Hazel platter
A 1 day introduction to hazel basketry
5 April 2025, 9.30-5
£95 low income
£125 normal rate
8 places available
FULLY BOOKED
New for 2025 is this 1-day hazel weaving course, suitable for any skill level.
You'll learn how to select hazel for basketry, how to peel it for weavers and make ribs, and make a hoop. We'll end the day by making a simple platter, using techniques that can be used to make a variety of basket shapes.
This course is the perfect experience to book for yourself, or come with a friend or partner.
What you’ll learn
How to identify hazel and responsible harvest suitable rods
How to make hazel ribs and weavers for basketry
How to bend a hoop using hedgerow hazel
Safe knife techniques
What to bring
Packed lunch
Sturdy outdoor footwear.
Clothing suitable to be outdoors all day
Gardening or working gloves optional
Places available
There are 8 available spaces on the course.
Accessibility
Some level of fitness is required. You’ll learn how to bend hazel rods around your knee to peel strips off, some upper body strength is needed. But there are some workarounds if you find this difficult.
There’s a short walk from the nearest parking place.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email and I’ll be happy to help.
Skill level: Beginner, all skill levels
Where is it?
The course will be held at a new venue, a barn that will become a hub for split wood basketry. It needs some renovation first so we’ll be working outside, under a tarp if the weather is bad.
The postcode is LA12 8LQ.
I’ll send out directions and parking instructions closer to the date.
What is included?
All materials and tool use
Plenty of hot and cold drinks, cakes and snacks.
A completed hazel platter
Where to stay
There is a lot of accommodation in the Lake District so you won’t struggle to find somewhere.
Click here for a list of Airbnbs close to the Barn and Woodland venues
Grizedale camping has camping spaces for tents and vans, yurts and pods to hire, and a bunkbarn. . The Eagles Head pub in Satterthwaite is a short walk away.
Prices
I’m introducing tiered pricing for this course.
If you are unemployed, on benefits or low income please feel free to select the lower rate. No proof is needed.
Terms and Conditions
Participant cancellation:
If you need to cancel your place on the course please give me as much notice as possible.
If it is up to 21 days before the course start date, I will re-advertise and endeavour to fill the place. You will get a full refund.
If it is less than 21 days before the course start date you will not be automatically eligible for a refund, unless the space can be filled.
I know that emergencies happen and they aren’t always conveniently 21 days before an event. Get in touch and I’ll try to help in any way I can.
Course cancellation:
If there are not enough bookings for a course to be viable by 21 days before the course date, then I will contact all course members immediately by phone or email and all payments will be refunded in full.
If I have to cancel a course at short notice due to any unavoidable circumstances, then I will contact all course members immediately by phone or email and all payments will be refunded in full.
