Weavin’ Wicker Woman Blog
Live each day to the fullest–Monday Mention
MONDAY MENTION--I've been thinking quite a lot about family and friends over the years since my father, Jack Jungroth passed away in 2011 and also after receiving some of Dad's mother's (my paternal grandmother's) personal effects. I'll be posting some more about...
Artist in Residence–What’s That?
I've been asked to be an Artist in Residence! A few months ago I was asked to be the September Artist in Residence at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. My stint will be for four days, Thursday-Sunday, September 22-25, 2016. North House is way up on...
What’s the 4th Way to Start a Paper Rush Seat?
Let's do a review here of the variety of ways to begin "squaring up" a trapezoidal seat before I show you the fourth method to start a paper rush seat, OK? This page may contain affiliate links since WickerWoman.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC...
Starting to Rush That Chair Seat?
Are you a new chair seat weaver? Getting into this seatweaving craft for either fun or profit? Are you intimidated by weaving your first paper rush seat? If so, then maybe this post will be a big help to get you on the right track. Rushing to start? Choose your best...
Dinosaur Blogger Confessions
As you can tell by the blog post title above, I'm confessing a few things and explaining my six-month absence from the blog earlier this year, in today's post... But first, I want to Welcome All the New Subscribers and also thank those of you that have been with me...
Antler Baskets–On the Range Exhibition
I'm pleased to have my antler basketry included in this wonderful exhibition the entire month of August, depicting aspects of life on the Iron Range of Minnesota August 4-27, 2016. The First Stage Gallery in the Lyric Center for the Arts, 514 Chestnut Street,...
Antler Basket Class Fun at North House Folk School
We had another great antler basket class up at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota over the 4th of July weekend. The Antler Basket Weaving class was held in the Red Building (don't have an outside photo of that, though) on campus, which is usually where...
Missing Cane Fish Head in Corner Hole?
The previous weaver of this cane seat made a lot of mistakes, but for this blog post, we are only talking about one big, glaring error. We'll use this photo to discuss other caning errors in future blog posts. Can you spot the error that I'm singling in on here? It's...
What’s up with the different email systems?
From Feedburner, to MailChimp to ConvertKit? Sorry, but it's been a while since I last made a blog post, huh? I'm back in action again and will be giving a full explanation of my absence and why I dropped out in my monthly newsletter. In this post, I'll be letting you...
Black ash basketweaving
A couple of days ago, one of the many emails from Popular Woodworking Magazine was one I was waiting for – April Stone Dahl’s new video about her black ash basketry is available for download, or for ordering the physical disc. I got the download and have been...
Welcome, my friend, to TWW! I'm Cathryn and I'm excited to share with you all I've learned about chair caning, wicker repair, and basketry over the last 40+ years. Let's weave up some magic together!
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