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Northumbria Basketry Group Self-Help Groups
14 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
If you wish to attend a self-help meeting, please note that there is generally a pattern of times in the month when groups meet. However, exceptions may occur in December and the summer holiday period. Click on the link below for more information, u
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Helping with the Willow Harvesting - Coquet Valley
04 November 2024 - 31 March 2025
Harvesting willow rods at Chester Hope usually starts at the beginning of November. It continues until all the rods are cut and sorted and the site tidied up in readiness for the start of the next growing season. Sessions at the plot are usually hel
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Twining Workshop - Exploring plant fibres and basketry with Anna Corbett
15 February 2025 - 16 February 2025
Twining with plant fibres consists of two pieces of material (the ‘weavers’) movingaround and crossing over between, as well as some unmoving elements (stakes, spokes, uprights). If this were on a loom, they would be the equivalent of the
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Two-Day Beginners' Basketry Workshop - Basket 1 February
18 February 2025 - 19 February 2025
Charlotte Lobb will tutor this basic skills round basket workshop at Willowdene House, Longframlington. The cost is £90, including materials and a copy of Jonathan Ridgeon's book Willow Basketry: A How-To Guide, tea/coffee, and biscuits. Pleas
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Small Frame Basket Workshop
22 February 2025
Join Karla Pearce at Loretto Junior School, Musselburgh (EH21 6JA), to make a small frame basket. Suitable for beginners, this basket provides an enjoyable one-day introduction to frame basketry. Contact Karla for further details/booking.
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Catalan Tray Workshop
23 February 2025
Spend the morning at Bowden Village Hall in Bowden near Melrose TD6 0SS, weaving this beautiful but simple Catalan platter. Also called a Catalan tension tray, this easy weave is a great way to begin basketmaking or extend your weaving experience.
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Improving your round bases!
23 February 2025
A good basket starts with a good base. Spend a relaxing afternoon at Bowden Village Hall improving your round bases, or try weaving a round base for the first time without pressure to make it into a basket. Take home enough willow to keep practising
Read OnBorders Organic Gardeners Potato Day
02 March 2025
Northumbria Basketry Group will run a stand at the event again this year. Please contact Lorraine for details if you want to help run the stand, sell baskets and willow sculptures, plant pyramids and willow cuttings, or enjoy time at this busy event.
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Making Cordage from Natural Fibres and a Natural Frame Basket
07 March 2025
Join us at Bowden Village Hall to make a unique, beautiful natural frame basket. Build your frame from your choice of wood, insert ribs and weave around them with willow, bark and your own handmade cordage made out of a variety of materials. All mate
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Sampler Log Basket Workshop
29 March 2025 - 30 March 2025
Join Karla Pearce to make your own sampler log basket in a supportive, friendly environment at Whalton Village Hall. This workshop is most suitable for those who have previously woven a round basket. It will provide an opportunity to learn a variety
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Two-Day Beginners' Basketry Workshop - April
05 April 2025 - 06 April 2025
Local basketmaker Karla Pearce will tutor this basic skills round basket workshop at Bowden Village Hall in Bowden near Melrose. Participants can choose between a fruit basket or a small shopping basket with a handle. This course is suitable for thos
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Berry Basket Workshop
09 May 2025
If you’re interested in getting started with basketry in just a day, this is the basket workshop for you. Equally, if you would like a refresher on how to create a round base, upset, weave a three-rod wale, and finish with a simple but effectiv
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04 July 2025 - 06 July 2025
Tim Johnson, internationally acclaimed tutor and plant fibre expert, has agreed to deliver a three-day workshop in Northumberland this summer. Places are limited, and priority booking will be given to people who have signed up to Anna's mailing list
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