Happy Easter Everyone!
I am amazed at the beautiful sunrises we have up here in northern Minnesota, especially in the winter and early spring. So when I saw this series of the rising sun in March, I […]
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Thanks Cane and Basket Supplies Sponsors
SATURDAY SUPPLIERS–Is Your Cane & Basket Supply Company Listed Here? I just want to take a moment here to thank the wonderful Chair Caning & Basket Making Supply Companies that are my advertising sponsors here
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April Basket Classes with Cathryn Peters
April Basket Weaving Classes at NWFA GalleryTwo basket classes with instructor Cathryn Peters will be held in April at the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in Cook, Minnesota ~~Friday, April 13, 2012~~ 10:30 a.m.
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The Native Way of Building a Birch Bark Canoe
THURSDAY THOUGHTS–Oh, my goodness, you just have to watch this video I ran across about building a birch bark canoe using only small non-motorized hand tools, doing it the old way of the elders. This
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Basket Classes at Northwoods Friends of the Arts
Well, we had a very small but cozy student turn-out for the Easter Basket Class I taught at the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in Cook, Minnesota last Friday on March 30, 2012. And
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Know How to Weave Seats Using Cattail Leaves?
Have you ever woven a natural cattail leaf chair seat? It’s an age-old craft that not too many seat weavers practice anymore but is very rewarding, fun to do, and can be quite lucrative because
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Another Chair Caning Expert Passes
Over the weekend I found out that one of our dear chair caning forum members, James Folmar, passed away at the age of 79. James was a bright light for us on the caning forum,
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Wide Binding Cane-loosen up tension
Wednesday Wicker Wisdom Have you ever woven on a binder cane or porch cane seat and gotten to the last few rows and found that it’s nearly impossible to get those rows finished because the
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