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We are excited that the former Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild is now a Textile Center special interest group:
Basket Weaving at Textile Center!

As part of this new partnership, we are offering special basket making classes and related programs.

Join the basketry fun! Sign up to be a part of Basket Weaving at Textile Center.

There is no cost to join, but plenty of perks:

  • Early registration for basketry classes and open weave sessions at Textile Center
  • Scholarships and reduced price tuition for basketry classes
  • Access to a reduced cost ($35) Textile Center membership
  • Space for gatherings
  • A fun and creative community of basket makers and enthusiasts!

Basket Weaving at Textile Center Sign-up Form

 

UPCOMING BASKETRY CLASSES

Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, 9 am – 5 pm Jeni Mursau Learn to weave the iconic Adirondack pack basket in this special two-day workshop. With ancient roots in the indigenous communities of the northeastern region of North America, the Adirondack pack basket was for centuries used as a woven vessel to carry hunting and fishing supplies. Renowned for its shape that contours to the body of the wearer, this basket epitomizes both form and function. Learn to weave a base using continuous weaving techniques with various size flat oval reeds and how to scarf starts and stops if the overlap is too thick. Explore techniques for shaping the elegant

Adirondack Pack Basket • Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, 9 am – 5 pm

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BASKETRY OPEN WEAVE

Textile Center has dedicated classroom space available for a Basketry Open Weave on Tuesdays between 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm. If you and a group of Basket Weavers are interested in holding an Open Weave at Textile Center during one of these times please email Brig Bogue, Education and Web Assistant, at bbogue@textilecentermn.org, to reserve a space.

(Header: baskets made by Debbie Johnson)