Willow pack basket

The fitching technique makes for an open and elegant basket.

Timeless and enduring, the Adirondack Pack Basket is a familiar sight in the place that I call home. Also referred to as a trapper’s basket, or backpack basket, the Adirondack Pack Basket has…

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English Willow Baskets - willow baskets, basket making tools, living willow, willow coffins and artists charcoal since 1819. Visitor Centre & Tea Rooms. Call 01823 490249.

Unique Old Maine Open Pack Basketearly 20th century, splint oak with canvas harness, integral creel, marked "Western" k

Hatton Willow, based in Caerphilly, Wales, crafts premium handmade willow baskets, sells willow cuttings and hosts willow weaving courses.

Dried willow branches provide the perfect medium for weaving willow baskets, furniture, and wreaths. Simply, soak dried willow in water to make the willow pliable again and ready for weaving. Our willow branches, sticks, or rods are dried for one year after being harvested. This ensures they will retain their thickness, integrity, and tension for best use in weaving willow baskets, sculptures, and fencing. Growing straight willow sticks requires yearly coppicing.

Make a pack basket for camping. Pack Baskets have been used for centuries. In America they are associated with trapping, portaging canoes, and snow shoes.