AN INVITATION TO learn how to make my own basket from an old lariat sounded too good to pass up. So that is why — in spite of last Monday evening’s pouring rain — I went to the Mount Olympus Chapter ...

On Christmas many years ago, Mia Gerber’s father-in-law gave her a unique gift. He taught her how to weave baskets. A noted folk artist in Florida and Tennessee, the late Fred Gerber passed along his ...

After spending 40-plus hours weaving a Nantucket Lightship Basket, Patty Campbell sometimes has a hard time handing over the finished product to a customer. “Weaving the baskets is very rewarding and ...

In 1994, Ethel M. Gill learned basket making from a co-worker, and hasn’t looked back. It was like a match made in heaven that combined her eagerness to learn something new with a natural talent for ...

Talk about making sweet lemonade out of sour lemons. Only this is better. Peter Bauer of Rewild Portland teaches classes on weaving baskets out of vines of invasive English ivy. His motto: Weave a ...

American Indian traditions are alive and well at Mission San Juan Capistrano, thanks to a small group who have maintained the art of basket weaving. Teeter Marie Olivares Romero, Ellen Sue Olivares ...