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Coiled Tule and Cattail Pack Basket and Woven Straps


  • Raven's Roots Naturalist School 100 Harris Avenue Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)

Saturday and Sunday: Students will learn how to coil tule and cattail and create my very own style of a soft and strong pack basket. We will use the Mariposa style coil and learn how to apply coiling to other wild basketry materials. Saturday afternoon, participants will join me for a cattail and tule harvest in the canyons by my home, and learn how to clean, sort and dry these amazing plants.

Sunday: Once the basket is finished students will use a back strap loom to weave a strap from fibers they have spun or upcycled yarns I have salvaged.