CPBWG May Workshop

The Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers Guild hosted a weekend workshop lead by Gail Hutchinson.  Gail is a full time basket weaver from West Virginia, who travels the country to teach her craft.

I choose to make a round basket with a woven base that added extra spokes from #2 round reed that were manipulated to give a unique pattern to the side of the basket. 

The basket was finished with a ribbed rim and "flags" of the round reed encircling the top of the basket. The finished basket is 9 1/2" tall and 12" in diameter.

Starting the ribbed rim.

Basic step to the completed basket