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A traditional knife tool used to tidy up baskets and or create slypes, etc.
Ribbed wooden handle for additional grip.
A traditional knife tool used to tidy up baskets and or create slypes, etc.
Ribbed wooden handle for additional grip.
Knife used to tidy up baskets. Wooden handle. Please do not attempt to buy this item if you are under 18 years old.
Tidying up baskets
A great introduction to willow. How to grow, harvest and weave it! Contains basket making techniques and projects.
Weaving beginners
Explains the basic techniques of basketmaking. Ideal for novices and a useful reference tool for experienced weavers.
Novice, intermediate & expert weavers
Step by step instructions will guide you through a series of projects designed to teach you the skills and techniques as used in many every-day baskets.
Giving as a gift
Through detailed stage by stage instructions, this book will show you how to make 10 different bird feeders.
Giving as a gift
This book will show you how to make some of the most popular and inspiring willow craft projects other than baskets.
Giving as a gift
The sequel to Willow Projects For Beginners (book 1). A great book for those with a little basket making experience.
Intermediate weavers
The sequel to Willow Projects For Beginners (book 1) and Willow Projects (book 2).
A great book for those with a little basket making experience.
Intermediate weavers
The sequel to Willow Projects For Beginners (book 1) and Willow Projects (book 2), and Willow projects round work (book 3)
A great book for those with a little basket making experience.
Intermediate weavers
An introduction to working with willow.
Weaving novices
Currently available
Please be aware that white willow is not paper white. It is slightly cream in colour. Requires soaking and mellowing to make flexible.
Basketry
Indoor sculptures
Adding a contrasting colour
2ft, 3ft, 4ft, 5ft, 6ft
Currently available
Please be aware that white willow is not paper white. Requires soaking and mellowing to make flexible.
Approximate number of rods per kilo; 3ft - 540 rods, 4ft - 270 rods, 5ft - 145 rods, 6ft - 80 rods, 7ft - 50 rods, 8ft - 35 rods, 9ft- 30 rods
Basketry
Indoor sculptures
Adding a contrasting colour
5ft, 8ft
Currently available
Brittany Green willow rods stay roughly the same thickness throughout their length. The name is a little misleading as the willow is predominately dark grey. A member of the Salix Purpurea variety, when dry, the top section of the willow turns a purple/dark brown.
The dark colour gives Brittany Green a rustic feel making it a great choice for weaving medieval or re-enactment baskets. Requires soaking and mellowing to make pliable.
Basketry
Sculptures
3ft, 5ft, 6ft
Currently available
Use for structural work. Ideal as the main frames or uprights in baskets. These rods are NOT SUITABLE AS WEAVING WILLOW OR FOR MAKING LANTERNS.
Diameter of rods will vary depending on the length.
Basket framework
Basket base sticks
Indoor structures
Currently available
A brown or green willow is boiled and then stripped of its bark and dried to produce buff willow. The variety of willow used in these natural processes produces a smooth golden/toffee coloured rod without the need for chemicals. Tops are around 3ft - 4.5ft long.
Soak and mellow to make flexible. A popular choice in basketry.
Fine basketry work
Small craft projects
Ideal for fine work. Made with our willow. Trade orders welcome.
Ideal for fine work. Made with willow grown here. Bulk orders supplied.
Ideal for pictures and sketches. Made on our farm with willow grown in our fields. Trade orders welcome.
Ideal for pictures and sketches. Made on our farm with willow grown in our fields. Bulk orders welcome.
Perfect for broader strokes. Made on our farm with willow grown in our fields. Can be supplied in bulk.
Great for broad strokes. Made on our farm with willow grown here. Trade orders welcome.
18 art charcoal sticks comprising of a mixture of thin, medium and thick sticks. Trade orders welcome.
