——August 29-30——Willow Baskets with Emily Derke

Related Courses: Basketry Courses

Dates: Saturday-Sunday, August 29-30, 2026, 9am-5pm

Optional: Friday, August 28, 6pm LivelyBaskets Craft Night Series presentation with Emily Dirke

Registration closes August 14 so the instructor can prepare materials.

Description: Learn to weave a sturdy, useful willow basket in this two day workshop. Whether you're brand new to basket making, or have woven a few, this class is tailored to beginners and continuing learners alike, with options for more advanced weaves if you're looking for that next step. Making a basket utilizes some of the most foundational skills in any craftwork—plant use and identification, basic knife skills, pattern recognition, hand strength and coordination. Traditions of basket making exist around the world, and styles depend on things like material availability, culture and function. In this class we'll be working in European stake and strand tradition to create a medium sized, handled basket. 

Tools:

• Bring pruning shears (these are good ones Okatsune)

• Craft knife Morakniv 106 or 120 (optional)

• Rapping iron (optional)

• Bodkin (optional)

• There will be a few knives, rapping irons and bodkins to share

Workshop fee is $225

Materials Fee: $50

EMILY DERKE is a craftsperson in a number of different mediums, but basket making has always taken priority. Learning to make the things we need and use has brought her all over the country and internationally to learn from many skilled teachers. With so much to learn and dive into, somehow she always comes back to the willow basket.