Raffia weaving

Craft School Oz provides popular basket weaving and slow stitching workshops. Learn how to use plants and textiles to create beautiful work. Shop courses and our latest fibre arts book Finding Form with Fibre.

Combine clay, natural fibres and terracotta paint to create these clay & raffia pots! Find the tutorial, pictures and tips on this post.

Dye Raffia & Make Baskets immerse yourself in the slow, creative nourishment of mindful handcrafting Let me paint you a picture... You’re curled up in your favourite cosy chair, with a bagful of raffia at your feet, and time flows differently as you joyfully weave a beautiful, unique basket. Are you… If you nodded along...

In this blog I talk about dyeing raffia with plant materials to obtain natural subtle colours.

Raffia is a natural fibre that is perfect for basket weaving; it is strong, holds dye superbly, and is easily malleable. Basketmakers have used raffia since the beginning of time, for its ease of use and aesthetic qualities. It isn’t too hard on your hands, and once woven together (you can use a range of basket making techniques) it has a real 'Wowee' quality about it. It's the bee's knees in my opinion. Raw raffia material (fibre) comes from the Raffia Palm, a species native to tropical…

String Harvest on Instagram: "Weaving into the weekend 🥰🌀 ps - Plenty of natural raffia in stock 🫶🏾"

One of my favorite trends right now is all of the cane webbing projects that people are diy’ing with. I think they are so beautiful and add texture and style to…

Raffia Bag Kit & Online Workshop 2 (Advanced) This kit includes everything you need to create your own plaited raffia shoulder bag (20cm wide x...