Class Descriptions

Class #1 – Lightening Biscuit

Class #1 – Lightening Biscuit

Class #1 - Lightening Biscuit | 1 LEFT This multi-purpose basket will be a striking addition to your basket collection! Ash bases have been electrified by my friend, Mr. Ridgeway, to make each base special and unique. The...

Class #2 – Adagio

Class #2 – Adagio

Class #2 - Adagio | Space Available Adagio is a smaller oval basket woven with No.4 spokes and No. 2 weavers. The side are woven with Japanese weave using double weavers. The focal point of the basket is the top band of...

Class #3 – Medium Ash Bark Mokok

Class #3 – Medium Ash Bark Mokok

Class #3 - Medium Ash Bark Mokok | Space Available The Mokok is a Native American basket style used in the Northeast Woodlands. It is rectangular on the bottom and oval on the top. Students will learn harvesting techniques,...

Class #4 – Summer Tote

Class #4 – Summer Tote

Class #4 - Summer Tote | Space Available This classy tote is woven using reed and dyed Hamburg cane. You begin with an Ash base and weave a semi-double wall design. Colorful wooden beads are attached at the center. A...

Class #5 – Its A Set Up

Class #5 – Its A Set Up

Class #5 - Its A Set Up | WITHDRAWN Students will start with a wood base with the spokes pre- glued prior to class. The design is woven with three colors of cotton cord and sueded leather accent between the different...

Class #6 – Salute Double Wine

Class #6 – Salute Double Wine

Class #6 - Salute Double Wine | Withdrawn This basket has a unique shaped base that will be weaver-ready for class (spokes glued in). Inside it has a special surprise that you weave in that will keep the wine bottles from...

Class #7 – Lidded Fairy

Class #7 – Lidded Fairy

Class #7 - Lidded Fairy | Space Available Fairy size! Students will learn a knotted start, chain and spiral wheat stitches and how to fit a lid! Add a silver or gold pine cone charm to finish the top or select from a...

Class #8 – Oval Shopper | CLASS FULL

Class #8 – Oval Shopper | CLASS FULL

Class #8 - Oval Shopper | CLASS FULL Learn a strong and steady way to build an oval base! Students in this class will work with willow to learn a traditional English underfoot oval base and then weave a functional and...

Class #9 – Ultimate Shaker Trio | CLASS FULL

Class #9 – Ultimate Shaker Trio | CLASS FULL

Class #9 - Ultimate Shaker Trio | CLASS FULL Create ¼ scale versions of classic Shaker utility baskets. Weave with precisely prepared black ash splint over a wooden mold, lash hardwood rims, and add three different styles...

Class #10 – Church’s Double Oval

Class #10 – Church’s Double Oval

Class #10 - Church’s Double Oval | 2 LEFT This striking basket is double walled – it features many shades of space-dyed red (or green, depending on student choice) reed in various sizes on the inside. The exterior basket is...

Class #11 – Sciob | CLASS FULL

Class #11 – Sciob | CLASS FULL

Class #11 - Sciob | CLASS FULL This classic Irish basket starts with a large round base with a most unusual weave in the middle of the base. A ring of unpeeled willow is included in the weaving. A foot wale is followed by...

Class #12 – Sculptural Seagrass

Class #12 – Sculptural Seagrass

Class #12 - Sculptural Seagrass | 4 LEFT Students will begin this basket by plaiting a square base of flat reed. The sides are woven with both natural flat oval reed and fragrant seagrass and accented with glass beads....

Class #13 – Ash Bark Purse

Class #13 – Ash Bark Purse

Class #13 - Ash Bark Purse | WITHDRAWN This scored and folded one piece bark basket is a worldwide Indigenous container still in use today. Prepare and split spruce roots to sew with, bend and split a red will branch for...

Class #14 – Christmas Tree

Class #14 – Christmas Tree

Class #14 - Christmas Tree | Space Available This fun tree is woven over a Styrofoam mold. A 4”ash base is attached to the bottom. Hamburg cane is used as a weaver and 2 spirals are woven in. A clay topper and fused glass...

Class #15 – Confetti

Class #15 – Confetti

Class #15 - Confetti | WITHDRAWN The experienced waxed linen weaver will have fun weaving this basket. The pattern is a combination of twining, reverse twining and quad twining accent. The unique top is a combination of...

Class #16 – Piggyback Whirls | CLASS FULL

Class #16 – Piggyback Whirls | CLASS FULL

Class #16 - Piggyback Whirls | CLASS FULL This is the first of the Piggyback Series and is woven on an Amish crafted oval base. As students weave, they will be working on shaping, 3 and 4 rod wale, inserting overlays,...

Class #17 – The Chase Is On

Class #17 – The Chase Is On

Class #17 - The Chase Is On | Space Available Starting with a one-of-a-kind Alaskan Yellow cedar Burl base (No longer being made, but I have a stash set aside for this class!) Students will learn the joy of coiling with...

Class #18 – Small Oriole

Class #18 – Small Oriole

Class #18 - Small Oriole | Space Available This little Oriole basket is for folks who are knowledgeable about ribbed basket construction. Beginning with a small oval and round hoop, students will weave god’s eyes, add...

Class #19 – Zarzo | CLASS FULL

Class #19 – Zarzo | CLASS FULL

Class #19 - Zarzo | CLASS FULL A large round willow basket of Spanish origin with a distinctive style! The tray form was originally used by cheese makers for draining cheeses. Ten thick, long rods are set up vertically...

Class #21 – Japanese Baskets

Class #21 – Japanese Baskets

Class #21 - Japanese Baskets | 2 LEFT Japanese Basketry is a wonderful sampler of five traditional baskets woven with round and flat oval reed or a combination of both. From left to right: Pastry Basket, Flower Basket,...

Class #22 – Ash Box with Applique

Class #22 – Ash Box with Applique

Class #22 - Ash Box with Applique | WITHDRAWN The Mokok is a Northeast Woodland Native American style container made of bark stitched with roots. It is round at the top with a square bottom. Peel, prepare and sew with...

Class #23 – Twill Ash Bowl

Class #23 – Twill Ash Bowl

Class #23 - Twill Ash Bowl | 4 LEFT The base and sides of this low cathead bowl are woven in a 2/2 twill with precisely prepared black ash splint over a wooden mold. Darker heartwood stakes contrast with the white sapwood...

Class #24 – Beaded Nantucket

Class #24 – Beaded Nantucket

Class #24 - Beaded Nantucket | 1 LEFT This unique basket is woven using a heavy plastic bowl for a mold. There is an arrow design woven using waxed linen. The bead design will be taught and started in class and finished...

Class #25 – Arise

Class #25 – Arise

Class #25 - Arise | WITHDRAWN This is a great basket for the newer waxed linen weaver. Students will twine the entire basket with 7 ply waxed linen. This is a great basket to learn ending and starting a row, stacking...

Class #26 – Ocean Breeze

Class #26 – Ocean Breeze

Class #26 - Ocean Breeze | Space Available This is 3rd in the series using the Piggyback handle. It is woven on a wood base that is Amish made and will have the spokes glued in and weaver ready for class. The challenge of...

Class #27 – Haida Bottle

Class #27 – Haida Bottle

Class #27 - Haida Bottle | 4 LEFT Students will learn traditional Haida weave techniques and designs using finely, hand prepared Alaskan yellow and western red cedar from Thorne Bay, AK. Cobalt blue spray bottles are...

Class #28 – Colorful Cane Twill

Class #28 – Colorful Cane Twill

Class #28 - Colorful Cane Twill | 4 LEFT This large, beautiful basket is constructed with dyed flat reed for spokes and wide binders cane for weavers. The base has a cat’s head shape, sides round up to be about 11” tall...

Class #29 – Hazelnut | CLASS FULL

Class #29 – Hazelnut | CLASS FULL

Class #29 - Hazelnut | CLASS FULL The hazelnut basket is made with fine peeled willow and is made over a wooden mold. The basket has a small round base (provided). Students continue with the weaving of a foot wale and then...

Class #30 – Black and White Hourglass

Class #30 – Black and White Hourglass

Class #30 - Black and White Hourglass | 2 LEFT This class offers many interesting techniques that you can apply to your other baskets as well as unlocking the mystery of weaving diagonal plaited baskets. Using dyed and...

Class #31 – Ash Bark Trinket

Class #31 – Ash Bark Trinket

Class #31 - Ash Bark Trinket | Space Available A Mokok is a container that is Indigenous to the Northeast Woodlands. It has a rectangular bottom and an oval top. You will sew ash bark with spruce roots that you will peel...

Class #32 – Quad Medallion

Class #32 – Quad Medallion

Class #32 - Quad Medallion | 2 LEFT Weave this stunning piece of art with finely prepared black ash splint. The focal point is the quadrafoil twill pattern, woven with brown heartwood stakes and white sapwood weavers. The...

Class #34 – Arrowhead

Class #34 – Arrowhead

Class #34 - Arrowhead | WITHDRAWN This basket inspiration came from another cotton cord basket I designed called Celebration. Instead of stacking the arrows we make them spiral. Students will start with a wood base with the...

Class #35 – Wintery Tote

Class #35 – Wintery Tote

Class #35 - Wintery Tote | WITHDRAWN Basket is woven on an Amish crafted oval wood base. For class the spokes will be glued in and weaver-ready. You will focus on shaping and the Arrow triple twine. It has custom dyed dusty...

Class #36 – Beaded Clutch

Class #36 – Beaded Clutch

Class #36 - Beaded Clutch | Space Available Gorgeous to look at as it is to touch – sensual! Learn an ancient looping technique using your choice of waxed linen colors and hand harvested and prepared Alaskan Yellow Cedar...

Class #37 – Big Roundy | CLASS FULL

Class #37 – Big Roundy | CLASS FULL

Class #37 - Big Roundy | CLASS FULL A fun basket for all to make! In this class students will make large baskets with rounded forms out of willow. Built on a 4x4 or 5x5 slath and reverse paired round base, we will create a...

Class #38AM – Polish Bread

Class #38AM – Polish Bread

Class #38AM - Polish Bread | 1 LEFT This basket is made in willow and is based on the Polish Tatzca basket. It is useful on a table to hold bread. Six groups of rods are woven into a hexagon and then the rods are curved...

Class #38PM – Sciathog

Class #38PM – Sciathog

Class #38PM - Sciathog | 1 LEFT This classic Irish potato straining frame basket starts with a prepared and dried hoop. Students will place the first set of ribs using God’s Eye weaving. Randing weave continues from each...

Class #39 – Twill Paths

Class #39 – Twill Paths

Class #39 - Twill Paths | 3 LEFT This elegant and useful basket will be an enjoyable weaving project for both beginner and intermediate weavers. It has a hardwood base into which students will insert rattan spokes. The...

Class #40 – Alchemy

Class #40 – Alchemy

Class #40 - Alchemy | 3 LEFT Alchemy is loaded with all kinds of techniques. The lower part of the basket is woven with wave weave, then extra spokes are inserted to set the stage for ridge weave at the top. The inner...

Class #41 – Black Diamond | CLASS FULL

Class #41 – Black Diamond | CLASS FULL

Class #41 - Black Diamond | CLASS FULL Weave this charming low cathead bowl of precisely prepared natural and stained black ash splint over a wooden mold. The diamond design in the base, twilled sides, waxed linen rim...

Class #42 – Bejeweled Nantucket

Class #42 – Bejeweled Nantucket

Class #42 - Bejeweled Nantucket | WITHDRAWN This simple Nantucket-style basket is woven over a plastic mold with a 4” ash base. Hamburg cane weavers cover reed spokes. The fun is by using a beaded trim under the rim. Date...

Class #43 – Whiteface

Class #43 – Whiteface

Class #43 - Whiteface| WITHDRAWN A fun basket for the waxed linen lover! The basket is twined with 7 ply waxed linen and accented with a magatamas foot and delica peaks and completed with Linda’s double faced rim. Linda...

Class #44 – Harvest Moon | CLASS FULL

Class #44 – Harvest Moon | CLASS FULL

Class #44 - Harvest Moon | CLASS FULL This basket is woven on a square Amish crafted wood base. Spokes will be glued in and weaver-ready for class. Focus will be on shaping and the Arrow triple twine, using double weavers....

A Note About Tools!

Tools needed for each class are noted at the end of each class description. Please make your best effort to make sure that you have what is needed. Tools are available for sharing but it can often slow down class progress.

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