Workshops at Wardy Hill

Rush Weaving -A Basket in a Day March 2014

A lovely round basket woven on a terracotta plant pot in chain pairing and 3 rod waling. Super work Fi.

Willow Basketmaking Day Workshop-January 2014

Bread basket in buff and white willow woven in a day. Their first basket in stake and strand technique.
Raised border handle spaces and to be used for bread or fruit.

Rush Weaving- Shallow Trinket Basket with Sandwich and Sew Border January 2015

Split Rush shallow trinket basket with a sandwich and sew border. Judging the circumference.

Student wove two baskets in a one day workshop. Whole and split rush beautifully woven in a twill pattern and stitched with hemp.

 

Rush Hat Weaving Workshop-January 2015

 

Medieval Re-enactors wove a rush hat for themselves in a very industrious one day workshop. Twined on hat blocks they made to measure of their own head dimensions. This hat is almost ready for the border and has been mostly paired with small sections of packing and a few rows of rib randing on the brim.

Marianne modelling her creation-the brim was to be trimmed next day when the rush had dried and rested. Great first time rush weaving.

 

Frame Basket Day Workshop February 2015

Making 2ply cordage in rush

Work in progress-All ribs inserted and fine weavers randed over one under one with basket upside down.

Picking off the excess material where the joins occur on the outside of the basket.

Smooth interior with no joins so if the basket is used for yarn or wool it won’t snag the fibres. Beautifully woven bands of rush, rush rope, white and Dicky Meadows willow on buff frame and ribs.

Sitting pretty- finished frame baskets sitting nicely even so they won’t tip out their contents.