Baby basket for bassinet
Updated on 25.10.2025 Yesterday it happened. The new basket for a bassinet is ready and could be handed over to the customer. Since the old basket could no longer be saved, I rebuilt it. With Read More …
Tag: Willows
Start of the 2020 season
Updated on 29.12.2024 I always notice that markets and weaving courses are starting again soon because Ralf asks me more and more often for confirmed dates because he wants to finish the flyer and enter Read More …
Day of Salix
Updated on 25.10.2025 Ralf dug up the willows that were planted in our garden in 2014 some time ago (what a job!). Although they always grew splendidly, they were unfortunately always so branched that they Read More …
Just picking up a few willows
Updated on 24.10.2025 Shopping for pastures was on the agenda today. Back in December last year I was asked if I would like to take over a few willow bunches. An aging basket maker could Read More …
Braiding course at NABU Ortenberg in ideal weather
Updated on 24.10.2025 What more can you expect? Pleasant temperature, sun and a few clouds. The ideal weather for a braiding course. Four participants gathered at the NABU clubhouse “Haus an den Salzwiesen” to learn Read More …
The last braiding course for this year
Updated on 24.10.2025 Really the last one? Not quite. Two participants registered for the course, but only 50% showed up. The other 50% stayed away from class with excuses. So the last braiding course will Read More …
Work equipment clothespins
Updated on 24.10.2025 Two participants registered for today’s braiding course. This meant I could focus more intensively on each individual, which also meant that the goal could be set a little higher. But first, as Read More …
Basket market in Lichtenfels 2015
Updated on 24.10.2025 It had been planned for a long time this weekend and we were off to Lichtenfels for the basket market. On Friday we drove to Lichtenfels with a caravan in tow. Almost Read More …
Braiding with willows at the Ortenberg holiday games
Updated on 24.10.2025 After the youngest participants had learned to weave with wicker in the morning, everything had to be cleaned up and prepared for the slightly older children who wanted to weave with wicker. Read More …
A basket maker as a birthday present
Updated on 23.10.2025 Giving braiding courses is actually nothing special for me. But at the farmers’ market on Easter Sunday in Bad Salzhausen I was basically attacked and asked if I would also give a Read More …