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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
Read OnSmall Natural Frame Basket
26 January 2025
Learn how to make a frame out of contorted Hazel, insert ribs and weave around them to make a unique natural frame basket.
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Two-Day Log/Laundry Basket Workshop
01 February 2025 - 02 February 2025
Learn a range of side weaves to create a log/laundry basket with integral handles or bow side handles. Also, there is an opportunity for those who have completed a two-day workshop or similar experience to make a large Sampler Basket. Four spaces r
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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, some unmoving elements (stakes, spokes, uprights). If this were on a loom, they would be the equivalent of the warp (upri
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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
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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