Basket Weaving Workshop with guest Carol Grant Hart

We are so pleased that renowned basket maker Carol Grant Hart is coming to teach Basket Weaving at the knit-one-one studio on:

Saturday May 9, 10 to 4:30 pm

3360, Adeline Street, Berkeley CA 94703 (1.5 blocks south of Alcatraz, a 7 minute walk from the Ashby BART station)

This will be our first basket weaving class and we are very excited.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Carol is coming to knit-one-one because of Peggy Vincent. It turns out that Carol is a friend of Peggy’s tattoo artist, Marie Wadman, of Diving Swallow, in Oakland. Carol lives on the east coast but comes out here to visit family and to do the occasional workshop. Peggy mentioned the possibility of a Basket Weaving Workshop in the Lady February Sweater Class. Everyone jumped at the idea and the workshop was born. Lucky us.

CELTIC HOOP AND RIB BASKET
Join us for a one day workshop in which we will fashion a small hoop and rib basket, also known as an Appalachian Egg Basket.  Learn about the Celtic origins, and numerous variations of this style of basket, now made in many places around the world.  Our baskets will be small, due to our limited class time, but you will learn what you need to make a larger version suitable as a knitting or garden basket.  We will use commercially available reed for our little basket. Gathering and processing local wild and garden materials which can be used in this type of basket will also be discussed.

Fee: $89.00 (there will be a $15.00 materials’ fee, payable on the day of class)

Note: Snacks will be provided but bring your own lunch or you can hop down to Sweet Adeline’s,3 doors away!

About Carol Grant Hart:
Carol is the author of Natural Basketry and has curated many major exhibits on International Baskets, techniques, and materials. She conducts workshops throughout the country and over the years has taught how to create 53 different types of baskets. She exhibits regularly. Locally her baskets can be seen at the Larkspur and Tiburon libraries in Marin County during the month of May 2009.
(To view other baskets by Carol Grant Hart, contact George Massey:  geomassey@yahoo.com)

Adeline Animal Life Update

Pin created by Almitas in honour of our birds! (see PS below)

a little sheep

Nora and Finn have a snuggle

One of our birds having fallen out of the nest

One of our birds---out of the nest---voluntarily!


The baby humming birds left the nest yesterday evening. But they came back to visit today. I was feeling a little mopey but there they were. On the tree. Looking ever so proud of themselves. Mother still feeding them--even though they are out of the nest.

And Finn is keeping us all amused. Nora and I played with her for a half hour the other day. (If you need to see me, check the back yard! With all that is going on back there, I don't have a spare minute)

If you want your own animal life, come to
our needle felting class
on Saturday April 11 and create a sheep. I know not the same but....pretty cute all the same!

PS

Karin of of Almitas---she who found the birds in the first place--after visiting us yesterday created these cute pins in their honor. Lucky birds. Lucky us.