Weave A Hazel Backpack
4th to 8th June 2025. Pitlochry. Join Lorna Singleton on this exciting collaboration which aims to be a 4-day immersion into Hazel Basketry. The aim of this course is to give you the skills to collect and process hazel into…
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Twining Workshop
15th & 16th February 2025. Bolton, Northumberland. Exploring plant fibres and basketry with Anna Corbett. Twining with plant fibres consists of two pieces of material (the ‘weavers’) moving around, and crossing over between, some unmoving elements (stakes, spokes, uprights). If…
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Willow Plant support Workshops
23rd February 2025. Cabrach Huntly. Willow Plant Support – Tall Spiral Learn to weave a tall spiral plant support for your peas and beans or climbers to grow up. A great, useful and beautiful addition for any garden.9.30am to 1.00pm,…
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QEST craft funding
Deadline 10 Feb 2025. Applications for QEST craft funding are now open. QEST offers three grants to support makers and conservators at various career stages, strengthening the pipeline of talented craft professionals in the UK. They provide funding for education…
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Willow birdfeeder workshop
Tue Jan 28th, 2025. Lochview Rural Training Centre, Lairg, Highlands. Come join us at the Lochview Rural Training centre for a fun and creative workshop where you’ll learn how to make your very own bird feeder out of willow! This hands-on event is perfect…
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Willow harvesting
January. Craik Farm, Northumberland We’re currently harvesting willow rods at Craik Farm, Northumberland. Sessions at the plot are usually held from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm, weather permitting. During January, we’ll be harvesting Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting on 17th…
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Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft
8th March – 8th June 2025. Dunfermline, Fife. Opening at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries on 8th March 2025, International Women’s Day, Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft will bring together the work of 13 of Scotland’s most inventive,…
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Rush hat making workshop
26th April 2025. Bathgate, West Lothian. Spend the day with Hermione Toulson learning how to weave your own sunhat made from rush, harvested by hand on the Somerset Levels. During the day you will learn how rush is harvested and…
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Intro to Basketry: Weave a Star
18th January 2025 Blanefield, Stirlingshire Learn foundational basketry techniques in this mindful workshop with Max Johnson. In this relaxing, meditative beginners’ basketry workshop, you’ll use truly ancient basketry techniques to weave a willow star, giving you a great introduction to…
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Weaving by the sea 2025
Spring and Autumn 2025. Barcelona, Spain. The Mediterranean Basketry Holiday are delighted to announce the dates for our Weaving by the Sea 2025 events.Following the success of the 2024 events we will once again offer a Weaving by the Sea…
