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New “How-to Gathering Cattails” YouTube Video

October 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · What's New

Typhus angustiflia (narrow leaf cattail)

I just made another video and uploaded it to YouTube, on Gathering & Drying Cattail Leaves. Please rate the video and leave your comments, too!

So, be sure to check it out and then stay tuned for more as we weave our own cattail leaf rush chair seat! YouTube.com/thewickerwoman

Read the print article here on the website on the Articles tab, “Gathering Cattail Leaves” and “Processing Cattail Leaves.”

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Gathering Cattails for Hand-twisted Rush Class

September 19th, 2007 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

A couple of weeks ago I went out gathering cattail leaves from the road ditches to be used next year in the chair seat rush weaving class I’m teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina on June 29-July 5, 2008. See the Events Calendar on WickerWoman.com for a descriptive listing and pictures.
All the cattail leaves are spread out over screen doors and chicken wire on sawhorses in my studio and will have to dry for a total of about 2-4 weeks, until they are completly dry. Then I will bundle them up in a manageable size, wrap with newspaper, tie and stack in a corner, butt side down until we need to use them next year for class.

If you are interested in this gathering and processing proceedure and care to do some yourself, read my Tip Sheet article on WickerWoman.com about “Gathering, Processing and Weaving Cattails“
Intrigued by this age-old and nearly lost art of seat weaving? Anxious to learn how to do it yourself? Then visit the John C. Campbell Folk School website and request a catalog for 2008. Learn all about the traditional seat weaving technique of hand-twisted cattail or bulrush seat in this rarely taught class and first time ever at the Campbell Folk School.
Enroll in the class right away so it won’t be cancelled, see you next year in Brasstown, North Carolina for the Hand-twisted Rush Seatweaving Class! Learn all about the traditional seat weaving technique of hand-twisted cattail and bulrush chair seat weaving!
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