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Invite a minimum of 5 people other than yourself to receive a $10 credit on the basket you decide to weave. You also receive an additional 10% credit of the total sales of your class. Kits of the class baskets are available for you to take home and do on your own with detailed, copyrighted patterns included.
You wont need many tools to make a simple basket like this; a knife, a pair of secateurs and maybe an Bodkin (a pointed tool used for separating the weave, a pointed stick or 6 inch nail would work sufficiently.) We start weaving a basket by making the base first. Cut 8 sections of Willow from thick shoots. For a small basket like I am making they only need to be about 30cm long. At the centre of four of these rods make a split about 5cm long.