Woven Progressions - Intermediate Weaves
Learn to add decorative flourishes and details to your baskets while we experiment with unique shapes.
You'll create a stunning braided market basket, an ever-useful tray basket, and a darling melon basket.
Braided Market Basket
Closed base basket worked with chicken feet. Start-stop woven walls.
A braid motif is worked into the wall using six reed strands. Swing handled with an x-lashed rim.
Dimensions: 14-inch x 12-inch, 16-inch tall handle when standing straight.
Coffee Table Tray Basket
A closed base basket worked w/chicken feet. Short, straight-side walls frame the tray. Finished with an x-lashed rim.
Set this on your coffee table to hold flowers, remotes or as a centerpiece in the dining room.
Dimensions: 20-inch x 14-inch x 3-inch.
Small Melon Basket
A small ribbed basket worked over two round hoops.
This is a great basket for home decor, garden harvesting, farmers market shopping, or gift basket.
Dimensions: 10 inches in diameter.
What you receive:
Full-Color Basket Pattern Instruction Guide
The pattern will include the following elements:
🧺 Materials list
🧺 Tools list
🧺 Cut list (lengths of stakes and other basket elements)
🧺 Outline of the basket weaving process
🧺 Written directions with photos demonstrating each step.
Basket Weavers Guide
The PDF Basket Weavers Guide includes:
🔍 Basket weaving glossary
🔍 Rattan basket materials guide
🔍 Weaving technique photo guide
🔍 Basket weaving tools guide
Video Tutorial
🎥 You will receive a series of bite-sized videos leading you through each step of the basket weaving process.
🎥 The videos are shot from multiple angles as I walk you step-by-step through the weaving process.
Tips and Inspiration
💡We want to do everything we can to help you succeed on this journey.
💡Woven through the course are helpful tips, creative inspiration, resources, and sometimes discounts!
💡You may be weaving in the privacy of your own home, but you’re not alone.
Example Curriculum
- Welcome to Braided Market Basket Course (0:14)
- Braided Market Basket Instruction Manual
- Putting the finishing touches on your baskets
- Materials (0:27)
- Tools and Workspace (1:03)
- Cut and Mark Stakes (2:27)
- Preparing the Handle (1:05)
- Laying out the Base (10:04)
- Truing the Base (3:29)
- Chicken Feet (3:21)
- Upsetting the Stakes (1:36)
- Weaving the First Row
- Weaving the Next 17 Rows (7:29)
- Packing the Rows (0:41)
- Using Shorter Lengths (1:31)
- Weaving the Six Strand Braid (16:08)
- Weaving the Final Rows (1:23)
- Finishing the Ends of the Braid (1:06)
- Making Adjustments (1:26)
- Get social with your weaving
- Cut and Tuck (2:09)
- Setting up the Rim (5:57)
- Lashing the Rim (7:29)
- Final Thoughts (1:49)
- How to use your braided swing handled market basket
- Welcome to Coffee Table Tray Basket Course (2:02)
- How to Use This Course (6:00)
- Tools and Materials (1:01)
- Coffee Table Tray Basket Instruction Manual
- Conquer procrastination
- Setting up Your Weaving Workspace (1:14)
- Laying out the Base (12:25)
- Squaring the Base (0:54)
- Finishing the Base with Chicken Feet (3:16)
- Upsetting the Stakes (3:09)
- Weaving the Walls of the Tray (16:46)
- Cutting and Tucking the Stakes (2:54)
- Gifts for the creative in your life - or maybe for you...
- Setting up the Rim (8:40)
- Lashing the Rim (11:39)
- Drying, Signing and Finishing (4:08)
- How to use your coffee table tray basket
- Welcome to Small Melon Basket Course (2:03)
- Small Melon Basket Instruction Manual
- Using Pinterest (and other social media) for your creative journey
- Tools and Materials (1:50)
- Marking the Hoops (8:23)
- Cutting the Ribs (7:12)
- Weaving the Gods Eye 1st Side (15:21)
- Weaving the Gods Eye 2nd Side- Alternate Method (8:34)
- The value of a handmade object
- Inserting the Ribs (5:05)
- Weaving the Body Part 1 (24:41)
- Weaving the Body Part 2 (18:26)
- Final Touches (3:15)
- How to use your small melon basket