Willow Weaving - ‘We’ Made An Obelisk

that is brilliant Dawn. Remember not to put it in the soil yet or it may well root!

Thanks Seaburn, good idea :-) haha we don't want that, it's in the greenhouse, I'll leave it there for winter.

Fantastic,Dawn! Looks really effective too! Skills I would love to have! I think you have both done a grand job. ;-))

Thanks Kate, it was tricky, a two man job lol

Wow! Well done both of you. You’ll be an expert in no time at all. Thats brilliant!

I think it's lovely Dawn, and you were brave to have a go at it :) I hope to see it and its springtime partner in your garden next year :)

Looks fantastic with artistic flare. In basket weaving, they always soak or steam the wicker prior. Would that also work for this?

Well done Dawn and your OH! I think that was adventurous of you, and it must have been so satisfying to make something with your own hands 🙂 it looks positively professional too 🙂.

Dawn, that looks great, well done to you both.

It does look really good. It will be very useful too but looks lovely just as it is. I like all forms of woven willow so I shall look forward to seeing what you make in the spring.

Thanks everyone.
Bathgate, yes you're right, I've since read soaking the willow overnight is what is needed so next time I will lay them in the brook overnight.

Well done Dawn ,our son has made a lot of willow things , long arches, wigwams all sorts of things I shall be keen to see your results next spring ...

Whoo Amy, do you have any tips?

Brilliant Amy! A tip from some work I did with the local wildlife trust was to strip the bark off the inch or so. If its left on its ten to one that the willow will root, which looks pretty but might not be what you're after.

That's great advice Stera, I will do that

Congratulations, Dawn! That obelisk looks really good! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it next year!

I'll ask for his advice when he comes down at Christmas time Dawn .... we've been away to Poland Krakow for almost a week for the Christmas fairs it was so pretty I must get the photos sorted out to put on here ...

Thanks Balcony :-)
That would be great Amy thank you.
I'll lookout for your blog.

That’s great Dawn, it’s not that easy though is it, I tried this a few years back and found it very difficult, last winter I made a homemade wreath out of cornus, red and yellow, and some of the coloured willows, it weren’t brilliant but looked colourful, I think yours looks really good, have you tried one of those living willow chairs?

Not easy at all Julien. I could try a Cornus wreath :-)
No I've never heard of the willow chairs.

Very ambitious Dawn , and a good result (OH's come in useful sometimes ) !
Takes me back to infant and junior school ; one of the teachers ( a bit of a tartar ) made us do basket weaving , and the dried willow had to soak in buckets of water before we could use it . Come to think of it , she had us making models out of papier-mashe too . This teacher had also taught my mother !
Ancient skills .

Driad, now you say I vaguely remember weaving a small basket, must have been at school too. I think soaking the willow is the way to go, thanks

I seem to remember vaguely doing the same when I was at school! :D Haven't tried my hand at it again in over 60 years!

Haha Balcony, I think we made fruit bowls.