SATURDAY SUPPLIERS–Is Your Cane & Basket Supply Company Listed Here? I just want to take a moment here to thank the wonderful Chair Caning & Basket Making Supply Companies that are my advertising sponsors here […]
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April Basket Weaving Classes at NWFA GalleryTwo basket classes with instructor Cathryn Peters will be held in April at the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in Cook, Minnesota ~~Friday, April 13, 2012~~ 10:30 a.m.
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS–Oh, my goodness, you just have to watch this video I ran across about building a birch bark canoe using only small non-motorized hand tools, doing it the old way of the elders. This
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Well, we had a very small but cozy student turn-out for the Easter Basket Class I taught at the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in Cook, Minnesota last Friday on March 30, 2012. And
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Have you ever woven a natural cattail leaf chair seat? It’s an age-old craft that not too many seat weavers practice anymore but is very rewarding, fun to do, and can be quite lucrative because
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Over the weekend I found out that one of our dear chair caning forum members, James Folmar, passed away at the age of 79. James was a bright light for us on the caning forum,
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Wednesday Wicker Wisdom Have you ever woven on a binder cane or porch cane seat and gotten to the last few rows and found that it’s nearly impossible to get those rows finished because the
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Does your wicker need to shape up? Have the years taken a tole on your antique wicker pieces? Are they in need of some drastic TLC? Does your wicker need to shape up?
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