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How to weave a hanging basket?
This is another fun project. You can make these baskets in any size. They are handy because they are an easy and nice way to store a variety of things. From vegetables in the kitchen, to little bits and bobs in the bathroom. This basket it started by weaving the base...
How to weave a basket? Basket making for beginners.
Basket making is one of the oldest crafts. People have been weaving vessels for collecting, storing and transporting goods and food for thousands of years. I have been fascinated with basket making for more then 15 years now. I work in particular with willow, an...
How to make a Catalan tray from foraged materials
Weaving can be done with materials other then willow off course even though willow is easier to work with on many levels. But sometimes it can still be fun to use different textures and try out what else is available in your local area. In this video I weave a simple...
My making process
Some autumn snippets, thoughts and musings on making, slowing down and letting the willow guide what I make. I also explain what the willow disease, mentioned in the previous video, is and how I will handle it from now on. https://youtu.be/k0CAw3dr5sQ
Willow infestation
It all started about 5 years ago when we brought willow home from a friend with strange looking black nodules on it. I had never seen it before and did not make much of it. It looked quite harmless, a little like a gall. That next year I noticed some on our own willow...
Basket making tools
In this video I show you the tools you need for making a basket. I also show you the 3 tools I started out with, the tools that should be in a beginners tool basket and we have a look at what is in my tool basket now. What's in your tool basket?...
How to make a berry picking basket
This summer I was inspired by our berry bounty to make a small berry basket. I have made a video tutorial for you so you can make one too. This explains each step in the process. https://youtu.be/GT0nQDVmdgg
Growing willow
Would you like to have a look at how we grow our willow? This video shows you our different willow beds. We have some on terraces, planted through a membrane. Some in deeper beds with no weed suppressor, and more in the vegetable garden. https://youtu.be/CrIQMuWsWh0...
How to add a handle onto a willow basket: Twisted rod handle
Watch me crank a willow rod, twisting the fibres until it is as flexible as a rope, and make it into a handle. https://youtu.be/XJzq24F0nwM
How I became a basket maker
I thought, I would tell you a little about how I started weaving? Well,At the start, life was messy, life was full.Life was very hard and demanding.But something was driving me on, something kept me going regardless.Let me explain.... When myself and my husband came...
