Chair caning is a fun and profitable heritage craft to learn, and in this class, we will be using wide binding cane, weaving a twill pattern on a custom made square, green-painted footstool. You will learn how to weave the easy twill or herringbone pattern, using the correct tension, learn the secret of invisible joins,…

Using hand-gathered and processed natural cattail leaves, we will create a small square to round basket. The base will be woven as a square, gradually rounding the sides, using a twining technique, with a tucked rim. Everyone will create this basket first, and if there’s remaining time, we can weave a small mug coaster or…

Amaze your friends and relatives when you wear this handwoven willow bark necklace basket that you created! You will use willow bark that the instructor hand-gathered and processed, along with waxed linen and a variety of beads as embellishments for the base. The fancy rim weave is really simple once you learn the technique, but…