The Farms: Basket Weaving: Warm & Cozy

Experience Level: Beginner

Learn how to craft a unique basket to hold an electronic candle at Basket Weaving: Warm & Cozy on Monday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Greenhouse Auditorium.

Instructor Bonnie Rideout will lead students as they choose from a variety of floral patterns and begin by inserting spokes into a wood base secured with glue. Students will also learn twining, starting and stopping, and the use of overlays. Shaping and Tension will be emphasized.  Students will take home their own unique basket, as well as a candle (batteries not included)!

$75/person. Register here. Registration will close Oct. 13 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.

Learn more about the space where your course will take place here. If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email owarren@illinois.edu.

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About the instructor

Bonnie Rideout wove her first basket in 1994 and quickly caught the “basket bug.” She created a business — Bonnie’s Baskets in Decatur — in 2006 to teach others to weave. She is also a traveling instructor and has taught weaving in 18 states.

Find out more about Bonnie on her website, Facebook, Instagram and Etsy pages.

About The Farms

The Farms: An Allerton Folk School, offers classes, workshops, and gatherings focusing on art, health & wellness, history, nature & outdoor education, or science. All experiences value hands-on, experiential teaching and learning, and are facilitated by and for the members of the community.

See the complete Fall schedule here.