Looking for a charming way to keep your yarn tidy? Join us for a full day basket weaving workshop to make, Ella's Favorite Knitting Basket (or other uses!). Based on a Victorian Yarn basket design, Barbara Blossey-Chuvalas, expert basket weaver, will guide you through making your own beautiful basket. This is a large basket with […]
This is a beautiful, large (a full 14 inch opening!) and hearty basket! A sturdy design that will allow you to pick the bounty of your summer vegetable garden, yet beautiful enough to display with flowers and other sundry items. Barbara Blossey-Chuvalas, expert basket weaver, will introduce you to the "kicked-in" round base and end […]
*SOLD OUT* Deck your autumn table in style after you learn to weave this Nantucket-style basket. It features a 9” oak round base. Natural and dyed spokes evoke crisp fall air tinged with wood-smoke and are woven with fall inspired colors on the sides and your finished basket will feature a bowl with a study […]
Deck the halls with this charming rectangular splint-style basket made from natural rattan. To get in the festive spirit you may adorn your basket with a Pottery Cow nestled in a pine branch and little red bow around Miss Cow’s neck! A fun basket to learn to weave and finish with sturdy oak handle. CLICK […]
***SOLD OUT*** Tote your knitting projects and yarn around in style with this beautiful basket that you will make in this wonderful workshop! This is an absolute giant of a basket, a foot tall and 14 inches wide. It features a sturdy wooden base, shaker-tape handles and a dash of color. It will easily hold […]
Summer is the perfect time to learn to weave this practical and beautifully intricate basket! With a sturdy wooden handle and an open weave bottom, it's perfect for harvesting sun-ripened blueberries and raspberries and washing them in fresh cold water! This is a basket with a purpose BUT will also be a stunning piece for […]
"Pack baskets, woven containers originally used by early indigenous American peoples to carry game, fish and gathered fruit, were slung over the back, leaving the hands free. This simple design was later adopted by early settlers and hunters who began inhabiting the mountainous areas of New York state, Vermont and Maine. Today, these are colloquially referred […]
Join instructor, Barbara Chuvalas, in weaving a beautiful heirloom basket, just in time for Easter and/or Spring! Baskets will start with a wooden base and be constructed out of natural and pastel colored reed. The basket will be finished with a lovely oak handle for easy carrying! Supplies to bring: scissors, 20 spring-clip clothes pins, spray bottle, […]
Ever been interested in learning how to basket weave, but didn't know where to start?! Join instructor, Barbara Chuvalas, for this beginners basket weaving class! Students will learn the base lay out of basket weaving, continuing with the weaving and rim placement, to create a beautiful Bistro Bread Basket. This basket will complement your table […]
Join instructor, Barbara Chuvalas, in making this beautiful Wool Drying Basket! This basket was used historically for just that, drying fleece! The basket has legs so that air could circulate through the wool. Side handles help carry the basket & wool. This is an all-over twill pattern. Please bring: pencil, ruler, scissors, small flat screwdriver,spray bottle […]
