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April ‘18 Pattern
The Painted Primitive Front Porch Basket would look great hanging just about anywhere in your primitive or country home. It is finished in a three-step painting technique that can be done to match your home's decor.March ‘18 Pattern
Our Painted Easter Basket is great for collecting up all of those sweet treats the Easter Bunny leaves behind. The 7 1/2" square base flares to a 12" round top and is woven on a dove-tailed hardwood handle to create a very sturdy basket ~ and the filled base won't...February ‘18 Pattern
Our Candlestick Basket is an antique reproduction patterned after a basket commonly found hanging on the walls of Colonial keeping rooms. Candles, being the major source of lighting, needed to be stored close at hand yet out of the way. The Candlestick Basket was...January ‘18 Pattern
The Primitive Hearth Basket is a perfect project for the cold month of January's free pattern.December ‘17 Pattern
Everyone eats, everyone spills, so everyone needs napkins and a Napkin Basket. This one measures 7" x 7" x 3" and has two curved reed handles. And what a perfect basket to make for this gift-giving season.Share This
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October ‘25 Free Pattern
The Wooden Bottom Waste Basket has oak plywood tacked to its base both inside and out so that it is bottom heavy - not tipsy. It has several rounds of triple rod waling...
September ‘25 Free Pattern
What better way to keep track of this winter's knitting projects than in a handwoven Yarn Basket … just the right size to store crafts close by your favorite easy chair....
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Weaving Lessons
- Basket Finishes
- Staining Tutorial - With or Without Leather
- Weaving with a Wooden-Bottom Base Tutorial
- Wire and Bale Handles
- Weaving with Leather Handles
- Twining a Round Base Tutorial
- Leather Handled Tote Strapping Tutorial
- Singeing Tutorial
- Twining the Last Weaver Tutorial
- Sea Grass Continuous Weave Tutorial
- To stain or not to stain … that is the question!
- Shaping the Sides of a Basket Tutorial
- Double-Lashing Tutorial
- Clip and Tuck Tutorial
- Weaving the Sides Tutorial