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    Basket Weaving

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    Get Started Basket Weaving

    Here you will find the most recent basketry articles to help you learn the art of basket weaving.

    How to Protect Your Handwoven Baskets From Mold

    A basket, brushes and some cans of wood stain on a piece of fabric

    Basket Stains and Sealers: Finishing Your Basket

    Signing Your Handwoven Baskets: Leaving a Legacy

    How to Weave a Basket in 2 Hours

    Basket Weaving Glossary

    market basket kit

    7 Tips to Get You Started Weaving Baskets

    Close up of a basket on a towel

    Weaving Techniques for Basket Making

    A basket in front of a cloth

    How to Do Cross-Stitch or X-Lashing on a Basket Rim

    Basket sitting on grass

    How to do Basic Lashing on a Basket Rim

    A basket on a towel with clips

    How to Set Up the Rim on a Basket

    The inside of a basket

    How to Weave a Closed Basket Base

    The bottom of a basket on a towel

    Open Base and Closed Base Baskets

    Introduction to Basket Weaving

    Basket-making is a handicraft. The process of using reed, yarn, branches, vines, plants, or fibers to form an object that can hold items for easier transport.

    Basket making has been around for centuries, and many cultures have their style of baskets and techniques for weaving them.

    There are lots of different basket styles, traditions, and techniques. Baskets started as a means in which to create a receptacle for carrying belongings.

    Basketry has become a form of craft for the maker, reenactor, and survivalist in more recent times.

    Using natural materials – often sturdy grasses and branches or wood splints, a basket is woven by building a foundation and then incorporating supporting pieces to construct a bottom and walls.

    Textile Indie focuses on using reed from the rattan plant found in Indonesia. Rattan is a vine that grows on the trees in Indonesian jungles. It is harvested, stripped down into different widths, shapes, and lengths to form the reed used for basketry.

    Many different weaving techniques can be used in rattan baskets. Twill weaves, continuous weave, triple weave, braids, plain weave, and others. Baskets can be simple shapes and styles like a market basket with a basic handle or complex shapes and construction like an egg basket.

    Learn how to make rattan baskets using the tutorials, patterns, videos, and resources suggested on Textile Indie. Start your basketry adventures with our free video course to make a beginner market basket.

    Beginner Basket Weaving Series

    This list of basketry tutorials will help you start weaving. These allow the beginner to delve into the world of basketry.

    If you follow the order listed below, you will be able to go through all the steps to complete your first basket.

    7 Tips to Get you Started Weaving Baskets

    Beginners Guide to Basket Making

    Basket Making Glossary

    Beginners Guide to Basketry Materials

    Beginners Guide to Handles

    Basket Making Tools: What you Will Need to Get Started

    How to Cut Reed for Basket Stakes

    How to Set up the Rim on a Basket

    How to Do Basic Lashing on a Basket Rim

    Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Handled Basket

    Signing Your Handwoven Baskets: Leaving a Legacy

    Basket Stains and Sealers: Finishing Your Baskets

    How to Protect Your Basket After Weaving

    Types of Baskets

    Basket Making Courses

    If you are interested in going deeper into your basket-making journey, consider taking one of Textile Indie’s basketry video courses. These courses teach step-by-step how to create handwoven baskets.

    Market Basket Video Course

    Basket sitting on grass

    Bean Pot Baskets Video Course

    Braided Swing-Handle Market Basket Video Course

    Basket featuring a braided motif and swing handle sitting in grass surrounded by dry leaves.

    Textile Indie Supplies Etsy Shop: Basketry Supplies

    Textile Indie has an Etsy shop called Textile Indie Supplies.

    Check it out for kits, tools, and other materials to pursue basketry.

    Textile Indie Basketry Videos

    Check out Textile Indie’s Basket Weaving Techniques Playlist on Youtube.

    For a list of full basket weaving, video tutorials see Baskets to Weave Playlist on Youtube.

    For more textile basketry videos check out my Youtube channel

    Free Basket Making Course

    This free online video course covers the entire process of making a market basket.

    Beginner Basket Making – Market Basket

    Course materials resources page

    Learn all the techniques and skills you need to get started creating your baskets.

    From cutting reed for stakes to completing the rim with lashing, learn all the beginner techniques.

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