The Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar

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Jabez, Kentucky – I heard a local describe it as ‘five miles past no where”.   It may be that, but it is also a destination for over 100 basket weavers each June.  Many attendees call it ‘basket camp’;  we eat, weave and sleep – it’s pretty wonderful.  I taught four classes, enjoyed  seeing lots of friends and made new ones. Of course I took my camera and took lots of pictures.  I didn’t capture the rocking chairs on the porch or the amazing sunsets, but I did get lots of class pictures and … Read more

Stowe Basket Fesitval

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I just got home from ‘Celebrating 25 years of Weaving Friendships’ at the  Stowe Basketry Festival. It was wonderful and worth every mile!  Thank you Merry Vigneau, the staff at the Round Hearth, and all of you who came to teach classes or to take them.  I’ll keep the words to a minimum and share a ‘few’ pictures:

Stowe 2016

The Round Hearth, where we ate and slept and visited. Read more

Dyeing Reed 101 – Part II

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Okay, here is Part II of Dyeing Reed 101. I was going to wrap Dyeing The Dying RoomReed 101 up with this post, however, Part II, grew to way over a thousand words – – – now there is also a Part III!

And things change – while I was writing about types of dyes I realized that I should talk more about colorfastness and using mordants, fixatives and surfactants before I talk about dye.

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