Date and time: Friday, November 7, through Sunday, November 9, 2025. 9 am - 6 pm PT, each day.

Location: Sammamish Valley Grange #286 (14654 148th Avenue Northeast, Woodinville, WA )

Cost: $495

Skill level prerequisite: This class is for students with experience making stake and strand willow baskets. You will need to be comfortable using a knife to cut scalloms and have experience with 3-rod wale and willow borders. Hand strength is critical for this basket; this is not a small project.

Instructor: Katherine Lewis

Materials: All included in your class fee

Size: H 10"-12" (plus handles) X W 23" X  D 15"

Max number of students: 9

Tools: Fixed-blade knife (curved blade if you have one), large awl, rapping iron, best garden shears or side cutters, ruler, weight. Tools will be available to borrow, you do not need to purchase tools to take this class.

Description: Everyone needs a good, sturdy laundry basket and this is a great method of weaving one from willow.

Beginning with a frame base woven on a prepared hoop, this basket is constructed using scallomed-on stakes and English randed sides.

Weaving the base on a pre-prepared hoop is fun–you’ll see that this base style can be used for many sizes and shapes of baskets or as a trivet on its own. After cutting scalloms on the butt ends of our stakes, we’ll tie them to the base.

The sides begin with three-rod waling for strength and setting the stakes into place. The side weaving will use English randing, with choices for how the weave is begun. The top of the basket has more three-rod waling and a 5-rod behind 2 border.

We’ll complete the basket with roped handles (inset handles are an alternate option if desired).

English randing allows you to weave the sides of your basket with larger willows. For those folks growing their own willow, it can be very useful to know ways to use some of the larger size willows that can grow here in the Pacific Northwest.

The last day to register for this class is Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Important Note: You must be a member of either the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild or the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild to attend this class. If you would like to join Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, click here.

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