We are so pleased that renowned basket maker Carol Grant Hart is coming to teach Basket Weaving at the knit-one-one studio on:
Saturday May 9, 10 to 4:30 pm
3360, Adeline Street, Berkeley CA 94703 (1.5 blocks south of Alcatraz, a 7 minute walk from the Ashby BART station)
This will be our first basket weaving class and we are very excited.
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HERECarol is coming to knit-one-one because of Peggy Vincent. It turns out that Carol is a friend of Peggy’s tattoo artist, Marie Wadman, of
Diving Swallow, in Oakland. Carol lives on the east coast but comes out here to visit family and to do the occasional workshop. Peggy mentioned the possibility of a Basket Weaving Workshop in the Lady February Sweater Class. Everyone jumped at the idea and the workshop was born. Lucky us.
CELTIC HOOP AND RIB BASKET
Join us for a one day workshop in which we will fashion a small hoop and rib basket, also known as an Appalachian Egg Basket. Learn about the Celtic origins, and numerous variations of this style of basket, now made in many places around the world. Our baskets will be small, due to our limited class time, but you will learn what you need to make a larger version suitable as a knitting or garden basket. We will use commercially available reed for our little basket. Gathering and processing local wild and garden materials which can be used in this type of basket will also be discussed.
Fee: $89.00 (there will be a $15.00 materials’ fee, payable on the day of class)
Note: Snacks will be provided but bring your own lunch or you can hop down to
Sweet Adeline’s,3 doors away!
About Carol Grant Hart:
Carol is the author of Natural Basketry and has curated many major exhibits on International Baskets, techniques, and materials. She conducts workshops throughout the country and over the years has taught how to create 53 different types of baskets. She exhibits regularly. Locally her baskets can be seen at the Larkspur and Tiburon libraries in Marin County during the month of May 2009.
(To view other baskets by Carol Grant Hart, contact George Massey: geomassey@yahoo.com)
