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Adirondack
Basketry Adventure
This feature article describes how our family wove basketry into an Adirondack vacation.
Anatomy
Of A Basket Handle
The parts of a Bonnet Handle, with illustrated basic vocabulary.
Arrowmont
Basketry Conference
Reflections on the HGA Basketry Conference - Tradition and Innovation: Basketry Today.
Basket
Base Table Mat
An old pattern that first appeared in George Wharton James' classic book from the
turn of the century, Practical Basket Making. It can be used by itself or the technique
can be used to make a round basket base for many other round work basketry styles. One of
the antique basketweaving patterns in the BasketMakers Vintage Files.
Basket
Construction Methods
Basket construction methods are variations or elaborations of four basic methods -
coiling, twining, weaving and plaiting.
Basket
Cut-out Christmas Cookies
What's better than
filling the whole house with the warm smells of baking Christmas Cookies? Why, eating
them, of course! I have put together a free Christmas Cookie recipe. When your cookies are
done, solve the online jigsaw puzzle made to match.
Basket
Day At Hatheway
Summertime and the weaving is easy. Join me for a review of a basket show and sale
hosted by the Hatheway House Museum and Gardens in co-operation with The Northeast
Basketmakers Guild.
Basket
Stamped Shortbread Christmas Cookies
Free Christmas Cookie recipe for stamped almond shortbread cookies with a basket
design. Make these for your next holiday party or to create a cookie gift basket.
Basket
Word Jumble Puzzler
Print out and use this word jumble puzzler to break the ice at your next basket
event or workshop.
Basketmakers
Daily Page
Start your day with a daily basketry quote, basket events calendar, workshop and
auction searches and much more.
Basketry
Conference - Stowe Review
A week in the mountains of Vermont for Stowe Basketry Festival, an International Basketry
Conference.
Basketry
Fun
This feature introduces the Fun and Games Files on BasketMakers. The first entry is
an online Basketry Tic-tac-toe game. You play as the Victorian Basket. I will play against
you as the Basket with Blue Bow. The score is kept automatically and you can play as many
games as you like.
Basketry
Computer Wallpaper Library
Images of baskets and weave patterns to use as your computer desktop wallpaper.
Full screen images in a variety of sizes, as well as seamless tiles you can use for
backgrounds and in email stationery.
Baskets
for Christmas
Many ways for you to weave basketry into your holiday celebrations.
Black
Ash Basketry - Part I
This feature article spotlights the black ash woodsplint basket.
Black
Ash Basketry - Part II
This feature article spotlights Black Ash woodsplint Basketmakers.
Black
Ash Basketry - Part III
This feature article spotlights the Black Ash tree.
Black
Ash Basketry - Part IV
This feature article spotlights the processing of Black Ash woodsplint as a basketry
material.
Black
Ash Woodsplint Cuff Bracelet
Weave a stunning woven wearable accessory item using these free illustrated instructions.
Black
Walnut Dye
Recipe and resources for making Black walnut or other nut hull dyes for basketry.
Champagne
and Cheese Gift Basket
All the resources you will need to make and fill a champagne and cheese gift basket.
Collecting
Antique Baskets
This feature offers resources for collecting antique baskets.
Collecting
Baskets Worldwide
This feature provides resources for collecting baskets from countries around the world.
Collecting
New Baskets
This feature discusses Internet resources for collecting new baskets.
Contemporary
International Basketry
Book Review: Contemporary International Basketmaking by Mary Butcher.
Cordage
For Basketmaking
Instruction and resources to make cordage from plant fibers for your baskets.
Decorate
With Baskets At Christmas
Use baskets and other woven items in your collection to decorate your home for the
holidays.
Easter
Basket Liner Project
Use this free pattern to stitch this simple cotton fabric basket liner project and
make any Easter Basket more festive.
Easter
Basket Web Page Graphics And Clipart
Easter Web Page Graphics sets and clipart images of Peter Rabbit, Easter Baskets
and Fluffy Yellow Chicks, not unlike those peeps we had years ago. Free craft projects and
Easter basket patterns.
Easter
Project: Printable Paper Basket
Make this little paper basket and fill it up with Easter grass, jelly beans,
marshmallow peeps or small gifts to decorate your Easter Dinner table. Makes a nice Easter
Dinner placecard.
Flowerbasket
On Blue Weave Border Background
Pastel flower basket on a blue basketweave border background web page graphics
set. It includes a variety of sizes of the flower basket image, a welcome sign, a
full set of navigational buttons, a divider bar and a graphic you can use to link back to
BasketMakers.
Free
Basket Pattern - Square Basket with Curls
This feature article provides illustrated instructions to make a 4" x 4" square
black ash woodsplint basket with curl embellishment.
Free
Basket Patterns on the Web
How often have you asked "Where can I find free basket patterns?". This feature
article offers an answer to the question.
Free
Printable Chanukah Gift Tags
Print out these free Chanukah gift tags to use when you wrap your holiday
packages.
Gourd
Birdhouse Project
Use a gourd, some pine needles and your basketry skills to create a bird house with a
twined pine needle thatched roof.
Harvesting
Spruce Roots
This feature article offers instruction on harvesting and processing spruce roots.
Halloween
and Fall Theme Baskets
Get in the Halloween spirit and weave a basket to decorate your home for Fall or for your
Trick or Treater to use as a container for all their loot.
Halloween
Paper Nut Or Candy Cup Basket
Halloween is a day of sweets and Trick or Treats. Make this little paper basket
and fill it up with candy corn or small gifts for your Halloween party guests. You
can write each guest's name on the handle before assembling and use the baskets as place
cards.
How
To Make A Wine And Cheese Gift Basket
Celebrations are planned for New Years Eve each year and a gift basket is a
wonderful way to treat your host or hostess to something special. Make a new basket or
select a basket you have made previously. Then fill it and decorate it especially for the
occasion.
Knotless
Netting Story Stone
Make a knotless netted story stone necklace using your basketmaking skills, a stone or
other object you have collected and some waxed linen thread. You can keep your memories
of a special trip alive by completing a project made from this free basketry pattern.
Lay
Out An Eight Spoke Spider Woven Base
Use these instructions for laying out the base of an eight spoke, spider-woven, round
basket.
Lily
Basket Pattern
The first antique basketweaving pattern in the BasketMakers Vintage Files is the
Lily Basket, an old pattern that first appeared in George Wharton James' classic book from
the turn of the century, Practical Basket Making.
Make
A Basketweave Dreidel
Gather the family or organize a classroom activity for a crafts project. Make a paper
dreidel and play a Chanukah holiday game using this free printable crafts pattern.
Make
An Adirondack Pack Basket With Jack Leadley
A Basketry Video Review. Spend a snowy day in Speculator, NY with Jack
Leadley and learn how to make an Adirondack Guide Pack Basket.
May
Day Flower-Filled May Basket
Decorate a basket with colorful ribbons, fill it with Spring flowers, then tie it
to the door knob of a friend.
More
Free Basket Patterns on the Web
Free basketry patterns and a dream catcher pattern on the Internet.
Nantucket
Lightship Baskets
What they are, what their history has been, where to buy them, how to make them and what
gift items are available to to quench your thirst for them.
National
Basketry Organization
The NBO premiers its website and launches a major membership drive.
New
Basketry Product Review
Meet Ruth Andre - Gourdweaver and creator of Little Scout and Little Feather
basketweaving kits.
Newspaper
Sit-Upon Pattern
Teach a child beginning basketweaving skills with this free project. Use this
mat as a seat cushion or to sit on while you toast your marshmallows around a campfire.
Makes a great Boy or Girl Scouts and Summer camp activity.
Northeast
Basketmakers Guild Show
Coverage of the opening of this show held in June 1998 at Lexington Arts and Crafts
Center, Lexington, MA.
Peeling
And Weaving Hickory Bark Chair Seats
Basketry Video Review. Owen Rein, woodworker and chair seat craftsman from Stone
County Arkansas offers instruction on how to harvest, prepare and weave a chairseat with
Hickory bark splints.
Pine
Needle Basketmakers
Connections to Pine Needle Basketmakers and an introduction to their work.
Pine
Needle Basketmakers Directory
Listings of online connections to individual Pine Needle basketmakers.
Pine
Needle Basketry - Introduction
This feature offers an introduction to pine needle basketry.
Pine
Needle Basketry Technique
Basic information on the techniques of pine needle basketry with supplemental
resources.
Planning
Your Vacation - Part I
Pack up the family and trek off on a vacation that includes basketry museums and exhibits
as part of the fun.
Planning
Your Vacation - Part II
This feature will help you to find ways to make your vacation a basketry learning
experience.
Puzzles
As A Teaching Tool
Using word puzzles as a tool to reinforce new concepts, techniques or terms in basketry
class.
Searching
For That Hard To Find Basketry Publication
Online book search utilities and other strategies for locating that basketry
book that you may have thought you would never find.
Snowflake
Basketweave Ornament
Free pattern for a Black Ash and Sweetgrass Basketweave Snowflake Ornament. Make a
Christmas Tree Ornament for your tree.
St.
Valentine's Day Paper Basket
A free printable holiday craft project. Make a basket to fill with candy hearts or
tiny gifts. Includes free Valentine's Clip Art puffed heart line.
Summer
Picnic Fun
Whether you weave one yourself, or purchase a new one, go in style to your next
picnic. Carry a Basket!
Thanksgiving
Cornucopia - Free Basket Pattern
Gather the family together for a Thanksgiving dinner. Dress your table in its
finest and decorate it with a hand woven cornucopia. This harvest basket can be made from
round reed or gathered vines. The rim can be done in several variations of border
patterns.
Thanksgiving
Placecards
Print out these Thanksgiving Basketry Placecards to use for your holiday tablesetting.
Twig
Beads
Make wooden twig beads from the branches of the trees in your yard to use as
embellishments for your baskets or as a garland or necklace for your next nature craft
project.
Weave
A Lavender Wand
Use your basket weaving skills to make a fragrant lavender wand from the flowers in
your garden. An illustrated free pattern.
Willow
Basketry - An Introduction
This article spotlights Willow (Salix) basketry. An introduction to the material,
makers, suppliers and resources.
Willow
Basketmakers
Connections to traditional and contemporary Willow basketmakers, teachers,
authors
and environmental installation artists from around the world.
Willow
Basketry Instruction
Focus on instructional resources to aid you in learning willow basket weaving skills.
Willow
Basketry Supplies
Willow as a basketry material with tips on growing your own willow beds and purchasing
willow basketry supplies.
Willow
Baskets
Handcrafted willow baskets, furniture, garden furnishings, environmental
installations, sculpture and more from around the world.
Come and Join
in the BasketMakers
Forum. Lots of friendly basketweavers are gathered there. Click
on "Guest"
to enter and read-only or join if you want to post (it's free).
Here is a list of some of the most recent Topics being discussed:
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Susi Nuss. All rights reserved.
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