ash Bark Trinket
Class #31 – Ash Bark Trinket A Mokok is a container that is Indigenous to the Northeast Woodlands. It has a rec...
Class #22 – Ash Box with Applique
Class #22 – Ash Box with Applique The Mokok is a Northeast Woodland Native American style container made of bar...
Class #13 – Ash Bark Purse
Class #13 – Ash Bark Purse This scored and folded one piece bark basket is a worldwide Indigenous container sti...
Class #36 – Beaded Clutch
Class #36 – Beaded Clutch Gorgeous to look at as it is to touch – sensual! Learn an ancient looping technique...
Class #27 – Haida Bottle
Class #27 – Haida Bottle Students will learn traditional Haida weave techniques and designs using finely, hand ...
Class #17 – The Chase Is On
Class #17 – The Chase Is On Starting with a one-of-a-kind Alaskan Yellow cedar Burl base (No longer being made,...
Class #7 – Lidded Fairy
Class #7 – Lidded Fairy Fairy size! Students will learn a knotted start, chain and spiral wheat stitches and ho...
Class #44 – Harvest Moon
Class #44 – Harvest Moon This basket is woven on a square Amish crafted wood base. Spokes will be glued in and ...
Class #35 – Wintery Tote
Class #35 – Wintery Tote Basket is woven on an Amish crafted oval wood base. For class the spokes will be glued...
Class #26 – Ocean Breeze
Class #26 – Ocean Breeze This is 3rd in the series using the Piggyback handle. It is woven on a wood base that ...
Class #16 – Piggyback Whirls
Class #16 – Piggyback Whirls This is the first of the Piggyback Series and is woven on an Amish crafted oval ba...
Class #6 – Salute Double Wine
Class #6 – Salute Double Wine This basket has a unique shaped base that will be weaver-ready for class (spokes ...
Class #43 – Whiteface
Class #43 – Whiteface A fun basket for the waxed linen lover! The basket is twined with 7 ply waxed linen and a...
Class #34 – Arrowhead
Class #34 – Arrowhead This basket inspiration came from another cotton cord basket I designed called Celebratio...
Class #14 – Christmas Tree
Class #14 – Christmas Tree This fun tree is woven over a Styrofoam mold. A 4”ash base is attached to the bott...
Class #24 – Beaded Nantucket
Class #24 – Beaded Nantucket This classy tote is woven using reed and dyed Hamburg cane. You begin with an Ash ...
Class #33 – Japanese Blue and White Bowl
Class #33 – Japanese Blue and White Bowl This lovely basket is woven over a ceramic Japanese bowl. There is a s...
Class #42 – Bejeweled Nantucket
Class #42 – Bejeweled Nantucket This simple Nantucket-style basket is woven over a plastic mold with a 4” ash...
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