'natural rush seat weaving'

Of course the North House Folk School campus didn’t look like this on February 3 & 4, 2007 when we held the Cattail Rush Seatweaving Class, but at least you can appreciate the beauty of the campus situated on the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota.

Here’s Cheryl Winter getting a good start on weaving her bulrush seat. She had taken a previous class of mine using cattail leaves, and so this time, wanted to experience the imported Portugese bulrush instead.

And here is Phyllis Miller working on her cattail leaf footstool. This was her first attempt at doing any rush weaving, so I was surprised that not only did she pick up the rush weaving pattern extremely well, but she also got the hang of twisting the cattails to make the rope.

Wow, far better than my first paper fibre rush job, done from instructions in a magazine!

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