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alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:28 pm Post subject: Willow weaving

me and youngest are going to a willow weaving day course at CAT next month....really looking forward to it!

DAY COURSE: Willow Weaving

Willow weaving at CAT Saturday 29th March 2008 - 10.30am - 4.30pm
Learn from local willow-weaver Pippa Scott how to create your own unique natural garden structures and climbers that are as attractive as they are useful.

£30 / £25

there's also........DAY COURSE: Hurdle Making

Hurdles at CAT Saturday 29th March 2008 - 11am - 4pm
Join local woodsman John Owen to discover the Neolithic art of making robust, beautiful, organic hazel hurdles. Perfect for fences, garden ornaments and climbing frames.

£30 / £25
www.cat.org.uk

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:29 pm Post subject:
Did Neolithic man make a lot of garden ornaments and climbing frames then?

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:30 pm Post subject:
the mind boggles

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:45 pm Post subject:
I'm going on a similar course next month as well. I think we are going to be making Neolithic baskets.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:54 pm Post subject:
I've always fancied hurdle making, but she wasn't free so settled for earthy virgo Let us know what the quality of the course was like. It sounds good value.

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 08 8:56 pm Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

Let us know what the quality of the course was like. It sounds good value.

will do!

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 9:31 am Post subject:
Me and OH will be there on the hurdlemaking.

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 4:32 pm Post subject:

woodsprite wrote:

Me and OH will be there on the hurdlemaking.

must say hello then at lunch time! Shall we do a pm swap of real names!?

Barefoot Andrew
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 4:44 pm Post subject:
Nah, confuse everyone by chatting merrily with your DS names. A.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6542
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 4:45 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

Nah, confuse everyone by chatting merrily with your DS names.
A.

But how do you pronounce alisjs?

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 4:48 pm Post subject:
Tricky! I say alis jay es

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 5:48 pm Post subject:
Oooh, I'd like to do a willow weaving course, must look at what's going on more locally than CAT though

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 6:05 pm Post subject:
I'd love to meet up and I thought everyone knew I'm Jules

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 6:15 pm Post subject:
Hi Jules..... I'm Alison! See you at CAT then!

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 08 6:49 pm Post subject:

woodsprite wrote:

I'd love to meet up and I thought everyone knew I'm Jules

I only know who Alison and Andrew are

(oh and earthyvirgo of course)

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