How to weave a basket using raffia or fabric - make your own! — petalplum

The results are in – our first ever Navajo Stitch Workshop was a hit! Traditionally made as wedding baskets by the indigenous native Americans, their Navajo baskets are richly patterned with complex symbolism & meaning. Being complete beginners with this figure-of-eight stitch, we kept our patterns simple, but the idea was there, along with an appreciation of the incredible skills of those amazing first weavers. If you’d like to learn to make raffia baskets using a variety of stitches including