Beginner’s Shopping Basket
20th & 21st June 2026. Melrose, Scottish Borders. This workshop is designed for beginners. You will learn how to make a round base, stake up your basket, wale and weave up the sides, turn down your border, insert and wrap…
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Introduction to Hazel Basketry
4th or 5th April 2026. Grizedale, Lake District. Join Lorna Singleton for this 1 day course introducing you to the wonders of hazel basketry. What you’ll learn:How to identify hazel and responsibly cut your rods.How to bend the rods around…
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Open Call to Scotland-Based Designer-Makers
Deadline 16th March 2026. Applications are now open for the Hamewares Collection, the third edition of commissioned products designed to be represented and sold in FOLD, the Barn’s dedicated retail space that presents the best of Scotland’s contemporary craft &…
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Irish Skib Baskets
19th & 26th June 2026. Dunblane, Stirlingshire. Join master basket weaver Anna Liebmann for an Irish Skib Basket workshop as you learn to weave over two welcoming and sociable days, developing core weaving skills through this elegant and practical form….
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Frame Basket Weekend
14th & 15th March 2026. Gifford, East Lothian. Due to the popularity of this workshop Karla Pearce has added a second date in Gifford. Join us at Gifford Village Hall in the charming East Lothian countryside to weave your very…
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Tim Johnson & Monica Guilera
18th to 20th August 2026. Bolton Village Hall, Northumberland. A taste of the mediterranean in Northumberland. A wonderful opportunity to work with these internationally acclaimed basketmakers. Both workshops are suitable for beginners and those with some experience. Numbers are limited,…
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Harvesting and Managing basketry willow beds
15th March 2026. Lauriston Agroecology Farm, Edinburgh. Join Anna Liebmann and volunteers for the first full harvest of the the new ‘perfect, model’ willow bed, planted in 2024 through ecotex mulch mat. We will weed around the edges and amongst…
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Hill and Adamson in Newhaven
14th February to 21st June 2026. Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson’s photographs of Newhaven, a small fishing port just north of Edinburgh, are regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of documentary photography. Over a…
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Hand-bound Brush Making
7th May 2026. Dunblane, Stirlingshire. Join basketmaker Simon Cooper (The Bumbling Basketeer) for a relaxed, hands-on introduction to the most satisfying craft of hand-bound brush making. Using natural Tampico or Arenga fibres and colourful nylon thread, you’ll create fully functional…
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The Great Scottish Basket Cases
16th & 17th May 2026. Green Aspirations, Stirling. Join Green Aspirations for a weekend of weaving magic as they welcome guest trainers from across Scotland. They are sorting out an amazing line-up of top-quality basket makers, giving you the choice…
