In the Making...

Mr. and I spent a day at The Basket Case recently and had a great time. We made a willow basket each from scratch. This is the only photo I managed while we were making the baskets 8 hours and many scratches and broken nails later; we had a willow basket each. Mr.'s Mine Mr. very kindly made his so that it stacked with mine (just a happy coincidence)- makes storing them at home a lot easier. The woman who taught us was a very good teacher and it was a nice relaxing day. They grow their own willow for weaving and we got to see it growing too.

Major Oak We had an absolutely wonderful day wandering around the bowyers and archery shops of Nottinghamshire - bow shopping. While we were there we stopped off at Sherwood Forest.   Next month, Mr. and I have booked in to do a willow basket weaving workshop at The Basket Case . We had a bit of inspiration at the Archery Have-a-Go in Sherwood Forest. They had some beautiful wicker ground quivers.  Mr. decided to "Have-A-Go" even though he's been an archer for over a decade and already been to three archery shops that day to try out their bows! Boys and their toys! Spotted Robin Hood while we were there too...