Saying willow weaving is fascinating, is an understatement. It’s a unique handcraft, art and hobby that can add glamour to your house and even your personal style. As if that’s not enough…it’s also fun and easy to learn.

You can make many beautiful pieces out of willows. For example— baskets, outdoor furniture and more—which are all engaging and gorgeous. 

That said…allow me let me take you through 10 resourceful sites that will teach you willow weaving for free.

  1. Textile Indie: Basket weaving

On this site, Brittany focuses on using reed to make willow baskets. She shares resourceful tips, video tutorials and different techniques for basket making that are beginner-friendly and will teach you basic lashing on a basket rim.

  1. School of basketry

This site doesn’t only share tips for beginners but also for experienced basket makers. It offers an in-depth introduction to willow weaving for beginners, basket weaving techniques and several other basket making online courses.

  1. Jonsbushcraft.com

Jonathan Ridgeon on this site, shares a series of easy to follow photo guide projects to teach you—how to weave a “stake and strand” basket. He takes you through each step from—sourcing the best willow, preparing it, tools needed and a step by step process of making the baskets.

  1.  Nationalbasketry.org

This site offers a series of You Tube videos that will teach you willow weaving for FREE. It contains video tutorials for beginners, basketry art classes on the different techniques for making baskets and how to in cooperate wood into weaving.

  1. Feltmagnet.com

This site offers the most in-depth information on willow basket making for beginners. It covers—materials needed to start willow weaving, takes you through the process of preparing willows, shares basketry base patterns and more. 

  1. Wikihowto.com

Here, you’ll find a step-by-step guide on making willow baskets as a beginner. It covers all steps of basket making right from— materials needed, preparing shoots after harvesting and explains the reasons behind stages like rehydrating the shoots.

  1. Myown2hands.co

Amanda Rayner on this site offers a range of free courses—willow weaving inclusive. Her free basketry course is a 2-part video basketry art class where she takes you through a step-by-step process on making the base of a willow basket, which you can use to make a variety of baskets. 

  1. Hannavanaelst.com

This site offers 6 step-by-step well directed videos on basket making for beginners. You’ll learn excellent tips to begin making your own baskets out of willows, patterns involved and more. And, most importantly…you’ll receive free unlimited access to the course for reference whenever needed. 

  1. Pinterest.com

Pinterest shares hundreds of free tutorials on willow weaving and as beginner in this field, this is the best place to start. It has courses on: willow weaving for beginners and online basket making courses. Furthermore, you’ll learn all the different techniques of basket making for free.

  1. You Tube

YouTube offers comprehensive tutorials on willow weaving for free. Most are simple step-by-step guides that even as a beginner, watching a tutorial from start to finish will help you get started. You’ll learn how to make the base of any willow basket and different patterns involved to help you make your first basket.