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Getting Started with Willow - Course and Kit

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What’s Included?
  • Learn to weave a willow star, a heart and a lovely Catalan tension tray.
  • Get all the materials you need delivered to your door.
  • Choose between Buff (light) or Brown (dark) Willow.
  • Get lifetime access to Mollie Mcmillen's brilliant, in-depth online course
  • Each project will teach you an important new skill to help you weave your first basket!
Choose which type of willow you would like to use: Buff Willow

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About this course and kit

If you want to learn to weave with willow but you don't feel quite ready to take on your first basket then this course and kit is the perfect choice. You'll get lifetime access to Mollie Mcmillen's lovely 3-hour online course, plus all the materials you need will be delivered to your door!

During the course you'll learn to make three lovely beginner projects - a willow star with fairy lights,
a willow heart (great for learning how to make willow bend without breaking it) and a beautiful Catalan tension tray. Each project will teach you a specific new skill that you will use when you come to make your first basket. You'll also learn how to prepare the willow for weaving, how to select the right rods
and a whole host of other vital skills. Check out the course trailer above.

Here’s a preview of what you’ll learn to make:

How It Works

1
Start watching the online course - it's super easy set up and you get lifetime access.
2
Receive a lovely kit in the post that includes all the materials you need for the course.
3
Spend a wonderful afternoon learning and crafting - refering the online course as you go.
4
Experience the joy and satisfaction of making something beautiful and useful with your own two hands!

What's included in the kit?

  1. A bundle of high-quality willow weaving rods (enough to weave all three projects with a bit extra left over to try one again). All our willow is sustainably grown.
  2. A soaking bag - your willow will need to be soaked for a couple of hours before you weave it - full instructions are included.
  3. Wire ties for holding your willow in place while you are weaving.
  4. Fairy lights to decorate your star.

What's included in the online course?

This online course contains three and a half hours of expert instruction with leading basketmaker and teacher Mollie McMillen. You can access the course from any device by logging into our website (we will provide you with login details after purchase). Our courses are produced by our BAFTA-winning team of filmmakers which means they are cleary presented and well thought out. Students get the right piece of information at the right time, which means they get great results. Plus we are always on hand to answer questions.

LIFETIME ACCESS:

When you buy one of our courses you get lifetime access, which means you can watch it whenever you want and as many times as you want in future. This means you will always retain your new knowledge and skills.

Should I choose buff or brown willow?

To make willow pliable for weaving, it first needs to be soaked in water (you can use your bath or the special soaking bag provided in your kit).

Buff willow (light brown toffee colour) is great because you only have to soak it for a few hours before your can weave with it.

Brown willow is willow in its natural state with the bark still on. Ours has a beautiful dark green colour but there are many other varieties/colours you can use.

It takes longer to soak in your bag (a few days) but the process is extremely easy and we've found that overall brown willow is a bit easier for beginners to work with. The rods bend more easily round corners and are less likely to snap. It's also very hardwaring and looks fantastic!

What else do I need?

The only tool you need to do this course is a pair of garden secateurs. Any will do.

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What our customers are saying

"I absolutely loved this course and kit. I did it with my daughter and we both really enjoyed it. Now we both want to learn to make a basket! "

Emma D. via email.