Make a Pine Needle Basket

Instructor: Pam Hermann 

Saturday, October 21

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Ages: Adult (18 and up)

All levels are welcome. No experience required.

Student Supplies:

• Note Taking Materials
• Readers or magnification (optional) Olive’s Porch classroom has

Start with a beautiful, prepared hardwood base.  Then experience the joy and art of coiling with specially prepared glycerin pine needles and artificial sinew and create a lovely dish with the handle woven in. Leave with a finished 4.5 inch wide by 3.5-inch-tall pine needle dish you can show off to your friends.  Use it for your business cards, jewelry, candy, or other trinkets.

All materials are included with a $65 PAYABLE TO THE INSTRUCTOR at the time of the workshop. Material costs include a kit of materials put together by the instructor.

*Payment by cash or check is required for materials fees. 

 About Instructor:

Pam made her first pine needle basket in June of 1994 and has since traveled to Thailand with the Royalwood tour and made 13 trips to Alaska to learn Pine Needle Basketry from Jeannie McFarland and Native Haida weaving with Delores Churchill. She harvests and prepares her own western red and Alaskan yellow cedar barks and Sitka spruce root. She has traveled to Scotland and Ireland to learn from local basket makers. She loves everything about weaving, from the gathering and preparation of materials to creating beautiful, mostly functional vessels. The connection of weaving across cultures continues to amaze and inspire her.  Sharing her knowledge and continuing to learn from other weavers brings her great joy.