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Creative Activities to Practice

January 24, 2018/2 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques, In the Studio /by Annetta K

I am glad so many of you enjoyed my thoughts on Creativity and Excellence. And now, as promised, here are some of the things you can do to encourage creativity. These are things I do – things I practise. It is not a list of rules, it is a decision to learn and to grow and to make things – this is my life. I hope you will find some of these practices helpful.

Surround yourself with books and patterns, your favorite baskets, art, color and just enough weaving material to make your hands itchy to weave. Books inspire me. A table with a project in process or reed in a variety of beautiful colors make me want to touch. Beautiful things make me smile.

October Classes and Color

October 31, 2017/0 Comments/in Basket Weaving Events /by Annetta K

Well, October has come and gone. My month started with a trip west to see family. The Bighorns in Wyoming were snow covered, brilliant colored aspen and birch trees lined the valleys in Montana and the sugar beet harvest was in full swing in Alberta. I was thankful for clear roads and time with people I love.

Then it was home and time for October classes. Read more

Twining a Round Base

August 15, 2017/9 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

There are a couple of ways to weave a round base on a basket. Today, I am posting my tutorial on how to twine a perfectly round base with round reed on flat or flat oval spokes. I took lots of pictures and I am just going to start at the very beginning. I will post some pictures of baskets with twined round bases at the end of the post.

How to use Clips – Weaving the First Rows of a Basket

December 7, 2016/11 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

Today I am going to talk about one of our favorite tools and using them effectively. Clips.

When I tell students to get out their clips, some pull out their old faithful wooden clothes pins and others pull out a wide array of clips and ask which ones are best. 🙂 Like many of you, I have a variety of clips, wooden clothes pins work for almost anything, but sometimes you need something smaller.

And when you are a basket teacher you accumulate all kinds of clips – this is what was on my weaving table today! The bottom line is, almost any clip can be used, the important thing is to learn to use them effectively. Read more

Weaving with Shirley Mount

November 9, 2016/0 Comments/in Out and About with Basket Weavers /by Annetta K

A few weeks ago, Shirley Mount from the Basket Patch, come down and taught at our guild. She brought some of ‘the Patch’ with her so we had fun shopping. And we really enjoyed weaving her nesting canisters.

Getting to know Jill Robinson

August 3, 2016/0 Comments/in Out and About with Basket Weavers /by Annetta K

If you were watching the Super Bowl 50 in January (2016), you may have caught a glimpse of Jill. No she wasn’t in the stands or the half time show, she was the Texas basket weaver on the Reliant Energy commercial. She says it was only a few seconds – but hey those were prime time seconds Jill! (Curious? Links to the commercial are below.) Jill is an accomplished basket and gourd artist, so it’s no surprise she was chosen to be included in the commercial.
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Bittersweet Baskets and Homestead Handles

May 11, 2016/0 Comments/in Out and About with Basket Weavers, Resources for Basket Weaving /by Annetta K

I love talking to Pat Vogler, she is always busy doing something. Tending a huge garden and canning the produce, growing and drying herbs, making soap and tending to her chickens. When I first met Pat, she also had goats: Nubians for milking, Angoras for the fiber and African Boars for meat. Today, there are no goats in the pasture, Pat and her husband John, are a little busy with their business, Bittersweet Baskets and Homestead Handles. As their website says it is ‘more than a basket shop.

Locking the Base – Part II

November 16, 2015/3 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

Another way to weaving a locking row

I have two favorite locking rows: the sanity row and the locked locking row. You can read about the sanity row and other ways to lock your base here.

Today we’ll focus on what I call the ‘locked locking row‘- which is a locked four rod or three rod wale row. This is a technique often used in willow or round reed baskets, but it also works nicely in a basket that uses a variety of material. It’s one of my favorites for a few reasons: Read more

Locking the Base – Part I

November 12, 2015/0 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

While weaving a locking row around the base of your basket is not always necessary, sometimes it is an important part of shaping or maintaining the shape of the base and sometimes this single row adds strength to the basket. You can weave a locking row with flat material or round material. Read more

Basket Weaving with …

October 28, 2015/2 Comments/in In the Studio /by Annetta K

Asher. Asher is six and would probably tell you what he loves most is to play Minecraft. But his Oma (me), doesn’t play Minecraft so this month we wove a basket together. It was lots of fun for both of us. His mom said I could share a few pictures with you. Read more

Lashing Basics

September 8, 2015/2 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques, Tools for Weaving Baskets /by Annetta K

Over the years I have met weavers who love lashing a basket and weavers who hate lashing a basket. I used to dislike lashing.