WE STILL HAVE PLACES LEFT ON THES WILLOW WEAVING COURSE. willow shoulderbag or handbag for improvers 2 DAY COURSE (Copy)

On this course we will be making a willow shoulder/handbag with a leather strap ,we will be making a catalan style oval base and using various weaving techniques including the zigzag weave to complete the basket..this is a great little basket to learn to make and you will learn a different way of staking up.there will be our homegrown coloured willow available to create this really stunning useful basket.you will also learn leatherwork and be puting on a leather strap.

This course is intended for improvers so it is helpful to have made a few baskets previously.

Cost for the 2 day course is £150 ,price includes the use of tools,tuition and materials,and you get to take home a beautiful unique basket that you have created

A booking fee of £20 will be required

VENUE

Stour provost village hall

the street

stour provost

nr gillingham

DORSET SP8 5RZ

Please contact cath on 07919385854 to book a place

homegrown willow coffin

we have proudly just made our first coffin from homegrown dicky meadows and harrisons purple willow,along with a bit of musgrove willows buff willow.we like to use buff willow in constructing the frame and uprights,wailing and boarders of our coffins because where the bark has been removed by the boiling and stripping process,the willow without bark is less likely to slip and be unstable whereas a whole coffin made with willow with the bark on could be a bit unstable,what i mean by that is that the coffin wont fall apart,or anything like that,its just a wee bit sturdier using buff or white for uprights etc.

so we like to use the barked willow for bannding around the middle .the willow takes 3 years to be fully established to use but we have used our 2nd years crop as it has been abundant this year,

It is very satisfying to be able to provide our own materials for our products,we hope to grow ash and hazel in the next few years for the coffin and basketmaking

WE STILL HAVE PLACES LEFT ON THIS WILLOW WEAVING COURSE. willow shoulderbag or handbag for improvers 2 DAY COURSE

On this course we will be making a willow shoulder/handbag with a leather strap ,we will be making a catalan style oval base and using various weaving techniques including the zigzag weave to complete the basket..this is a great little basket to learn to make and you will learn a different way of staking up.there will be our homegrown coloured willow available to create this really stunning useful basket.you will also learn leatherwork and be puting on a leather strap.

This course is intended for improvers so it is helpful to have made a few baskets previously.

Cost for the 2 day course is £150 ,price includes the use of tools,tuition and materials,and you get to take home a beautiful unique basket that you have created

A booking fee of £20 will be required

VENUE

Stour provost village hall

the street

stour provost

nr gillingham

DORSET SP8 5RZ

Please contact cath on 07919385854 to book a place

RED DOGWOOD FOR PLANTING

I am recycling some red dogwood from my sons garden and have cut the willow from the stools to weave baskets with ,and will replant the stools i have cut off in our second willow bed we have just put in on our field.Last years new crop of willow is due to be cut soon and will infill the spaces that didnt take last year so will be intresting to see if it takes