Preparing willow for basket making: Soaking

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• ZI

  @zixeiyun786 · 4 years ago

  This video is very satisfying. I really like watching the willow soak for some reason.

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• DO

  @dougstamler1754 · 1 year ago

  Hi Hanna. If your using fresh cut willow . Do you still need to soak it. And  when is the best time to harvest willow. I'm in the middle of Canada. So we have definite seasons. Your videos are the best for seeing exactly what your doing with your hands & willow.  Thank You

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• OR

  @OrchardcottagefarmCo · 4 years ago

  This is the best explanation I've heard. Thank you for posting!

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• JO

  @johndeleonardo9133 · 6 years ago

  Great videos.. I laughed when you said I don't know if you can hear that crack or not.. mean while you have background music playing.. lol.. good vibes!

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• JI

  @jillpotter3890 · 3 years ago

  Excellent refresher video. Thank you!

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• GR

  @grayrachelle · 7 years ago

  Great explanation, thank you so much for going through and showing the steps. I'm in Southern California and learning how to tend & work with the native willows here.

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• MI

  @mikeknottscreek8183 · 9 months ago

  Love the instruction!

• CA

  @carmencolbourne1878 · 5 years ago

  Your videos are so helpful ! I am hooked on willow making!  From Edmonton Alberta, I love your accent, I repeat your instructions to myself as I weave and it helps me remember. Today I made a almost perfect basket base:)

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• TE

  @tersta1 · 6 years ago

  Thanks, Hanna.  I tried my first willow basket yesterday.  I cut and wove all on the same day, but still, even the green branches snap.  In fact, even the very small, green branches snap.  So, I think the willow species I have is a rigid type and so I will need to soak and soften the rods.  Now, I'm all out of willow branches, except for the smallest size (it was only a small 2-year-old tree), but I'm going to try your soaking technique on Goldenrod stalks.  It's all for learning, so I might as well experiment and learn.  Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.  It makes me happy to know that people are preserving the skills of our ancestors.

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• TT

  @tttm_think · 7 years ago

  Thank you so much, I have been looking for exactly this all over, very helpful! The bees are going to love their new home made of willow and hay :)

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• MA

  @MaxSafeheaD · 1 year ago

  BRILLIANT! Thank you so much 😊👍🏽

• RN

  @rnggall9640 · 7 years ago

  Thank you, answers some of my questions! Now to get soaking!

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