Willowandyoga

Contact Name: Nicki Rowling

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5 Lakeview Cottages
Balchins Lane
Westcott, Dorking
Surrey
RH4 3LN

Willowandyoga

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Willowandyoga's Courses

Christmas willow weaving

Christmas willow weaving

Surrey - Next course on 9th November 2019

Come and visit us in the Surrey Hills where we run a variety of courses in a few different locations. Baskets and garden willow to name a few. This Christmas course covers wreaths, chains, stars and trees. We mainly use willow but also have other materials for you to work with including cane, twines, strings, sea grass, bark and wool's to incorporate in your creations. We begin with an introduction to the material, how it is grown and prepared for use we move on to basic structures of the decorations...

Garden planter/tipi in the Surrey Hills

Garden planter/tipi in the Surrey Hills

Online & Surrey - Next course on 5th October 2019

Come to Surrey and weave a beautiful garden planter/tipi that can be used for your sweat peas, beans or annuals and even as a light sculpture. Using a variety of willow that is grown locally and from Somerset we start with a group of tall sticks and then weave a ring to bind them all together at the base. From there it is a spiralling weave all the way to the top, changing the length of the willow we use until we finally bind it all together with willow knots....

Living willow harlequin trees

Living willow harlequin trees

Surrey - Next course on 18th January 2020

On arrival you will be greeted with a welcoming drink and homemade cakes. Gluten and dairy free available. Once settled in and the journey to get here forgotten, we begin the day learning about willow; how it is grown and prepared for basket making and, weaving and 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.

Practical, functional, kindling and useful baskets in the Surrey Hills

Practical, functional, kindling and useful baskets in the Surrey Hills

Surrey - Next course on 2nd November 2019

Come for a full day and weave a wooden base to create some a beautiful woven round basket with or without a wooden handle. Learning trac borders, three rod wale and either a traditional or spiral border your basket will be functional and stylish. This basket workshop is ideal for beginners and we also cover where to source the materials and how to prepare them for use.

The Tiffin basket

The Tiffin basket

Surrey - Next course on 2nd November 2019

Nestled in the Surrey Hills overlooking the fields is the Wotton Village Hall where we run the Tiffin course from 10am-4.30pm After teas, coffees and homemade cakes we talk you through the growing process of willow and how to prepare it for use. Then step by step we teach you how to weave the Tiffin. 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, sea grass and...

Zarzo baskets

Surrey - Next course on 12th October 2019

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...