Willowandyoga

Come to the Surrey Hills for a day of weaving. This is a great introduction to working with willow as we weave from a wooden base to create a beautiful woven round basket. Choose to add a handle or make a larger kindling basket without one. Learning trac borders, three rod wale and a spiral border your basket will be functional and stylish. We offer different willow and a few other materials so it will be very individual. This basket workshop is ideal for beginners and we also cover where...

Come and visit us in the Surrey Hills where we run a variety of courses, baskets and garden willow to name but a few. We spend the day creating beautiful Christmas decorations in a variety of different willows and cane. The large two dimensional Christmas tree woven in willow or cane looks lovely adorned with lights entwined or make a few smaller ones that can be set in logs. Weave a large star in willow or cane and also learn how to make a willow wreath.

This course runs in February and March and will next be available in 2021. Once settled in and the journey to get here forgotten, we begin the day learning about willow; how it is grown and prepared for living willow projects. You are supplied with a pot and compost and the making starts with techniques to create your own living willow harlequin tree.

The Tiffin is a rectangular basket, with rounded corners created from an oak base, which we cut, drill, sand and oil for the bottom Using a variety of willows, cane, hop twine and sea grass with leather handles you create you own beautiful basket with trac borders, three rod wale, french randing and twining or alternatively plait some rush and weave that into the basket. This is suitable for those who have woven previously for best results but can be made by a beginner.

Come to the Surrey Hills for a day of willow weaving. Small groups with a max of 4 people. With a variety of projects to choose from including: Contemporary wood based baskets for kindling, handbags, small lunch baskets (the Tiffin) and wood handled baskets or in the more traditional style, round fruit baskets, the Spanish Zarzo, and for previous weavers oval and rectangular baskets. Please note prices do vary for projects using wood bases and leather handles. Also available is a day of weaving for your garden. Choosing a few...

Bespoke courses for couples and small groups only. Our woodland workshop and individual tuition is exclusively yours for the day. Costs - Minimum of 2 people - £90 pp or 3 to 4 people - £70 pp. Weekends or weekdays. Full day timings; 10 - 4 Meet at our woodland workshop in the heart of the Surrey Hills. As a couple or a small group you can choose one of the traditional woodland craft choices offered below, this is to ensure that you share the same craft experience together and...

The Zarzo basket supposedly originated in Northern Spain where it was used by cheese makers for draining cheese. The course starts with an introduction to willow, where it is grown, its preparation and the different varieties you can weave with. We then sort sort and choose the right weavers for the basket. Working in pairs to set the basket up, you then move on to weaving your own. This also involves creating the handle and adding binding and decorative features. The course can be run for smaller groups at my...

Come to the Surrey Hills for our half day course making a Zarzo flower basket. This basket works really well great for flower arrangements and collecting your vegetables and cut flowers. Working in two different colours the weave sweeps around to create this unique shape.