Online Basketmakers, Etc.

To find basketmakers in your area, click on the "Find" feature of your browser and enter the state or foreign country you wish to see or just scroll down the list of names for people's specialties.

Alabama

• Patti Hawkins - Prattville, AL
• Shirley Dockendorf - Ardmore, AL
• Lora McGowan - Huntsville, AL
  Been weaving for over 15 years...I've been doing retail and wholesale.
• Leslie Bloxham - Hazel Green, AL
• Melanie Luchtefeld - Decatur, AL
  Intermediate basketweaver, herb enthusiast and Master Gardener.
• Robert Haygens - Opp, AL
  White oak basketmaker setting up his own homepage

Alaska

• Sue Lang - Anchorage & Seward, AK
  Intermediate basket maker. I run a Bed & Breakfast in the summer and decorate my home with my baskets. Want to learn more about native Alaskan baskets.
• Everta Mooter - Seward, AK
  Beginner. Looking for supplies.
• Dorrie Dean - Anchorage, AK
  Cultural anthropoligist and basket weaver who teaches classes through the local community school program and to interested groups as a consultant.
• Jill Choate - Talkeetna, AK
  Weaver and teacher specializing in antler baskets; Backwoods Basketry, P.O. Box 632, Talkeetna, AK 99676
• Carol Yakish - Kodiak, AK
  Yakish Basketry, POB 2096 Kodiak, AK 99615; Weaving spruce root, Nantucket contemporary, antler, etc. baskets and starting a guild are my interests.
• June Simeonoff - Haines, AK
  Aatcha's Shop. Instructor and weaver of Aleut woven-grass baskets. Museum and collector grade work. Permanent collections at Baranov Museum and SJ Museum, AK.
• Martina Steinmetz - Bird Creek, AK
  Weaves, teaches and sells supplies at HCR, 52 Box 8618, Bird Creek.
• Pat Morrison - Soldotna, AK AK
  I make baskets and other fiber art objects--mostly pine needle and sea grass but other media as well.
• Renee Miller - Anchorage, AK
  "Weaving away in Alaska"
• Susan Stanford - Sitka, AK
  Run a bed and breakfast in Sitka and make antler baskets which are sold in gallerys around the state.

Arizona

• Shirley Eichten Albrecht - Sedona, AZ
  Began weaving with three friends 8 years ago. Teaching classes in my studio, Red Rock Baskets, and Sedona Art Center.
• Helen Frost Way -Tucson, AZ
  Using fiber tecniques to make non-traditional sculptural forms.
• Joan Middleton - Tucson (Sunflower), AZ
  Weaver; aspiring teacher.  Haven't found a basket I didn't enjoy weaving.  Recently retired and moved to Arizona.  Looking forward to meeting weavers in new area.
• Cindy Bratcher - Sun City West, AZ
  Took up making baskets after retiring. Like flat reed.
• Diane Lea - Sierra Vista, AZ
  Just beginning, totally hooked and looking forward to my next baskets.
• Judy Gartke, Sun City West, AZ
  I find that I am a true "basket" case. Round reed is my favorite, but I make other kinds as well.
• Kathy Wilson - Tucson, AZ
  Arizona license plate reads "BSKT CS", 'nuf said
• Marian Gall - Casa Grande, AZ
  Retired psychiatric nurse. Self-taught pine needle basketmaker about 3 years. Also do paper tole.
• Patricia Buckhout - Sun City West, AZ
•  Tonda Two Feathers - Tucson, AZ
  Of Cherokee heritage, Air Force wife, mother of 4, antler baskets are my specialty.
  "To weave is to talk with the old ones."

Arkansas

• Shelley Ann Hardage - Bismarck, AR
  Self-taught, traditional and custom designed basket with home and web based business.
• June Hansen - Bella Vista, AR
  Just started weaving and boy am I hooked.
• Barney and Janet Simpson - Eureka Springs, AR
  Just started making baskets. Love it. Interested in learning fishing creels.
• Linda Hebert - Rogers, AR
  Designer, instructor, mail order basketweaving supplier.
• Marilyn Hayes - Cabot, AR
  I took my first class this summer and now I am hooked. My husband said "now instead of paying those outrageous prices for them, you can make them."

Australia

• June Chevallier - Puckapunyal, Australia
  U.S. Army spouse. Weaver for 4 years, instructor for 2. My favorite thing is to get others hooked, then their houses look like mine and all they talk about is weaving!

Azores

• Darleena Jones - Azores
  Military wife, crafter, weaver and budding instructor. Baskets are taking over our home.

California

• Leigh Adams - Altadena, CA
  I love the processes of basketmaking. Finishing is my least favorite part unless it is a miniature. Now I am weaving garden structures. I teach many different folk art forms and have designed the Weaver’s Garden at the LA County Arboretum.
• Charlotte Coats - Garden Grove, CA
• Brian Jewett - Los Angeles, CA
  Interested in Art Baskets in general and specifically in unusual and recycled materials. Having great fun lately with raffle tickets and cable ties.
• Randy Sabbagh - San Franciso, CA
  Coil basketmaker/raku potter.  Looking to meet other basketmakers in the bay area.
• Julie Campbell - Pioneer, CA
  Just started making baskets3 years ago but I love it. Would like to hook up with other CA weavers. Interested in taking classes to improve my weaving techniques.
• Myrna Puzon - San Diego, CA
  I have taught basket weaving to military wives and local nationals while stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Recently transferred here and would like to start teaching again.
• Sherry Harris - Clearlake, CA
  Realtor; basket teacher and artist for 21 years using natural materials to weave and sculpt. My work is on display at Saw Shop Gallery in Kelseyville, CA.
• Lorna Pollock - Mariposa, CA
  Basketmaker/instructor specializing in pine needle basketry, and craft and basket kits. Owner,  Wildwoods Arts & Antiques
• Nadine Spier - Olivenhain, CA
  Pine needle basketry captured my heart many years ago and evolved into my livlihood. I teach basketry to adults and children throughout the western U.S.
• Lynne Everett - San Juan Capistrano, CA
  Love to teach, love to weave and love to gather...
• Shirley Albright - Monterey, CA
  I'm a basketweaver and designer, instructor and fanatic, and looking for weavers in the Monterey Bay area.
• Nella Johnson - Bakersfield, CA
  I have been weaving baskets for over 10 years and teaching for the last three years through the local college.
• Antoinette (Toni) Best - Visalia, CA
  Fourth grade teacher; basketry designer, weaver, teacher for 35 years. Work primarily with pine needles and gourds in Native American style.
• Carol Lang - Carlsbad, CA
  I teach traditional rib and splint baskets. My contemporary pine needle baskets combined w/ clay are shown in local art galleries.
• James Hunter - Concord, CA
  Contemporary Yupik basketmaker, and Chilkat weaver for 4 years. Originally from AK, now living in CA.
• Joan Jurancich - Sacramento, CA
  Ribbed baskets are sexy!
• JoAnn Collacott - Groveland, CA
  I have been weaving baskets, pendants, etc. for about 10 years, and taught three. I stay busy with my baskets and I sell at the craft fairs.
• Kelly Anderson - Costa Mesa, CA
  A beginning basketmaker looking for splint and reed weavers in Orange County.
• Linda Nelson - San Diego, CA
  Happy to weave, hope to weave baskets from every state.
• Lori Osmond - Colfax, CA
  Wife, mother of 2, farm keeper, teacher of adapted P.E. at high school level.
• Mary Ann Gullo - Stanton, CA
  Teaches classes, demo artist, Renaissance Faire idiot.

Canada

• Don Price - Gananoque, Ontario
  Retired optometrist and now basket maker and chip carver.
• Lynda Vaun Scobie - Agassiz, BC
  Full time studio potter, part time basket maker and instructor.  Dedicated to the learning and preservation of traditional arts and crafts.
• Shirley Brown - Bella Bella BC Heiltsuk Nation
  I do cedar basket weaving, I sell my work to tourists and all over the place. I make earrings from the cedar I love to create new things all the time.
• Sally Wynja - Williams Lake, B.C.
  Self taught pine needle basket maker and  I also do birchbark baskets. Crazy about baskets.
• Dianne Stafford - Stratton, Ontario
  I am a beginning basketmaker and I want to learn about using local willow and cat tails I would appreciate mail from anyone who is or has used these materials.
• Melissa Varteressian - Cambridge, Ontario
  Weaving for 26 years. Former owner East Troy Basketry for 10 years, soon to open retail basketry shop in Cambridge area. Available to teach.
• Ann Moum - Orangeville, Ontario
  Mother of 4 wee ones, high schoolscience teacher, decorative artist and a 'basket case' like the rest of you !
• Dale Adamson - Fenelon Falls, Ontario
  I have been weaving for 6 months and love it. Would like to share info with others.
• Hawkeye and Joywind Val David, Quebec
  Native-American hand pounded Black Ash basketmaker. Ten years pounding and sharing.
• Lynda Kroeker - St. Catharines, Ontario
  I am a weaver, teacher and soon to be supplier, staying home with my two children and looking for Cathy Sowland (sp?)
• Lynda Vaun Scobie - Harrison Hot Springs, BC
  A full time studio potter that makes baskets!
• Rae Hunter - Lindbrook, Alberta
  Basketry instructor and author of The Willow Basket Manual, 1999. Enjoying meeting other basketweavers on line and off.
• Shelley Mierle - Bracebridge, Ontario
  Enjoy basketry as a hobby. Avid collector of natural local materials. Enjoy email about basketry, sewing,and porcelain doll making.
• Wanda Haydt - Port Rowan, Ontario
• Wenda Vince - Napanee, Ontario
  Designer of crocheted clothing with a penchant for basketry; interested in willow, root, bark and other natural "ingredients."

Colorado

• Jane Hair - Colorado Springs, CO
  I have been weaving baskets for about 18 years and began selling and teaching a few classes 5 years ago.  I look forward to some day being able to travel to see personally some of my favorite basket suppliers.
• Constance Marlatt - Lafayette, CO
  I have been weaving for 5 years, teach classes and design baskets. I am an Army wife and enjoy teaching people each new place I go.
• Jane Stead - Lakewood, CO
  Basketmaker, designer, kits and instruction.
• Karen Pierce - Louisville, CO
  Basketmaker, instructor and permanent student.
• Katherine Richardson - Louisville, CO
•  Linda Lehner - Loveland, CO
  Stay-at-home mother of 2; weaversince '92, teacher and supplier since '94 instead of getting a "real" job.
• Lisa Armstrong - Colorado Springs, CO
  Weaver for 3 years. Teach, sell and stay home with two young sons. Love to weave and pass on my passion to my students.

Connecticut

• Deb VanCuren - Redding, CT
• Pat Dougherty - Denbury, CT
  Dreaming of weaving - Looking for local classes or guild.
• BeckyJoy and Dick Olko - Enfield, CT
  BeckyJoy is basketweaver, designer and teacher. Dick does custom leather straps.
• Ann Michele Wieczorek - West Hartford, CT
•  Betsy Palmer - Sharon, CT
•  Deb Paulson - Chester, CT
  Black ash splint basketmaker and fabric weaver.
• Linda C. Benson - Canaan, CT
•  Maureen Rashaw - Enfield, CT
  Basketweaver 5yrs.
• Susi Nuss - Bolton, CT
  Traditional Black Ash Woodsplint Baskets.
• Suzann Kober-Bzdyra - Hamden, CT
  Basketmaker for 12 years with own business - Heaven and Earth . Mother of 3 boys 9,10 and13. Weaving keeps me sane?

Delaware

• Gardner Knight - Milton, DE
  Nantucket basketmaker for many years

Denmark

• Verner Nielsen - Randers. Denmark
  I learned to weave willow baskets some nine years ago, and got hooked. At this time I've had many courses, grow a little willow, and educate in basketmaking.
• Jørgen Skouboe - Denmark
• Morten Simonsen - Denmark
  Professional basketmaker, grower of willows and teacher.

England

• David Hembrow - Cambridge, England
  Traditional English willow basketmaker
• Douglas Sanders - Derbyshire, England
  Owner of Korazina Baskets.  Make willow baskets, including baby cribs, hampers, caskets.  Many items sold through Price Charles' Highgrove Gift Shop
• Neil Smith - York, England
  Passionate about willow basketmaking, always learning.
• Caroline Smith - York, England
  Brown willow baskets, cane and rush chairseating
• Marianne Thidling - England
  Newcomer to basketry but already addicted.
• Roy Youdale - Bristol, England
  A willow basketmaker and teacher. Recently started growing willow for bark colour and would love to make contact with other willow workers.
• Rae Gillott - Buckinghamshire, England
  Basketmaker, teacher and member of Basketmakers' Association.
• Paricia Carter - London, England
  A Yeoman with the Worshipful Co. of Basketmakers, teacher of adult education and studying at Oxford.
• Chris Jordan - Northwich, England
  Amateur maker of willow baskets, spinner and occasional chair caner.
• Debbie Booth - Norwich, England
  Willow basketmaker for 20 years and grow 12 varieties of willow; owner English Willow Baskets.
• Raymond Lister - Nottinghamshire, England
  A working basketmaker. Willow and hedgerow materials, very interested in traditional rural baskets.
• Joni Bamford - Rutland, England
  Basketmaker and teacher, interested in all aspects of basket making.
• Stuart Philpot - Suffolk, UK
  Full-time basketmaker for 15 years, trained by my father (he's been full-time for 50 years) making traditional English Willow Baskets.

Florida

• Debbie Meyer - Punta Gorda, FL
  Been weaving about 7 years and love it.  Looking for some local weavers.  Also teach from time to time.
• Mary Brandenburg - West Palm Beach, FL
  I am a third-generation basketmaker and have been teaching basketry classes throughout the United States for more than 25 years.
• Pauline Swingle - Inglis, FL
  I`ve been weaving pine needle baskets, necklaces, and earings for10 yrs.and am a supplier of tree harvested and sun dried FL Southern long leaf pine needles.
• Katie Avram, Ocala/Fort McCoy, FL
  Basketmaker for several years, mostly traditional Appalachian, splintowven styles. My favorite material is white oak! I teach classes in the central Florida area.
• Kaye Burlason -Altoona, FL
  Sixteen years of pine needle creations. National magazine, several news papers, museums, and out of country sales.
• Mary Behrman - DeLand, FL
  Thirty years of pine needle baskets. Teacher, have written a book.
• Kristi Medlin - Flagler Beach, FL
  Looking for a local person to share interest in basketmaking. I'm hooked and just love to make baskets! Wish to find a similar interested lady in my area.
• Elizabeth Geisler - Sarasota, FL
  Teacher & Basketmaker, Nantucket style with tapestry weave. Also other types of baskets. Florida basketry materials.
• Charles Geisler - Sarasota FL
  Basket molds and "The Original Portable Shavehorse"
• Sandy Marsh - Winter Springs, FL
  I have been weaving for 10 years, teaching for 6 and love all phases of basketry. I would love  to see a guild started in the Orlando area. If
  interested, please contact me.
• Sherry Dial - Ft. Pierce, FL
  Basketweaver, Appalachian Mountain Basketry.
• Brenda F. Miller - Seminole, FL
  Weaving and loving every minute.
• Shelby DeBold - Ocala, FL
  Basketmaker, seller, and loving every minute of it!
• Adie Moore - Spring Hill, FL
  Working basketmaker.
• Anne Stewart - Clearwater, FL
  Weaver, teacher, and owner of Basket Sophisticates.
• Barbara Jo Stanford - Altamonte Springs, FL
  I've been basketweaving for 3 years as a hobby. Interested in copying antique baskets, developing my own designs and persuing basketweaving as a career.
• Cathy A. Pedrick - Lighthouse Point, FL
  Hooked on Nantucket baskets. Mother of 2 teenagers, 2 dogs, l Macaw. Husband and I own plumbing business. Thanks to my friend Linda for teaching me basketmaking.
• Cathy Kircher - Boynton Beach, FL
•  Chandra Marin - Winter Springs, FL
  A good friend taught me how to make baskets, and loving it! Would like to pursue a career out of it.
• Dee Grinenko - Dover, FL
  Retired and addicted to basketweaving. Live on 5 acre farm.
• Denise Smallidge - Lakeland, FL
  Another basket addict!
• Ellen Dewkett - Satsuma, FL
  Looking for guild in central Florida.
• Georgianna Cook - Spring Hill, FL
  Weaving for about 3 years and love it.
• Gracie Davis - Oviedo, FL
  Weaving instructor, designer, mother of 2, Army wife.
• Jan Thorsen - Jacksonville, FL
•  Jerry Knight - Bradenton, FL
  Owner Baskets Naturally, 5107 76th St. E., Bradenton. Weaver and designer, budding instructor - hooked since my first basket.
• Joseph M. Talone - Sun Center, FL
  I would like to hear from all pine needle art people that enjoy making baskets, trays, or bowls.
• Judy Briscoe - Englewood, FL
  Instructor and wholesaler of Florida tropical materials and antlers.
• Kim Fetner - St. Petersburg, FL
•  Linda Allen - Pompano Beach, FL
  My love for making Nantucket Lightship baskets is still going after 25 years.
• Michelle Arzu - Tarpon Springs, FL
  Mother of 2; CEO by day - basketmaker by night. Collector of baskets of all shapes and styles. Throughly and completely addicted.
• Naomi Paquette - The Villages, FL
  Instructor - San Antonio, FL and The Villages, FL
• Paula Harris - Pensacola, FL
  Basketweaver of 12 years and looking for others in this area who like to weave and share ideas.
• Shirley Ann Sirmons - Gainesville, FL
  Basketmaker and instructor, 17 yrs. experience, work displayed in museums, galleries, published in national magazines.
• Sue Register - Port Charlotte, FL
  Neophyte basketmaker, but I have designed some of my own. I'M HOOKED!
• Susan K. Cooper - Sarasota, FL
  Woven Spirit Basketry, 820 Albee Rd., Nokomis, FL 34275, 1-800-697-6780
• Tom and Pam Thompson - Paxton, FL
  Uncle Tom's Outhouse, Hwy 331 - White oak basketmakers for 17 years. Classes, demos. Other old-time crafts: lye soap making, dough bowls, corn shuck dolls, storytelling.
• Vanessa Patrick - Lake Placid, FL
  I am addicted to Nantucket baskets.
• VickiBassett - Land O' Lakes, FL
•  Vicki Fort - Oviedo, FL

Georgia

• Delores Cantu Gillis - Evans, GA
• I have been weaving for about 14 years and teaching classes in my garage about once a year. I am a member of the GBA. I love weaving but my time is limited because I work full time as a research nurse.
• Pattie Bagley, Marietta, GA
  Owner of Aunt Pattie's Basketry Shop.
  Jessica Pitts - Bolingbroke, GA
  Pine needle and broomcorn basketmaker and teacher. I've been making baskets for over 30 years and love to connect with other coilers.
• Tisa Barton - Rome, GA
  Enjoy weaving and teaching.
• Joanne Bolivar - Dallas, GA
  Beginner and want to learn all this is to know about coiled baskets.   Interested in natural materials.
• Tammy Canady - Augusta, GA
  Work full time and have been weaving since 1995 and loving every minute of it. Always looking for new ideas and patterns.
• Kathleen Becker - Kennesaw, GA
  Maker of Nantucket Lightship baskets
• Sarah Watts - Savannah, GA
  Always looking for someone to weave with!
• Deryle Lamb - Jackson, GA
  Basketmaker and teacher.
• Donna White - Rydal, GA
  I have been making Longleaf Pine Needle baskets for about 7 years.
• Joyce A. Brown - Vienna, GA
  Make baskets from natural materials. Never spent a penny. Still a novice with questions about river cane and bamboo.
• Karen Kirkland - Albany, GA
  I make pineneedle and yucca baskets and can supply the materials for other weavers.
• Kelly Ballenger - Roswell, GA
  Bookkeeper and insane basketweaver of 4 years.
• Margie Hufstetler - Adairsville, GA
  Self-taught basketweaver -- Just not enough time in 24 hrs.
• Patsy Jabaley - Alpharetta, GA
• Roy and Elizabeth Talledo - Atlanta, GA

Hawaii

• Betsy Hanson - HI
• Charlotte C. Erhardt - Honolulu, HI
• Lisa Seng - Honolulu, HI
  Avid weaver, other hobbies include tole painting, cross stitch, lace crochet, knitting, sailing and SCUBA diving.
• Lois Keener - Honolulu, HI
• Natalie Brown - Ewa Beach, HI

Iceland

• Susan Doyle - Keflavik, Iceland
  Military wife on remote location, looking to begin basketweaving. HELP-SUGGESTIONS?

Idaho

• Robbie Smith - Salmon, ID
  I've been making pine needle baskets for 8 years and have taught my daughters and granddaughters. It's a very addicting art.
• Jennifer Oak - Boise, ID
  Looking for weavers in Boise, Idaho area.

Illinois

• Jenny Antoline - Murphysboro, IL
  Weaver for several years, baskets took over (I couldn't "weave" basketry alone!), and now I am also the owner of Gypsy Baskets.
• Tibi Star Abrams - Arlington Heights, IL
  Basket weaver and basket teacher in Arlington Heights looking for others to form a guild plus looking for Tulip Wood for rim of basket.
• Allana Mello - Taylorville, IL
  I have been weaving since 1992 and now have recently opened a shop in Central Illinois and in 2002 will be teaching weaving classes. I am a transplant from Missouri moved to Illinois in 1998.
• Cindy Taulbee - Franklin Grove, IL
  I teach a monthly class in Dixon, IL.
• Cathy Buchanan - Springfield, IL
  Learned weaving from Jan Bergmann. Have 4 children (2 are of the animal variety. I love to try new patterns and styles. Checking out using antlers as handles.
• Lori Smith - Grayslake, IL
  Mother of three who weaves when they are ASLEEP! Looking for affordable kits to order!
• Janice McNutt - Gibson City, IL
  Have only been making baskets a little over a year, but sure am hooked!
• Amanda Popelka - Oregon, IL
  Hooked basketmaker, seller and mother of 3.
• Annette Barnard - Fenton, IL
  Putting Christ in each basket!
• Bonnie Allison - Decatur, IL
  Been weaving for 10 years- love it! Wish I had more time!
• Christina Coghill - Loves Park, IL
  Recently moved to IL to IN. Addicted to weaving and looking for guilds and other weavers in my new home.
• Debra Conness - Toluca, IL
  Basketmaker, teacher. Basket making since 1993. LOVE IT!!!
• Donna Naylor - Bloomington, IL
•  Elizabeth Varnes - Sheridan, IL
  Weaving for about a year and love it.
• Ellen Olek - Dixon, IL
  Love to weave; have 2 kids, am a daycare provider, scout leader and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
• Ester Burke - Champaign, IL
  (Our VERY FIRST visitor to theBaskets, Etc. site)
• Jan Bergmann - Springfield, IL
  Weaving since 1992; teachingsince 1997. Hope to be able to quit full time State job this fall and stay home with my 2 little guys and continue doing what I love to do...BASKETS!
• Jean Ann Grosso - Zion, IL
  I teach in an elementary school during the day so I can afford to weave at night :)
• Jimi-Lee Weber - Rockford, IL
  Basketweaver 15 yrs, instructor 10 yrs., and a secretary. Member, Land of Lincoln Guild. Wish I had more time to weave, teach and do shows!
• Julie Williams - Bloomington, IL
  Newsletter editor for Land of Lincoln Basketweavers Assn.
• Karen Gray - Mascoutah, IL
  Absolutly hooked, weaver of 10 years. Mother of 3, military wife, crafter.
• Kim Girard - St. Charles, IL
  A real basket case!
• Linda Justice - Princeton, IL
•  Mary Lynn Fry - Winthrop Harbor, IL
  Have been weaving for 3-4 years - can't learn fast enough.
• Mindy Lower - IL
  Visit Baskets by Mindy using our Basketry Links.
•  Rose Grampp - Bloomington, IL
•  Shelby Moravec - Chicago, IL
  Working exclusively in wicker, seeking advice on "free-form" weaving.
• Steven Jones - Olney, IL
  Fourth generation craftsman making baskets from tree to finished basket using only hand tools and methods taught by my grandfather.
• Valerie Larson - Streling, IL
•  Vickie Roberts - Moline, IL
  Love to weave baskets!

Indiana

• Becky Wright-Sampson - Peru, IN
  I have been having the basket experience for 15 years. Owner of The Hut basktry shop.
• Karen Zane - Anderson, IN
  I teach and make kits for the intricate 36 rib egg basket.
• Ruth Shroyer - Columbus, IN
• Daborah Louise Valentour-Huff - English, IN
  Been making baskets for over 10 years. My baskets are sold all over the world now! I love making baskets!
• Susan K. Williams - Middlebury, IN
• BarbaraBrown - Kokomo, IN
  Member Kokomo Basketweavers,IBA, Basketry by Barbara.
• Carol Antrim - Yorktown, IN
  Basketmaker and instructor. Traditional and Art baskets. Member of the Towne Twiners, IBA, AMB.
• Cheryl McKinsey - Layfayette, IN
  Thirteen years experience as a teacher, designer, author. Mother of 2 teen boys.
  Owner of The Basketworks.
• Christy Spencer - Lafayette, IN
  Stay home mother of 2, day care provider, basketweaver. Just started giving classes and selling my baskets.
• Cindy Butts - LaPorte, IN
  Mother of 3, substitute school bus driver, basketweaver to help keep my sanity.
• Connie Curran - Indianapolis, IN
• Crystal Drenner - DeMotte, IN
•  Debbie Cates - Richmond, IN
  I own and operate a shop full time in Richmond where I offer classes and supplies.
• Dianne Adams Hunter - Indianapolis, IN
  Still a novice after 15 years of basket making. Spend many volunteer hours at The Home for Friendless Animals. So hard to allocate time!
• Eileen Jones - Indianapolis, IN
  Just starting out - but learning from some of the best! Thanks for your guidance and support.
• Elizabeth Acker - Indianapolis, IN
  I'm addicted! Basketmaker and teacher...
• Jane Rich - Dyer, IN
  I am a mother of one and I have been teaching basketweaving locally for 4 years. I am a member of the IBA.
• Janet Freebairn - Indianapolis, IN
• Jo Cross - Greenwood, IN
  A basketmaker/instructor. Secretary, Indiana Basketmakers Association.
• Judith B. Jones - Greenwood, IN
• Karen Griffith - Pleasant Lake, IN
  Co-owner of Farmers' Wives, designer, teacher.
• Karita Musgrave - Bloomington, IN
  Stay at home mom of a very busy 8 year old daughter. In my fifth year of weaving and still addicted. Now selling baskets in craft mall in Nashville, IN.
• Kim Huesman - Nashville, IN
  Love to weave but never enough time, nor can one have to many baskets!
• Kimberly Hall-Moore - Evansville, IN
  My mother taught me to weave. Now we do shows together in the local area.
•  Leslie Sarazan - Noblesville, IN
  I've been weaving as a hobby for about 5 years. Particularly like working with ash and also coiling with pine needles and waxed linen.
• LidaWilliams - Valparaiso, IN
•  Linda Boyle Gibson - Bloomington, IN
  Teach, sells supplies, and weave with my chocolate Lab, Winston in the new "..in a hand basket studio"
• Lois Miller - Valparaiso, IN
•  Lora L. Khoury - Indianapolis, IN
  IBA President and '97 Convention Coordinator.
• Lori Leyba - Avon (Indianapolis) IN
  Just went to the '97 convention after weaving my first basket, and I'm hooked! Will I ever learn it all?!
• Lori Walker - Ft. Wayne, IN
  I love my Mary Kay career, but I'm always looking for new crafts for my "spare time". Baskets are going to be fun!
• Lorri Meyer - Ft. Wayne, IN
  Stay home mother of 2 whose hobbies include basketweaving, softball, and my computer!
• Lynn Pawley - Noblesville, IN
  Creative Country Baskets - "Basketmakers Creed Shirt"
• Marilyn Thompson - New Castle, IN
•  Mary Hettmansperger - Peru, IN
  Basketry teacher.
• Norma Collins - Indianapolis, IN
•  Pam Sacco - Ladoga, IN
  Member of Basketeers Guild.
• Pat Carothers - Columbus, IN
  Love to weave, am an artist, and spend lots of time at ARTColumbus Art Gallery - working, painting, etc. Would love to hear from you :-)
• Pat Syler - Rochester, IN
  I have been weaving for several years, full time since my retirement in '93. There are not enough hours in a day for me now.
• Patricia Hallow - Madison, IN
•  Ronda Brugh - Rochester, IN
  Owner of The Loft, teaches.
• Sandy Drexler - Beech Grove, IN
  Craft business: MS Creations, basket related items, fabric.
• Sue Sparks - Bloomfield, IN
  Basketweaving for love, enjoyment and sanity.
• Susan Amonette - Camby, IN
  Basketweaver and instructor, Partylite consultant, have full time job AND 2 kids! Where's the sanity?
• Susan Crowl - Hamilton, IN
  Co-owner of Farmers' Wives, designer and teacher.
• Susan Slaven - Muncie, IN
  Member of Yorktown Buck Creek Basket Guild. I just can't get enough of anything to do with baskets!
• Susie Need - Indianapolis, IN
  Weaving for 5 years. Went to 1998 IBA convention for first time; will be going back. Member Cut and Tuckers Guild.

Iowa

• Ellonyia Yenney - Davenport IA
  Full-Time weaver and owner of Bier Baskets
• Kate Cloudsparks - DesMoines, IA
  I am a pine needle weaver specializing in miniature baskets. I have a catalog " Kate Cloudsparks Basketry" and love to correspond with other pine needle people!
• Beverly Clark - Baxter, IA
  Annie's Place, 7750 Hwy.F-24 West, Baxter, IA 50028
• Debi Larson - Eldridge, IA
  Basketmaker, seller, homemaker.
• Dennis Houlihan/Molly Ramer - Iowa City, IA
  Hand-pounded ash baskets.
• Diane O'Connor - Cedar Rapids, IA
  Sells, instructor, loves to weave and try new patterns. Just mastered Nantucket baskets.
• Roberta Huisman - Parkersburg, IA
  Mother of 5; full-time+ basketmaker/designer as "successful" second income. Totally and completely hooked!
   
   

Israel

• Noa Harari - Israel
  Weaving since 1998 when I spent a year in NJ. I'm a full time job engineer with three kids and never enough time for baskets. I maintain a web site for Israel basket makers. At this time only two other basket makers joined, but believe me there are more of us here in Israel. (See out Links, Etc. page.)

Kansas

• Diane Eskridge - Winfield, KS
  New to basket weaving and love it. Trying to make a living with my interest in art and welcome any help.
• Debbie McElroy - Douglass, KS
  Been making baskets for 18 years. Had started making baskets in Front Royal Va. My specialty is the egg baskets, grapevine, antler and woven wall hangings.
• Linda DeWitt - Junction City, KS
  A hooked Kansas basketweaver
• Sandra Walker - Overland Park, KS
  Retired snowbird who does basketwaving during winter months. Would like to find a place to purchase patterns locally.
• Becky Swan - Wichita, KS
  Owner, River City Basket Company, 509 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202.
• Bev Henning - Olathe, KS
  I'm a homemaker and have been weaving for 10 years. Usually give all my baskets as gifts.
• Connie Clark - Wichita, KS
  Basketweaving is "The Best".
• Kendra Fast - Moundridge, KS
  Accountant, newlywed, just started weaving and I'm hooked!
• Kevin Throssell - Mayetta, KS
  I weave wainom hua (metal or iron) baskets, usually out of baling wire but I use just about any kind of wire. Been weaving for 23 yrs.
• Marlene Niemann - Rose Hill, KS
  Juli's mom and partner. Together we're The Artificer Baskets.
• Nancy Jacobs - Wichita, KS
  Weaving and Teaching in Wichita.
• Paula Norberg - Lindsborg, KS
  I have been weaving baskets for 11 years and have three small children. I am a basketweaving addict!
• Sheila J. Seals - Kansas City, KS
  I have been weaving for one year and dearly love it. I can't get enough weaving.
  

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Kentucky

• Sandra (Doallas) Howard - Nicholasville, KY
  I weave as Baskets by Sandy D.   I weave gourds, antlers, and bones into some of my one of a kind baskets. I do a few craft festivals each year, and won rilbbons with three of my entries at the KY State Fair in 2002.
• Vicky Lee Brown - Beaver Dam, KY
  Weaving since 1991, occasionally teach and sell to try to pay for the addiction.  Member of the Woven Together in Western Kentucky basket guild and the Kentucky Basket Association.
• Martha Newby - Versailles, KY
  Weaving baskets for 15+ years when time permits, first president of Kentucky Basket Association.
• Yvonne Riley - Leitchfield (Grayson Co), KY
  Own home base business, love to make baskets during down time. So many baskets, such little time....
• Deborah Boone - Frankfort, KY
  I've been weaving baskets for a year now. I weave and sell "old style" baskets. I am a member of the Kentucky Basket Association.
• Cindy Johnson - Louisville, KY
  Mother of 3, been weaving 12 years and love it!
• Connie Phelps - Bowling Green, KY
  Mother of 3 teenage sons, hooked on basketweaving, also enjoy horseback riding, and playing piano.
• Gini Howard - Nancy, KY
  Basketmaker, teacher, still love to take classes and learn new methods.
• Hugh N. Wilson - Paint Lick, KY
  Spare time basket and splint maker for ten years. Specialize in pounded white ash and hickory bark from 1/16" ash to 5" wide hickory.
• Jacquelyn Lawrence - Elizabethtown, KY
  Art teacher, basketweaver, member of Kentucky Craft Marketing Program. Mother of three.
• Judy Mullins - Grant County, KY
  Owner Mullins Log Cabin Getaway. Instructor for 13 years, weaver for 40 years.
• Lisa Boyens - Owensboro, KY
  Member of Woven Together in Western KY Guild; weaving for 2 years and totally in love, also pattern collector.
• Lu Ann Bauer - Vine Grove, KY
  Mother of 3 and Wheat Weaver and Adventurous Basketweaver for life.
• Martha Ross - Lancaster, KY
  Proprietor of Nana's Baskets, Lancaster, KY.
• Mary A. Robinson - Lexington, KY
  I am a fiber artist and I would like to exchange ideas with others.
• Patricia O. Jones - Louisville, KY
  Another basket case and addicted to patterns and books. Love it!
• Ron Harrison - Edmonton, KY
  White oak and willow basketmaker.
• Sharon Langley Musselwhite - Elizabethtown, KY
  I am a new basketweaver and I just love making baskets.
• Vickie Poteat - Philpot, KY
  Weaving for 9 yrs. Have attended IBA, and KBA. Teach occasionally and sell ready-made baskets. Drop me a line.
  

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Latvia

• Andris Lapins - Latvia
  Willow basketmaker.

   

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Louisiana

• Sandy Long - DeRidder, LA
  I have been weaving for about 8 years. Would love to hear from other basket weavers.
• Linda Arter Sura- Slidell, LA
  Basketmaker for 12 years and teacher for 10. Owner of Lagniappe Weavers - mail order weaving and gourd supplies.
• Carey Ray - Bossier City, LA
•  Johanna Heller - Slidell, LA
  Basketmaker for 12 years and teacher for 10.
• Kathy Fullerton - Fort Polk, LA
  Soon to be mother of 2. Have been weaving for 6 years. Would like to hear from anyone else taught by Fran Frketic.
  

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Maine

• Nancy Donker - Hallowell, ME
  I've been weaving for many years, starting in New Jersey before relocating to Maine and opening my shop,  Northwoods Country Basket Weaving.
• Lisa Young - St. George, ME
  I have been weaving baskets for almost 8 years. I live in beautiful mid-coast Maine and own Riverbend Baskets & Supplies.

   

• Victoria Oakes - Rumford Center, ME
  Basketmaker, chair caner, teacher, native American style crafts/baskets. Owner "Visions Of The Past". Gourd basket on exhibition at Portland Museum of Art.
• Louise Seames, Greenwood, ME
  Mostly self taught weaver who became a basketry teacher. Now have macular degeneration but still weave with magnifiers. Interested in hearing from others who weave with disabilities.
• Tammy McCaw - Plymouth, ME
  Owner of Cozy Cabin Basketry in Plymouth. I sell supplies, give classes and design baskets and I am a mother of two.
• Suzi O'Brien Rodgers - West Bath, ME
  A mother of six, grandmoster of 2, Irish Historian, adoption advocate. Always looking to exchange ideas or new sources of material
• Chris Lamb - Bristol, ME
  Designer and instructor.
• Colleen Webber - Garland, ME
  Basketweaver, designer and instructor.
• Donna Greeley - Livermore, ME
  Basket weaver for many years and still love to weave.  My husband Chuck and I have been running C & D Baskets since 1993.
• Gene Gibbs - Monroe, ME
  Wilderness Baskets, pack,laundry, picnic. Wholesale and retail.
• Jan Cronkite - Waterville, ME
  Own my own shop.
• Jerry Ann Weeks - Naples, ME
  Have motor home, will travel. We make unusual baskets with wood bottoms.
• Joy Moody - Hampden, ME
  Art therapist, basker maker, owner Sign of the Crow. See Links, Etc. for her website.
• Rhonda N. Anderson - Gray, ME
  Sweetgrass baskets.
• Sandra Kervin - Albion, ME
  "Basketweaving" the only thing in life that keeps me out of trouble.
• Stacie Heald - Dexter, ME
  I'm running out of places to put my baskets!
  

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Maryland

• Lyn Siler - Baltimore, MD
• Dee Johnson - Mechanicsville, MD
  I have been a basket maker for about 12 years and now I sell baskets and teach in St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert countys. I enjoy teaching the most.
• Sue Taylor - Hurlock, MD
  Basketmaker for the past 18 years. I do several craft shows during the year and teach classes from time to time.
• Cass McDonald - Baltimore, MD
  Parent-child activist. "Never met a basket I didn't want to make!"
• Betty Berginski - Stevensville, MD
  Retired art teacher who makes baskets, teaches basket classes and sells supplies.
• Carolyn Freitag - Eldersburg, MD
  Teacher and basketweaver.
• Carrie Casto - Bowie, MD
•  DorisMessick - Cambridge, MD
  Contemporary Basketmaker, workshop leader and author specializing in the use of natural materials.
• Juanita M. Gulden - Baltimore, MD
  One of twin sisters weavers. Beginner weaver learning from my sister who is great at it.
• Lorraine White - Bethesda, MD
•  Nancy Brandt - Glen Arm, MD
•  Pam Kerr - Pt of Rocks, MD
  T/A Pam's Baskets--custom basketmaker/designer.
• Sharon Schaeffer - Westminster, MD
  Basketmaker, artist, and high school art teacher.
  

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Massachusetts

• Katherine Silvia - Taunton, MA
  Teacher, basketmaker.  Love those baskets.  Can't make enough -- flat reed, round reed, country and shaker style.
• Valerie D'Ambrosio and Mike Young - Nantucket, MA
  Both are professional Nantucket basket makers. Valerie is President of the Nantucket Lightship Basket Makers and Merchants Assc.
• Pat Fitzpatrick - Chelmsford, MA
  Member NE Guild. Specializing in splintwoven baskets for 17 years. Recent publication - "B is for Basket," a beginner's guide to weaving basic baskets.
• Linda Chew - Pembroke, MA
  Third-generation Nantucket Lightship basketmaker
• Beverly Scott - Berlin, MA
  Wife, mother, home day care provider - juggling priorities to make time to weave-- after all, what's more important?
• Bobbie Hall - Scituate, MA
  My daughter, Merry Vigneau, started the Stowe Basket Festival five years ago; I make and teach Nantucket baskets.
• Bonnie A. Haig - Williamstown, MA
  Maker of brown ash traditional baskets, now attempting to sell them.
• Deborah Bockus - Hubbardston, MA
•  Dianne Stanton - Pembroke, MA
•  Donele Monte - Somerset, MA
  Basketmaker and instructor. Specialize in traditional basketry, Nantuckets, antler ribwork and gourd basketry.Owner of DreamWeaver and Basketry by Donele.
•  Jean Mast - Nantucket, MA
  Work limited to authentic Nantucket baskets.
• Jean Reynolds - Plympton, MA
  Weaver, teacher, best supplies in town at Reynolds Country Place , 2 Parsonage Rd., (Rt. 58) in Plympton.
• Joan and Peter Scheffer - Brewster, MA
  Retired and loving it on Olde Cape Cod.
• Joanne (Williams) Beller - Grafton, MA
•  Joanne Wood Peters - Holyoke, MA
  Weaver, instructor, designer.
• Judith Olney - Rowley, MA
• Judith Richmond Spates - Beverly, MA
  Basketweaver, instuctor and designer.
• Judy Sarna - Fall River, MA
  Sells baskets and owns her own store, A.Z.Gems, 70 Orswell St, Fall River, MA.
• Karen Anderson - Bondsville, MA
•  Karol Lindquist - Nantucket, MA
•  Linda Ariel - Norwood, MA
  Enjoy making all types of baskets!
• Lisa Bessette - Sandwich, MA
  I make hand woven Nantucket Lightship Baskets, which I sell on my website.
• Maggie Silva - Raynham, MA
  Basketmaker, teacher, writer, collector. Early childhood school psychologist looking forward to retirement in the near future.
• Margaret and Keith Boling - East Freetown, MA
  Visit Mar-Ke Baskets from our Basketry Links.
• Nicki Shaban - Braintree, MA
  NE Basketmakers Guild - Miniature basket jewelry designer, maker, instructor. Love teaching kids the art of basketry.
• Nina Webb-Lyndeborough - Nantucket, MA
  Basketmaker, instructor - traditional splint and Lightship baskets.
• Sharon Owens - Fall River, MA
  Basketmaker, owner of Dreamweavers. Ribwork and antler artwork.
• Sharon Wilson Fuller - Acton, MA
  Traditional Nantucket Lightship Baskets.
  

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Mexico

• Judith Zafforoni - Jalisco, Mexico
  Guide Winter Basketry Workshop/Tours to Mexico. Teach Pacific NW Basketry Workshops; collect and weave with gathered native materials such cedar, bark, etc.

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Michigan

• Sheri L. Van Duyn - Spring Lake, MI
  Wove my first basket at age ten and won a blue ribbon! Weaver and teacher for over 20 years. Owner of Just Patterns (Quarterly Basket Magazine).
• Andrea Herman - Cadillac, MI
  Weaving since 1986, member of the Association of Michigan Basketmakers & The Woodland Weavers Guild
• Pamela Livermore - Alba, MI
  A real basketcase.  I'm self taught and  have been weaving since 1989.  Would love some info on shows in northern MI.
• Sue Kaferle - Warren, MI
  I just love crafting anything, but baskets are my passion.  I can't walk by a basket without trying to "figure it out."  I weave for gift giving and self satisfaction.
• Daniel J. Nye - Ishpeming, MI
  Scratch black ash basketmaker.  Also bark canoes and mukuks.
• Nanette Anderson- South Haven, MI
  Weaving baskets for sale for fun and for sharing.  I weave mostly with reed but enjoy  materials and new designs of all kinds. I live in beautiful southwest Michigan. Its a great place to weave!
• Judy Clark - Mason, MI
  I write a newletter for Crossroad Weavers Guild, I'm a member of AMB
• Gail Ouimette Marlow - Iron Mountain, MI
  I enjoy working with barks and black ash. Plans are to resume teaching workshops.
• Nancy Schneider - Auburn Hills, MI
  I am a basketcase. I am attempting to turn this in a full time job. I love to weave.
• Sheri Van Duyn - Spring Lake, MI
  Teacher, designer, and weaver of Baskets. Owner of Just Patterns
• Nancy Otis Schuon - Ann Arbor, MI
  First learned to weave from my sister, Jane Ritter. Now attend AMB convention annually and am a member of Crossroad's Guild. We weave at Jane's house on Friday evenings.
• Terry Rhoades - Lansing, MI
  I am a part-time weaver. Also enjoy crocheting and stitchery work.
• Amy Sims - Monroe, MI
  I am interested in contact with other weavers in Southeastern MI or Northern OH.
• Andrea Herman - Cadillac, MI
  Basket FANatic! Member AMB andWoodland Weavers guild. Weaving is what I enjoy the most!
• Ann Lux - Monroe, MI
•  Anne Caron - Almont, MI
  Owner: Panier par Caron, 20+ years in basketry, 18th-century historical re-enactor, musician, writer, teacher, Scout leader, traveler. Currently studying Dutch and Scots Gaelic.
• Barbara Stebbins - Dearborn, MI
  Weaving for a year and loving it! Too bad my paying job cuts into my time!
• Bernadine Dosch - Grayling, MI
  I am a teacher and designer of Baskets by Bernie.
• Beth Haverkamp - Grand Blanc, MI.
  I am a full time pharmacist and beginning basketmaker who dreams of making baskets as a career one day!
• Beverly Seegert - Blissfied, MI
  Specializing in custom orders; "black creek country", 313 Jipson St., Blissfield, MI 49228.
• Bill Schrader - Bath, MI
  Basketmaker and instructor.
• C.M. Miller - Bay City, MI
  Co. name Friendship Baskets, maker for five years and loving it. Love to join a guild. Always looking for new pattern.
• Carol Zeller - Battle Creek, MI
  Retired gov. employee, weaver for 15 years, full time basketmaker and teacher. Pres. Crossroad Weavers Guild, Mason, MI and member of AMB.
• Cheryl Ritt - Bellaire, MI
  Basketmaker, instructor, member of AMB, guild member.
• Chris Hamminga - Constantine, MI
  I work full time; don't have as much time to weave as I would like. I help teach 4-H baskets and enjoy helping them learn.
• Cindy Beadle - Royal Oak, MI
  Weaver for 15 years. Turned hobby into full time work and love it! Looking for guild in Detroit area.
• Claire Schnedler - Royal Oak, MI
  Member of AMB, mother of a collage freshman and love to weave. Will test new patterns for teachers.
• Connie Vinci - Mattawan, MI
  Alias "Auntie Lavendar"
• Deb Blair - Port Huron, MI
• Deb Darr - Ann Arbor, MI
  Mom of 1 yr old boy, engineer, husband helps me to make time for weaving, even built me a workbench! Also enjoy stamping.
• Debora Tuzzolino - Eastpointe, MI
  I love working with natural materials especially birch and cedar.
• Diane Rigterink - Fennville, MI
  Live to Weave.
•   Donna Buck - Canton, MI.
  Self-taught weaver looking to share techniques and such.
• Eileen LaPorte - Romeo, MI
• Gail Marlowe - Iron River, MI
  Visit her Joyful Weft Basket Studio from our Basketry Links.
• Jackie Carl - Norton Shores, MI
  Summer Meadow Basketry.
• Jana Tafelski - MI
  Happily Weaving in Western Michigan.
• Jane Ritter - Brighton, MI
  Have been weaving since 1983; wife and mother of 2 who have early memories of going to basket supply stores.
• Janie W. Paulin - Escanaba, MI
  I have been weaving for 18 years and you can always learn something new.
• Jennifer Straus - Sterling Heights, MI
  Graphic designer who loves basket making; learned from my cousin 12 years ago and we still weave together.
• Jeri Griffin - Cedarville, MI
  Instructor & pattern designer with my Mother, Elda Nye.
• JoHoersten - Fremont, MI
  Full time weaver of antler baskets for my business, Eagle Rock Baskets , however am now getting into pine needle, gourds and driftwood.
• Joanne Jackson - Marshall, MI
  Basketmaker, some teaching, and manufacture Weave Rite Tools.
• Jodi Shebester - Milan, MI
  Teacher, designer, author, owner of The Basket House.
• Karon A. Sable - Maybee, MI
  Basket addict.
• Katherine Westphal - Saginaw, MI
  Member of Thumb Weavers guild, new weaver (1 yr) but learning (& loving) every day!
• Kathie Anderson - Macomb, MI
  I'm a summer weaver. Like to weaver on our deck! Wish we had more classes in my area.
• Leslie Johnson - Adrian, MI
  Avid weaver by day (and night!), married 31 years, doting grandma, seamstress, floral designer.
• Linda Kotarba - Farmington Hills, MI
  Basketweaver since 1986, member of the Mill Race Basket Guild in Northville, MI.
• Loraine Zielinski - Manistee, MI
  Specialize somewhat in gourd baskets but also like other natural materials.
• Marty Holihan - Clio, MI
  Basketmaker, teacher, designer, and lecturer, and have been weaving baskets since February 20 1990.
•  Mary Lee VanderMoere - Mason, MI
  Employee at Michigan State University for 23 years; weaver for 5 years. Member of Crossroad Weavers Guild, Mason, MI, and AMB.
• Mary Oakley - Harrison, MI
  Award winning antler basketmaker. My passions are antler and "large" baskets. AMB member.
• Nan Gorbics - Shelby, MI
  Let me know what kind of antler baskets are you making.
• Nancy Danielson - Manistee, MI
  Teacher, member of the newly formed "Woven Hearts Basketry Guild"
• Pamela Woodbury - Birch Run, MI
  Baskets by Pam; weaver, designer, instructor.
• Pat Paul - Kalamazoo, MI
  Birch bark is my favorite weaving material.
• Patti Page - New Lothrop, MI
  I've been weaving ten years and love making all kinds of baskets.
• Poppy Hatinger - Negaunee, MI
  Baskets-like them all! Favorite black ash and traditional basketry form.
• Robin Sarazin - Houghton, MI
  Mother of 6, library volunteer. Weaving baskets for the last ten years and I just love it.
• Sandy Atkinson - Lennon, MI
  Designer, author, PBS hostess, owner Atkinson's Country House , 2775 Riniel Rd, Lennon, MI.
• Sandy Whalen - Milford, MI
  Instructor growing willow that looks like this when it grows: W!!!W!!!W
• Sue Szymanski - Alpena, MI
  One can never have too many baskets.
• Kathleen Myers - Birch Run, MI/Nantucket, MA
  Nantucket Lightship Baskets, basketmaker Nantucket tours, Pres. Assn. of MI Basketmakers.
  

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Minnesota

• Jodi Olson - Cottage Grove, MN
  Looking for good reed at good wholesale prices
• Barb Kelly - Bigfork, MN
  Making baskets for 15 years.  Sell at craft sales.  Some teaching for community education.   Retired teacher--a real basket case.

  Gretchen Starks-Martin - Clear Lake, MN Baskets with feathers, fur, bark, and grasses interwoven is my specialty.

• Paula Bailey - Odessa, MN
  Make and sell baskets in our gallery, Big Stone Western Art. Chair caner and instructor.
• Monie Martin - Bagley, MN
  Baskets are my business, making, teaching and selling for 10 years. President of Headwaters Basketmakers Guild.
• Nancy Miller - Burnsville, MN
  Teaching basketmaking for 12 years. Sell supplies in my shop at 14812 Wildwood Road.
• Eve Sumsky - Tenstrike, MN
  Musician, teacher, editor of Headwaters Guild newsletter. "Too many baskets, too little time!"
• Cathryn Peters - Angora, MN
  Business name is The Wicker Woman, 26 year veteran wicker repair expert, teacher and author, making signature deer antler baskets since 1990.
• Diane Sannes - Brooklyn Center, MN
  Always trying to make ends meet......
• Eileen Spilman - Bemidji, MN
  Guild member, beginner weaver learning with my daughters, speech and language clinician for the local school district.
• Gail Trygstad - Two Harbors, MN
  Basketweaver 11 years, teacher 9 years, co-owner of Inland Sea Basketry.
• Ingrid Spies - Winona, MN
  I've been weaving for 10+ years and am always thinking about what I can weave next. I'm a Basketcase for sure!!
   
• Karen Mitchell - Robbinsdale, MN
  I've been weaving for only three years during this lifetime, but I feel like I've been weaving for hundreds of years.
• Louanne B. Hipp - Hopkins, MN.
  A basket case for life. Have been weaving for about 10 years.
• MaryJeanne Hemesath - West St. Paul, MN
  I don't drive and would like suggestions on how I might sell my baskets.
• Molly Stahlke - Maple Grove, MN
•  Roseann Eaton - Ely, MN
  Making baskets for gifts and knitting are my favorite crafts, but there is never enough time..actually have to go to work!
• Sam Kuball - Waterville, MN
  Enjoy doing intricate woodburning on maple for baskets and am blessed with a very basket-tolerant family.
• Sharon L. Robinson - Lakeland, MN
  I am an instructor and designer and love to weave baskets. I am also a quilt maker.
• Sue Bajczyk - Hibbing, MN
  Looking for other basketweavers in the northern MN area.
  

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Mississippi

• Charlotte Smith - Madison, MS
  Pine needle basket maker of traditional and contemporary designs. Award winnner of HGA and designer /creator of ornaments on the MS State Tree in Washington.
• Shari McMahon - McHenry, MS
  College English instructor who is avid basketmaker. I love natural, foraged materials in freeform designs.
  

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Missouri

• Bonnie Schreckengast - Laddonia MO
  Have make baskets for lots of years. Love every kind.
• Sue Vunesky - Warrenton, MO
  Interested in all types of basketmaking.  Absolutely love Nantuckets.  Love taking classes and traveling.
• Ruth Andre -  Blodgett, MO
  I love basketry and hope to share the craft with beginning basketmakers  through my Wild Pony Basket kits.
• Ruth Ann Cleveland - Sibley, MO
  Been making baskets since 1984; taken many basket classes. Now teaching through the library system. Love to work with church groups and anyone eager to learn.
• Jan Milanowski - Cedar Hill, MO
  Retired and basket weaving. Been weaving for a year and a half and am addicted! Sooo many baskets, so little time!
• Celeste Voyles - Gladstone, MO
  Basket Designs. I have been weaving for 9 years, teaching for 6 years, and totally addicted to baskets!
• Marsha Ackerman - Bonne Terre, MO
  I have been weaving since l992 and loving it.
• Dee Coffer - Kansas City, MO
  Beginner basketmaker, started 2 years ago. Love it. Looking for fellow weavers in Kansas City North area.
• Kim Shirk - Lee's Summit, MO
  Sundance Basketry- Love weaving and teaching... for past 5 years. My profession is Expressive Therapy... what a combination!
• Wanda Graham - Parkville, MO
  I have been weaving for over 17 years and have taught for the past 15 years. I teach basketweaving in my home, travel to teach and own Gray-Homestead Designs
• Donna Whalen - O'Fallon, MO
  I have been weaving for about 5 years and love it, love it, love it! Looking for people to weave in the St. Charles, St. Peters, or St. Louis area.
• Donna Boeke - Stockton, MO
  I have been making baskets for 6 years. When my 14 year old daughter weaves with me, it doubles my fun. I have taught a few classes and enjoy sharing techniques with my basket-buddies.
• Barb Byrne - Vienna, MO
  Basketweaver, instructor. Special interest in Native American designs, coiled baskets, and gourds.
• Christina Miller - Jefferson County, MO
  Legal secretary, mother of two; weaver and instructor addicted to basket making.
• Cindy Callahan - St. Louis, MO
  I love baskets! I specialize in custom-made baskets and teaching a variety of basketweaving techniques in a very comfortable atmosphere in my own home.
• Debbie Duvall - St. Charles, MO
  I am addicted to basketweaving. I eat, sleep, dream of baskets.
• Debra Van Briesen - St. Louis, MO
  "In business and loving it!" Country Rose Basketry.
• Denise P. Shollar - Florissant, MO
  Mother of 1 who loves baskets.
• Denise Rees - O'Fallon, MO
  Weaver looking for classes & patterns.
• JoAnn Hemple - St. Louis, MO
  Partner in The Spoke 'N' Reed specializing in basket home parties, classes, basketry supplies and kitsand HAVING FUN!!!
• Judy Bradley - Jefferson City, MO
  Basketweaver/instructor. Special interest in traditional working baskets and collector of antique baskets.
• Kathleen Derrick - Parkville, MO
  Basketmaker, textile weaver, member of MO Basketweavers Guild, newsletter editor of Woven Circle Guild,Kansas City.
• Kim Sehnert - Lee's Summit, MO
  I've been weaving for 9 going on 10 years, and still learning.
• Pat Moritz - Florissant, MO
• Patrick Porter - St. Louis, MO
  I am 24 and have been weaving for 4 years. Looking for other weavers in the St. Louis area.
• Paula Harrison - Raytown, MO
  Pres., Woven Circle Basketweaver's Guild, Kansas City, MO. Like to try different baskets.
• Pete Connolly - New Haven, MO
•  Rhonda Snyder - Bismarck, MO
  Secretary and newsletter editorof MO Guild. Two children, 1 grandchild. Mostly "social weaver" due to other obligations.
• Rita Nardin - Ballwin, MO
  Mother of two and employed bySt. Louis Community College.
• Sue Chatfield - Kansas City, MO
  Weaver for 6 years, just beginning to teach; member 3 guilds, chair of MO Basket Sampler Convention.
• Terri Hardy - Kansas City, MO
  Weaving for over 2 years and loving it.
  

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Montana

• Jeanne Williams - Ennis, MT
  I have been weaving pineneedle baskets for over 23 years. My art background in college has helped me with my intricate designs for  my baskets.  I also tie flies for fly fishing.
• Faye Stukey - Kalispell, MT
  Weave both traditional and contemporary baskets. Enjoy using natural items, including antlers, gourds, willows, and more... whenever possible!
• Margie Reck - Cameron, MT
  Weaving for 15 years, teach, love collecting & working with natural materials
• Barbara Compton - Missoula, MT
  Basketmaker/surface design. Love using non-recyclable materials and also paper, native Montana plants and willow.
• Laili D. Komenda - Kalispell, MT
  Basketmaker --antler handle and accents my 'favorites'.
• Phyllis Mayhew - Kalispell, MT
  Basketry - relaxation therapy at my fingertips.
  

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Nebraska

• Jeanine Palmieri - Bellevue, NE
  Aerobics instructor, "mother" of 2 golden retrievers, member of the Nebraska Basketweavers' Guild.
• Karena Sylvester - Omaha, NE
•  Pamela Burns Allen - Bellevue, NE
  Newsletter editor and co-chairperson for the '97 convention of the Nebraska Basketweavers' Guild.
  

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Netherlands

• Esmé Hofman  - Netherlands
  I work at the Dutch National Basketry Museum of the Netherlands.  I studied at the German Basketry School for four  years and I specialize in skeined willow work.

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Nevada

• Joyce Fisher - Reno, NV
  I am a beginning basketmaker, gourd artist and handmade paper enthusiast.
• Molly Gardner - Sun Valley, NV
  Obsessed with basketweaving and also a gourd artist! Member of Great Basin Basketmakers of Reno.
• Sharon Thornal - Ely, NV
  I am a weaver, teacher and am beginning to offer supplies.
• Stephanie Devine - Sparks, NV
  How do you spell relief? W-E-A-V-I-N-G!!!
• Sue Cochran - NV
  I just like to make baskets to relax.
  

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New Hampshire

• Liz Lapham - Meredith, NH
  Birchbark basketmaker, teacher, member of the League of NH Craftsmen and owner, The Basket Studio, 15 Sawmill Shores, Meredith, NH.
• S. Dugan - Sanbornton, NH
  Full time ash splint basketmaker, member - league of NH Craftsmen
• Bette Finnern - Hollis, NH
• Cindy Limauro - Durham, NH
  Nantucket Lightship basketmaker and instructor, member of the League of NH Craftsmen.
• Dottie Routhier - Grafton, NH
  Basketmaker, teacher, mom of 3 boys.
• Jennifer B. George - Seacoast, NH
  Basketmaker 13 years, Shaker demonstrator, instructor, supplier. Specialize in Shaker reproductions, but enjoy reed and Nantucket, also.
• Karen Johnson - Brookline, NH
  Basketmaker and instructor, mother of 3 with husband who is building me a website.
• Karen L. DeFelice - Pittsburg, NH
  Basketmaker, teacher, with two shelties who like to help. Owner of Lakeshore Crafts & Collectibles and Great North Woods Backpack Co.
• Karen R. Benoit - Belmont, NH
  Basketmaker for 7 years. Seamstress and mother of two boys.
• Linda Riggs - Weare, NH
• Lisha Kimball - Webster, NH
  Owner of the BasketMaker's Shop, specializing in original patterns.
• Lucy Cote - Henniker, NH
• Marie Nerdahl - Epsom, NH
  Full-time basketmaker and mother of four children.
• Martha Wetherbee - Sanbornton, NH
  Newsletter and book publisher, author and teacher; nation's authority on Shaker baskets.
• Rebecca Burke - Keene, NH
  Aka The Basket Weave. Basketmaker, many years expierence.
• Suzanne Kapusta - Concord, NH
  Like to get together with others cause I'm lazy on my own!
• Twig (Lisa) Mather - Salisbury, NC
  Weaver, teacher, mom to one daughter (adopted from China) and three Labrador Retrievers.

New Jersey

• Robin Cook - Boonton Twp, NJ
  Mother of 3. Took my first class with Sheri Craighead 8 years ago and haven't stopped weaving.
• Helen Schwartz - Princeton, NJ
  I am a printmaker/painter and arts journalist who switched to basketmaking and have never been happier
  Amy Kolb - Essex Fells, NJ
  I am a weaver and teacher some of the time otherwise a nanny to 6 children ages1-11.
• Denise Fisher - Bayville, NJ
  Baskets are my business!
•   Grace Reese - McGuire AFB, NJ
  Yankee Weaver.
• Kathi Murray-Calvert - Tinton Falls, NJ
  Totally addicted aspiring basketmaker and folk artist, Mom of 3 and wife of a very patient man. Member of Basketmakers of NJ and NCBA.
• Martha Constain - Bound Brook, NJ
  Member Basketmakers of NJ, weaver, instructor.
• Mary V. Carty - Mt. Holly, NJ
  Basketmaker, instructor, mother of 2 young men, and co-owner of Pinelands Folk Music & Basketry Center.
• Sheri Dobson - Pennsville, NJ
  Basketmaker, teacher, seller, stay at home mom of 2. Just can't get enough of basketweaving!!!!!
• Sherry Craighead - Kenvil, NJ
  Weaver, designer, teacher with 10 years+ experiance. Addicted to baskets with no hope of recovery!
• Suzzanne Heberer - Southampton, NJ
  Originally from southern Illinois; I've been weaving for about 9 years. Would love to "chat" with anybody.

New Mexico

• Elaine Morrison - Santa Fe, NM
  Taught various basketry classes in Boulder/Denver area for 17 years, work pictured on the cover of Splint Woven Basketry by Robin Taylor-Daugherty.
• Joan Brink - Santa Fe, NM
  Full time basket maker employing Nantucket lightship techniques in large vessel formats with dyed coloristic designs currently shown in
  Santa Fe and nationally.
• Frances Wright-Magdalena, NM
  New to basketry, work with reed and cane, pine needles, natural materials. Looking to learn any way I can.
• Pat Wilson - Albuquerque, NM
• Charlotte A. Des Roches - Santa Fe, NM
•  Juli Niemann - Santa Fe, NM
  Landscape architect and archaeologist for the Forest Service. Show my baskets in Amapola Gallery in Albuquerque.
• Lorna Pollock - Santa Fe, NM
  Basketry teacher, owner of Wildwoods Craft Camp; Basket Kits.
• Molly Gerwe - Sliver City, NM
  Weaver for two years, mother of two boys, adjunct college professor. Weaving is my escape hatch... I'm hooked!
  

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New York

• Lisa Moree - Ithaca, NY
  I have been weaving for about 15 years....started in North Carolina where I had a shop, Mountaincraft Baskets.  Recently moved here to the Ithaca area and am preparing my work to put into a local co-op.
• Laurie M. Bauch - Sanborn, NY
  Basketmaker, instructor, member of BNJ - Always looking to learn more!
• Mary E. Skillings - Dansville, NY
  I weave teach, design and sell patterns. Was crazy enough to weave 100 miniature provender baskets for favors for my daughter's June wedding...a labor of love!
• Marie Schultz - Albion, NY
  Weaving and teaching baskets for almost 20 years. Basketmaker at Genesee Country Village and teach at Rochester Museum. Work with ash, reed and willow.
• John McGuire - Geneva, NY
  Weaver, teacher specializing in Nantucket baskets, supplier of tools and supplies.
• Mary Marblo - Valatie, NY
  I have been weaving for six years. Recently opened Woven Traditions in Valatie offering a varied inventory of items by NY crafters.
• Barbara Blossey-Chuvalas - Long Island, NY
  Owner of The Basket Garden Farm Studio, 5229 Sound Ave., Riverhead, Long Island.
• Fred Miller - Loudonville, NY
  I am a volunteer basketmaker at the Hancock Shaker Museum; introduced to the craft by John McGuire. Also a collector of American Indian baskets.
• Anthony & Sandee Zaborowski - Phoenix, NY
  Opening a business weaving to sell, teaching classes & going to craft shows.
• Mary McGonigal Kendall, NY
  Member of Fingerlakes Basketweavers Guild from Rochester, NY. Enjoy teaching, weaving and sharing.
• Georgianne Muench - N. Lawrence, NY
  A farrier by trade, basketweaving started out being my stress release. Now semi-retired, kids grown, basket weaving is now my artistic expression. I work with naturals I gather and purchased reeds.
• Angie Maone - Wantagh, Long Island, NY
  Just started and anxious to continue.
• Ann French - Brasher Falls, NY
  I am a basketmaker and a gourd crafter. I teach classes in both mediums at my shop, French's Basket~Tree Shop on Barnage Road.
• Bonnie Gale - Norwich, NY
  Proprietor - English Basketry Willows. Many years of experience in teaching willow basketry. Willing to answer your willow questions. New York
• Cheri Branca - Victor, NY
  Enjoy sharing basket making ideas, create own stencils for painting on ash strips.
• Christine Haley - Rochester, NY
  Learned basket making at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.
• Connie Adam - Clifton Park, NY
  Looking for weavers in the Albany, NY area.
• Debra Perry-Scott - Walden, NY
  I am a forever student, weaver, designer, and instructor. I'm currently instructing Basic Weaving at the area AC Moore stores as well as from home.
• Dolores Gatz - Long Island, NY
  Member of Long Island, E. Long Island, NE, IBA, NCBA, Westchester, MI, and SC Guilds.
• Donna Weber - Elmira, NY
  Visit Donna's DW Baskets site from the Basketry Link section.
• Elizabeth Cheney - Beaver Falls, NY.
  Sole proprieter of Cheney's Basketry, always looking for new ideas.
• Jeanne Bunnell - Scipio Center, NY
  Self taught basketmaker. Any area weavers out there?
• Joan Belles - Himrod, NY
  Basket weaver for 13 years.  Teach classes at my studio overlooking Seneca Lake called the Waterfront Weavery.   Active member Finger Lakes Basket Weaver’s Guild.  Love to weave!!!
• Judy Flanders - White Plains, NY
  I am a student, teacher, basketmaker and my local guild is The Westchester Area Basketmakers Guild.
• Laurie Hunt Salladin - Rochester, NY
  Former craft shop owner and basketry instructor turned cosmetologist returns to weaving!
• Leah Smith - Conklin, NY
  Interested in meeting with anyone in this area doing basketry, especially round weave basketry.
• Linda S. Allen - Rome, NY
  Basketmaker, designer, collector, instructor.
• Lisa Nortz - Croghan, NY
  Adirondack pack basketmaker.
• Lois Ann Wolff - Lake Luzerne, NY
  Have been at weaving for about three years and am hooked on Shaker-type baskets. Find weaving a relaxing interlude from my work as an interim pastor.
• Mandy Miller - Pittsford, NY
  North Woods Basketry, c/o Mandy Miller, 14 Sundew Lane, W. Henrietta, NY 14586.
• Margaret Moreno - Greece, NY
•  Martha Bremer - Otego, NY
  Basketmaker for 14 years. I'm attempting to market pack baskets and woven rainsticks.
• Mary F. Theriault - Gouverneur, NY
  Basketweaver for 10 yrs. Enjoy it very much.
• Mary Lathron - Rochester, NY
  Elementary Art Specialist and basketmaker.
• Nancy Steele - Webster, NY
  I have been weaving for 10 years.
• Pat Lugert - Hilton, NY
  Looking for other weavers that meet or would like to start meeting during the daytime to weave.
• Robyn Awand - Lanesville, NY
  Have been weaving for over 12 years. Love it!! Member of Northeast Basketmakers Guild.
• Sabina Kneeland - Ithaca, NY
•  Sam J. Saccoia - Utica, NY
  Have been studying basket making with Flo Hoppe and Bonnie Gale for 4 years. Completely involved in basketry and have converted my downstairs into a studio.
• Sharon Waters - Marcellus, NY
  See link to Sharon's Baskets, Naturally under Basketry Links.
• Susan Mereau - Massena, NY
  I have been making baskets for about 5 years and enjoy the pleasure of sharing my craft.
• Tony Figurilli - Medina, NY
  Designer, teacher of basketry 15 years experience, enjoy creating designs. Would like any input of new designs.
• Tracey Green - Syracuse, NY
•  Winnie Segal - Hartsdale, NY
  Editor of the Westchester Area Basketmakers Guild Newsletter.
  

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New Zealand

• Heather Shaw - Otaki, New Zealand
  Full time willow basketmaker. Member of the Basketmakers Association, England.
  

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North Carolina

• Peggie Wilcox - Franklin North Carolina
  I have been a basket maker for 25 years, and have been teaching for at least 15 years. I recently quit my "real job" to teach, weave baskets and make jewelry full time.
• Eva D. Green - Pittsboro, NC
   I am a fourth generation basket weaver.
• Joni-Dee Ross - Summerfield, NC
  Owner of Handmade North Carolina Baskets - instructor, designer, mother, wife, Clemson fan, president of the Delaware Basketmakers Association
• Donna  Rose - Ayden, NC
  Basketmaker, instructor, designer;  weaving for 23 years.  Member of NCBA & TBA.  My patterns are sold by Carolina Basketry, New Bern, NC.
• Linda F. Smith - Forest City, NC
  Crafty person, NCBA member, love basketmaking and trying out new patterns but running out of space. Thank God for a patient husband.
• Elsie Hodge - Newport, NC
  Make pine needle pieces and splint baskets. Have taught pine needle basktry for 30 years.
• Ruth Wippich - Newport, NC
  Make baskets and enjoy experimenting with different types of reeds and splints.
• Jim & Jimmie Kent - Sneads Ferry, NC
  Full time master basketmakers from our home studio. Traditional and Nantucket baskets. Teacher, collector, pattern author, owner Miss Jimmie's Basketry.
• Vicki Worrell - Rocky Point, NC
  Have been making baskets for about 16 years, teaching for about 15 years, and own Sarah's Baskets in Rocky Point.
• Darlene Safrit - Troy, NC
  Weaving since 1983. Teach a class at local community college. Enjoy all types of Baskets. Member NCBA. Active and school and church, work full time as office manager. Never a dull moment!
• In Memory of Onliner: Beverly Wilson - King, NC
  Basketmaker and herb grower. See her "In Season" website from our Basketry Links.
• Anne McFadyen - Tarboro, NC
  Basket teacher, basket lover and part-time basketmaker.
• Barb Cordell - Charlotte, NC
•  Barbara Good - Tarboro, NC
  Love to make baskets!!
• Becky Anthony - Wilmington, NC
•  Billie Ruth Sudduth - Bakersville, NC
  Teacher, collector, author and full time studio basketmaker with work in the Smithsonian and American Craft Museum.
• Carolyn Harbour - King, NC
  Pine need baskets instructor. "Baskets are made by hands like mine, but only God can make a pine.
• Carolyn Kemp - Matthews, NC
  Basketmaker, artist, The Basket Book by Lyn Siler.
• Carrie O'Hara - Fayetteville, NC
  Hooked on weaving!
• Cathy Clontz - Indian Trail, NC
  Hobbies - basketweaving and surfing the net.
• Cheryl Tilley - Kernersville, NC
  Basketweaver, teacher for 13 years, guidance counselor, church work.
• Connie Hughes - Winston-Salem, NC
  Full time basketweaver and painter. Love to design new baskets - my latest is a "Lazy Susan". My husband does my woodwork and is the best handle cleaner in NC!
• Debby Collins - Hubert, NC
  Basketweaver and owner of Crafts Plus - "home" of our local basket guild "Coastal Weavers".
• Diane Holzworth - Goldsboro, NC
•  Dianne Cottrell - Winston-Salem, NC
•  Dianne Kennedy - Asheville, NC
  Instructor and designer, co-coordinator of 1998 NCBA convention, proprietor of Bungalowe Basics.
• Elizabeth Clark - Havelock, NC
  Author of Addicted To Baskets.
• Harold R. Evans - Zirconia, NC
  Make garlic, onion, potato, match baskets and minitures professionally. Member of S. Highland Craft Guild, Asheville.
• Jane Bruer - Chapel Hill, NC
•  Juanita Carreon - Havelock, NC
  Have been weaving almost 5 years; weave at "Handworks" owned by Kathy Libby. Member NCBA, Coastal Carolina Basketweavers Assoc., Weavers Words and Spoke 'n Weaver.
• Judy Cote - Pittsboro, NC
  Artist/basketmaker: Finding direction in basketry.
• Judy Lanier - Sanford, NC
  Love to make minis with brown ash.
• Judy Wobbleton - Williamston, NC
  Co-founder of NC Basketmakers Assoc., basketmaker, instructor, designer.
• Denise Pittman - Rockingham,NC
  Teacher for almost twenty years. Basket weaver for over 10 years. Like to correspond with other weavers.
•   Lynne Rooney Maynard - Northboro, NC
  Looking for other weavers in the central MA area, maybe a local guild.
• Marilyn Vunk - Traphill, NC
  Native collected fiber basketmaker since l978.
• Mary Anne Langley - Fayetteville, NC
  Basketmaker since 1985, instructor since 1991, day job with three attorneys, sell baskets on consignment as time permits.
• Mary Cody - NC
  Eighty-three year old basketmaker and e-mailer. Love to talk to people and exchange ideas, etc.
• Mary Kuhr - Raleigh, NC
  Basket fanatic who loves to teach.
• Nancy DeVries - Charlotte, NC
  Weaver for 12 years, instructor for 10 years; love working with all types of materials and enjoy all styles of baskets.
• Pamela Zimmerman - Washington, NC
  Full-time mother of two, Pine Needle Group Founder, learning to coil other things. I like to correspond with other basketmakers, also do surface design on fabric.
• Rachel Leshko - Goldsboro, NC
  Wife, mother and basketweaving addict
• Robbie Womble Sykes -  Edenton, NC
  I have been a basketweaver since the late 80's.  I weave, design and teach basket weaving and own Bandon Place Baskets.
• Shirley Gunter - Pittsboro, NC
• Tami Daniel - Winston-Salem, NC
  Pres. W-S Arcadia Basketmakers., VP NC Basketmakers Assn.; mother of twin boys; Never enough weaving time, but a girl can dream!
• Tina Russell - Winston-Salem, NC

Ohio

• Carleen Dobie - Springfield, OH
  Owner of Grams Custom Baskets, Etc.  Weaving steady for 5 years.  Love  to learn new techniques.
• Sharon  Dempsey - Beavercreek, OH
• Ginger Lindamood - Medway, OH
  Weaving and watching the excitement of brand new weavers is just the best!  Love being teacher or student.  Own Precision Wood & Baskets with husband, Marv.
• Bonnie Easterbrooks - Dayton, OH
• Sharon Klusmann - Tallmadge, OH
  Basket designer, weaver and instructor. Hooked for 16 years! Own Cornerstone Baskets.
• Mary Beth Rosenberger - College Corner, OH
  I have been weaving for 8 years and teaching for 5 years. I AM HOOKED.
• Deanna Wicks - Cincinnati OH
  I have been teaching for over ten years and design my own country basket creations.
• Anna Marie Lansman - Wellington, OH
  Weaving for fun, gifts & Braided Tail Baskets, my business. I'm a member of the Medina Basket Guild and enjoy teaching small groups, all ages.
• Kathy Woods - Columbus, OH
  I love baskets, when I learned how to weave at my first class I was hooked, forever.
• Gail Middleton - Strongsville, OH
  Basketmaker and instructor
• Valerie Banfield - Hilliard, OH
  Weaver, instructor, and always a student. Holiday gift basket orders have turned a hobby into a (very) small business. It's too much fun!
•  Andi Szanti - Cincinnati, OH
•  Angie Rhodus - New Paris, OH
  I am a weaver, teacher, and owner of The Basket Case. Full time wife and mother of three. Love to hear from other weavers!
• Becky Wing-Cubberley - Lakewood, OH
•  Bernadine Jines - Fairborn, OH
  Working nurse and sparetime weaver of useful baskets.
• Beth Ruemmele - Millbury, OH
  Love to weave, sell at craft shows, Shady Acres Baskets.
• Bonnie Sherbinsky - Lorain, OH
  Crafting for 35 years, new basketmaker, wish I had had a chance to start 25 years ago. Trying to make up for lost time! Must have been a basketweaver in another life.
• Brenda Johnson - West Manchester, OH
  Weaving since 1983, teaching since 1994, also my new interest is waxed linen necklaces. Weaving is my therapy.
• Brenda Traffis - Concord Twp., OH
  I've been a basketweaver for about 6 years and a "Gourdhead" for over 30 years!
• Carolyn J Abbey - Wellington, OH
  I am a weaver, teacher, and sell supplies.
• Char Ciammaichella - Aurora,OH
  Basketmaker, beader, mother of 3 teenage boys, no other life!!
• Cindy Clark - Grove City, OH
  I have been weaving for 10+ years. Enjoy weaving to take my mind off of my outside pressures!
• Debbie Gring - Swanton, OH
  Part time weaver, full time wife /mom and nurse.
• Eva Snyder - Tipp City, OH
  Basket teacher and maker of stoneware pottery basket embellishments, bases, handles, and author of many patterns. Owner/operator of Union Station Studio.
• Gretchen Alberts Hautzinger - Lebanon, OH
  Avid basketmaker, teacher, and cat lover.
• Jeannie Roeck - Xenia, OH
  I have been weaving for 8 yrs. and I just can't quit. I have 3 young children and also home school.
•   Judy Dominic - Harrison, OH
• Karen Wheeler - Columbus, OH
  Love to make baskets - all kinds; teacher and sell at craft shows.
• Kelley Hughes - Columbus, OH
•  Kelly S. Jaminet - Ravenna, OH
•  Kim K. Miller - Dayton, OH
  I'm hooked on baskets and I can't quit.
• Linda Braun - Ashland, OH
  Webmaven of Baskets, Etc.
• Linda Cosgrove - Twinsburg, OH
•  Linda Mitchusson - Cincinnati, OH
•  Linda Rae Pollitz - Ottawa, OH
  Currently run Tisket a Tasket - Baskets by Linda Rae as a part time endeavor and teach some classes.
• Margie Hayes - Loveland, OH
  I get together with a few friends weekly to make baskets and exchange new weaving ideas.
• Marilyn Becker - Centerville, OH
  I am retired and stilling learning from every class, and just hooked....
• Pam Feix - Eaton, OH
  Basket weaver, basket teacher and weaving keeps me from being a Basket Case. :)
• Peggy Lawson - Middletown, OH
  Novice weaver who is interested in learning as much as I can about it.
• Phyllis Walla Catania - Delware, OH
  Editor of The Last Lash, Indiana Basketmakers Association newsletter.
• Robin Hughes - Kenton, OH
  I've been weaving, selling, and teaching baskets for 16 years. I'm also a teacher, wife, & mother of one. I'll try any kind of basket, but love braided rims & European country.
• Rose McConn - Cincinnati, OH
  Member of Ohio Valley Basketweavers Guild.
• Rose Miklasevich - Dayton, OH
  Mother of 3, a beginner basketweaver, volunteer at U.S.A.F.Museum, also work in stained glass.
• Sharon Peto - Burton, OH
  I have been weaving for about 15 years; member of Wildwood Basketry Guild.
• Sue Ann Allen - Mason, OH
  Accountant and mother of 2 who makes baskets in her "spare" time.
• Susan King - Milford, OH
  So many baskets - so little time!
• Terri Brenner - Cincinnati, OH
• Marilou Volkman - Cincinnati, OH

Oklahoma

• Linda Lou Alexander - Finley, Oklahoma
  I have been weaving for 15 years and still "hooked"
• Karen Scott - Duncan, OK
  I have been weaving for 15 yrs. and caning for 13. I teach weaving when I can and enjoy the 2 guilds here in OK.
• Peggy Sanders Brennan - Edmond, OK
  A native of OK and a member of the Cherokee Nation, I have been teaching the Cherokee wicker plaited double wall and twill plaited baskets for 10 years.
• Linda P. Weible - Tulsa, OK
  I'm a retired teacher, after 31 years. I have been weaving about 15 years. Love to make antler baskets.
• Denise Rounds - Tulsa, OK
  I'm new at basket making but I love this craft!
• Edana Caldwell - Woodward, OK
  Basketweaver and teacher, specializing in double-wall baskets, a Cherokee technique.
• Jeanie Penick - Tulsa, OK
  Teach a monthly class of basketweaving to a few friends. I would love to start a guild or find other weavers at my level to encourage me as I encourage my students.
• Marcia Balleweg - Wellston, OK
  Looking for other OK basketmakers who would like to get together.
• Mary Stone - Del City, OK.
  Secretary, member of Cherokee Nation of OK, weave and teach traditional Cherokee double-walled baskets.
• Melanie Dilts - McAlester, OK
  Mother of 1, been weaving for about 4 years.
• Stephanie Funk Conrad - Bethany, OK
  New but addicted. Looking for Okies who feel the same.

Oregon

• Gladys Christensen - Florence, OR
  I mostly coil baskets with pine needles--or anything else I can find in nature for color or variety. Just a fascinating hobby.
• Deb Curtis - Corvallis, OR
  Basketweaver for 14 years, instructor, Cert.of Excellence in Basketweaving, Chairperson for 1999 judging, Workshop Chair for Columbia Basin Basketry Guild.
• Glenda Kohl - Bend, OR
  Mother of two, part-time professional pine needle basketweaver/artist. Weaver for 20 years.
   
• Rita Shearer - Terrebonne, OR
  Make pine needle baskets with a Native American influence; love gathering in the Central Oregon High Desert area.
• Susi Rolf-Tooley - Rainier, OR
  Christian Basketmaker, gourd carver, most recently working on carving petroglyphs in stone.

Pennsylvania

• Jackie Coleman - Wellsboro, PA
  Sell and make the baskets to any shape color.
• Ruth Emberg -  Apollo, PA
  Weaver for 40 years, teacher for 19 years. "Bachemberg Baskets"
• Alecia Ghilarducci - Lancaster, PA
  Mother or 4, I have woven 30+ baskets in my first 11 months, does that qualify as an addiction? I would love to be e-mail pals with other basketmakers!
• Maryann Gross - York, PA
  Retired, make, teach, design, and sell baskets, love to incorporate other crafts into my basketry.
• Angie (Longenecker) Wagner - Kempton, PA
  Woven Branch Designs - Basketweaving and Rush Seating and also The Country Seat
• Billie Schwab - Venus, PA
•  Bonnie Hay - Philadelphia, PA
  Happily weaving for 16 years--instructor, member of BNJ and PA Guild of Craftsmen.
• Debi Geosits - Bangor, PA
  Fourth grade teacher, wife, mother of two teenagers and because of these roles I need baskets to relax. I have been weaving for 8 years and am a member of Lehigh Valley Basketmakers Assoication.
• Karlyn Shedlowski - Stroudsburg, PA
  Membership Chair, Penn Jersy Guild. Pharmaceutical consultant. Weave fabric and baskets; speciality is complex twill weaves.
• Linda Campbell - McClure, PA
  See Linda's baskets from Cam-Com Enterprises from our Basketry Links.
• Linda Clifton - New Cumberland, PA
•  Linda Mayo - Shippensburg, PA
  Rehabilitation counselor and mother of two teenagers - basket making is therapeutic!
• Linda Moulton - New Holland, PA
  Just starting a life of weaving.
• Lori Hopkins - Lake Wallenpaupack, PA.
  Would like to hear from other basketers.
• Lyn Levan - Middleburg, PA
• Lynda Martens - Mt. Hope, Fairfield, PA
  My Mother Doretta (age 77) andI weave together for the joy of creating baskets that we LOVE and USE in every facet of our lives.
• Mary Louise Rader - Bangor, PA
  Have been weaving for 10 years and teaching for 8 years. Love to design new patterns.
• Mary-Jane B. Hart - Linden, PA
  Teacher of baskets & wheat weaving with sculpturing gourds on the side. I'm lost in the maze and can't stop!
• Nancy Marshall - Lancaster, PA
•  Pamela Sharlene - Bensalem, PA
•  Patricia R. Yunkes - Cooksburg, PA
  Owner, Patricia Baskets; teacher who specializes in gourds and natural materials.
• Phebe Good - Landisville, PA
  Weaver for 15 years, teacher, market thru home parties.
• Ruth B. Emberg - Apollo, PA
  Teacher, weaver, basket lover, owner of Bachemberg Baskets, 295 Bowman Lane.
• Tedd and Bonnie Sherman - Trout Run, PA
  Husband and wife team, making baskets 7 years and still married!
• Wenonah Riegel - Birdsboro, PA
  I am Native American and although I have only been making baskets for a short time, I feel as if I am exploding with ideas for new patterns and colorways.

Peru

• Mary Schultz - Lima, Peru
  Started making baskets in Saint Paul, MN. Now in Peru due to my husband's work and looking for a teacher and/or friend to weave with.

Rhode Island
 

• Kate and Joe Conroy - RI
  Teach, make and sell flat reed and Nantuckets. Kate is junior high teacher; Joe is retired NCR tech rep.
   

Romania

• Tinel Constantinescu - Buzau, Romania
  Produce willow baskets, decorations and furniture
  

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 Russia

• Nadezhda Appolat - Russia
  I live in Russia and I have been busy with willow weaving for eight years.  I feel a lack of professional communication.
   

South Carolina

• Pati English - Seneca, SC
  Basket Weaving Instructor in my home studio or other Upstate S.C. locations. Member Upper S.C. Basket Makers Guild, Resident Artist with the S.C. Arts Commission.
• Jodi Shebester - Concord, SC
  Author, designer and teacher. Member NCBA board. Teaches in 16 states. Published 4 times in Crafting Traditions and 1 time in Country Woman.
• Barbara Dengler - Isle of Palms, SC
  Contemporary basketmaker with 9 years experience seeking gallery and teaching opportunities.
• Barbara Maher - Parris Island, SC
  Wife, mom, basketmaker and instructor.
• Jane Wilson - Hodges, SC
  Used to have a formal dining room; now has a weaving room.
• Judi Mounter - Seneca, SC
  Love baskets of all kinds. Weave baskets and do chair seats; work outside the home, so not enough time for weaving.
• Marianne Barnes - Greenville, SC
  Art teacher, I teach basket classes, member Upper South Carolina Basketmakers' Guild and NC Association.
• Ms. Sam McKee - West Columbia, SC
  Used to belong to NCBWA, now in SC and looking for online weaving friends. Converting old pumphouse into weaving studio, love to design, dye, teach and weave.

South Dakota

• Ann Rohlf - Pierre, South Dakota
  Basketmaker, instructor, designer. Bead and basket shop owner.
• Ev Iddings - Sioux Falls, SD
  Aka Dakotah Weaver - Basketweaver, instructor, designer, chair cainer, wicker repairer.
• Kris Rogerson - Rapid City, SD
  Basketmaker using traditional methods with willow; also coiled work with pine needles, waxed linen.

Sweden

• Jonas Hasselrot - Södertälje, Sweden
  Basketmaker, focusing on basketry traditions. Commissions,courses, lectures. Author of comprehensive book on Swedish basketry. (See our Publications, Etc. page .)

Switzerland

• David Dusina - Switzerland
  Started in the summer of  1979.   I make coiled baskets using Raffia.  Both bundled and three rod.
  

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Tennessee

• Terry Rupert - Pigeon Forge, TN
  I specialize in teaching Nantucket Basketry in my shop in Pigeon Forge, TN or your school location.
• Susan McRae - Chattanooga, TN
  Basketmaker for 30 years, teacher for 10 plus.
• Sherry McClure - Germantown ,TN (suburb of Memphis)
  Nurse and fulltime taxi for 2 teens. Weaving for 3 years; wish I had more time. GOAL: to do craft fairs and have classes in my home...within the next 5 years.
• Judith B. Davis - Knoxville, TN
  Member ETBA, NCBA, Foothills Craft Guild. Weaver for 10 years.
• Nancy Hedberg - Jonesborough, TN
  School teacher, wife and mother making Nantucket Lightship baskets.
• Susan Waite - Paris, TN
  I have been weaving for about 12 years and have won numerous awards at fairs in TN.
• Virgil H. Davis - Knoxville, TN
  Maker Shaker ash baskets. Member Foothills Craft Guild.

Texas

• Susan Ashley - Alington, TX
  Basket weaver for 24 years (egg baskets, antler baskets, and gourds)
• Paulette Brunson - Houston, TX
  Taught myself to weave last year from all the wonderful basket books I purchased and have found a hobby that is very gratifying.
• Arlene Zaloznik - El Paso, TX
  I have been basket weaving for 4 years. I teach classes locally and sell my baskets at local craft shows.
• Lorie Lawrence - Copperas Cove, TX
  Basket weaving classes and special orders.
• Brenda McKinnon - Bedford, TX
  I have been a basketweaver for 18 years. It is a hobby that has stuck and turned into a business. I also teach and sell supplies. Member of a local guild.
• B.J.Ellis - Houston, TX
  Beginning basketmaker, self taught. Hooked for life.
• Denise Kimbrough - Santa Fe, TX
  Contemporary basketmaker for 6 years and lover of fibers!
• Elaine Barron - San Antonio, TX
  Looking for other weavers in Texas. Where are you?
• Jean Cadmus May - League City, TX
•  Judy Byrne - San Antonio, TX
  Anyone out there from the area? I feel I'm on a deserted island. Would love to hear from you.
• Kim Bradshaw - Silsbee, TX
  Weaving since 1991, turned into full time business.
• Laura Ashe - Plano, TX
  I love to weave personalized "theme" gift baskets. I teach beginners' basic weaving skills.
• Lynn B. Gammon - Houston, TX
  Weaver/teacher - have baskets woven by my great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather.
• Monica Impellizzeri - Conroe, TX
  Imported basketweaver from MI. I have been teaching for 13 years and opened a weaving supply store 6 years ago.
• Ruth Padilla - Amarillo, TX
  Pine needle weaving on pottery.
• Shelby Cefaratti - Somewhere in TX

Utah

• Melissa Lawrence  and Geri Lawrence - Tooele, UT
  In-laws who weave together, stay together!
  Linda Higgins - South Jordan, UT
  Just beginning to weave and loving it. Looking for unique and different patterns.
• Jana Tabor - S. Ogden, UT
  Mom of three boys, new to basketweaving and loving it!
• Joy Dowdy - Layton, UT
• Karla Snow - Tooele, UT
  As a beginning weaver, I have done one basket in a class, but am now on my own as classes are far away. Wish me luck.

Vermont

• Joyce Burnham - Chelsea, VT
  I have been a basket weaver for about 15 years and weave mostly traditional, country style baskets with reed and sell some of my baskets in local gift shops.
• Rita Laferriere - East Haven, VT
  The Basket Place, 129 Community Building Road.  An avid basketmaker for 15 years, I enjoy making, selling and teaching reed basketry.
• Jesse Larocque - VT
  I  am an Abenaki Indian.  I make my baskets from Black ash ... from the tree on down to the finished basket.  I teach in schools and for special events.
• John V. Snell Jr. - Waitsfield, VT
  Marshhollow Basketworks. Rustic country style baskets, Adirondack packbaskets, lamps and bookends. Offer classes in my studio.
• Jackie Abram - Brattleboro, VT
  Basketmaker and teacher, working with painted watercolor papers and contemporary basket techniques.
• Carole Casavant - East Montpelier, VT
  Basketmaker/instructor/designer.
  Merry Vigneau - Stow, VT
  Director, Stowe Basketry Festival.
• Sandy Jefferis - Jericho, VT
  Basketmaker, instructor.
• Sue MacIntire - Shoreham, VT
  I am a basketmaker, instructor & work in reed, black ash & pine needles
• Karen Rothmann - Leicester, VT & Northport, LI, NY
  Basketmaker, instructor, founding member Long Island Basketmakers Guild.

Virginia

• Mitchell Webster - Dayton, VA
  I weave baskets in traditional styles, finely detailed ribbed baskets a specialty.   My work is in several art galleries as well as The Artisans Center of Virginia.  I also do most types of seat weaving.
• Cathy Cupp - Elkton, VA
  I've been weaving & teaching for 17 years.  I own & operate  Cupp Basket & Supply, a "basket & supply only" retail store.
• Laurie Buckles - Stafford, VA
  I weave, I teach, therefore I am..............A BASKETCASE!!
• Ann Harrow Ridgeway - Alexandria, VA
  Baskets and wheat weaving all the time for this retired Government editor.
• Billie A. Dorris - Virginia Beach, VA
• Brenda Urda - Springfield, VA
•  Catherine (Katie) Cook - Stafford, VA
•  Cris Cougle - Alexandria, VA
  Retired Navy, weaving 8 years, teaching locally, craft shows, own basketry business. Obsessed with weaving - total therapy for me.
• Deb Warehime - Ashburn, VA
  All-type crafter who gets bored easily but not with baskets!
• Denise Susnir - Ft. Belvoir, VA
  "Weaving for wellbeing and wealth".
• Diana Macomber - Alexandria, VA
  Grew up in England, make geese and thatched birdhouses, love experimenting with wild materials. Also teach.
• Elizabeth Tuttle Puckett - Fort Defiance, VA
  University Distance Learning Faculty Member who spends every spare minute basketweaving or chair caning.
• Joel and Dawn Simpson - Modest Town, VA
  Home-based Christian teaching and weaving business - Fertile Soil Crafts.
• Lewis and Carolyn Megginson - Suffolk, VA
  A partnership in life for life. Baskets just bring us closer (most of the time).
• Mary Normand - Virginia Beach, VA
  Two kids, full-time job, antler and twill baskets, gourds, brooms, French & Indian Reenactments, and Celtic music. Need a hobby from my hobbies.
• Maryellen Schreiber Thompson - Roanoke, VA
  Computer systems consultant, teaching locally and at conventions for 5 years, weaving for 15 years; wonderful stress relief!
• Susan Reed-Fanfoni - Verona, VA
  As a weaver, designer and instructor of Folk Art Basketry, I combine crafts and baskets to come up with unique designs and I sell patterns .
• Susan Wilcox - Belle Haven, VA
  Medical secretary by day, weaver by night.
• Susanna Butler - Grafton,VA
•  Wanda Adsit - Bedford, Va.
  Basketmaker for 16 years. Owner Wanda's Baskets & Country Things, specializing in individual decorative country baskets.

Washington

• Peggy Hamilton - Richland, WA
  I weave with Desert Fiber Arts, a subgroup of Allied Arts. We call our weaving day our 'red tent' day.  I'm the newest member of the group. I am an engineer by training and love complex geometric patterns.
• Karen Kaushansky - WA
  I have been weaving with natural materials for 7 years and it has changed my view of the world....I look at everything in terms of "Can you weave with it?"
• Alice Harrison - Renton, WA
  Native basket weaving. Need to know where to legally harvest cedar bark, cedar root, and bear grass in my area.
• Mary Lou Slaughter - Port Orchard, WA
  Duwamish basket weaver. Traditional red and yellow cedar, coil cedar root baskets. Bent berry baskets, burden baskets. Teach in home.
• Kay Harradine - Mount Vernon, WA
  As a basketmaker and instructor, I specialize in NW coast techniques and materials, with a love on the side for willow and wicker techniques and anything miniature.
• June Kerseg-Hinson - Olympia, WA
  I have been an artist and teacher for 30 years, a basket weaver for the past two. Currently, I am using paper to explore various techniques and forms.
• Kate Patera Courchaine - Bellingham WA
  I work in Northwest Coastal basketry styles with traditional materials. My baskets are availible for sale. I also teach basketry workshops.
• Rebecca Baillargeon - Port Angeles, WA
  Mother of 3 boys, looking to find people interested in weaving together
• Caroline Prevost - Redmond, WA
  Basketmaker, instructor and mother of an active toddler :)
• Chrys Lunsford - Northport, WA
  Doing baskets for 15+ years; pine needle, coil (rafia over reed), egg baskets with natural materials and recently birch bark. Featured in Basket Bits Magazine in 2001.
• DeDe Harris - Seattle, WA
  VP Vi Phillips Guild, have been weaving for 13 - 14 years. Love to weave with cedar bark, and NW sweetgrass (scurpis Americanis).
• Dorothy McGuinness - Seattle, WA
•  Gloria Cantor - Yakima, WA
•  Jill Green - Seattle, WA
  "I want to be a basketmaker when I grow up!"
• Jo Ann Hart - Bremerton, WA
  I harvest and use natural materials, primarily native NW coastal baskets of cedar, beargrass sweetgrass. Interested in trading materials.
• Judy Schindler - Forks, WA
  Hooked on basket making, mother of 3 cats, wife of 1 husband. Would love to hear from other basketmakers.
• Kathleen Whelpley - Spokane, WA
  I am a weaver, spinner, florist, amateur genealogist/basketmaker and mother of 3.
• Kaye Lervick - Cathlamet (Puget Island), WA
  Basketweaving for several years, Haida to reed to Wasco to Mizuhihiki! Learned with red and yellow cedar in SE AK. Branched out when moving to lower 48.
• Lynn Isaacson - Lynnwood, WA
  Eclectic artist/craftsperson/workaholic. I have too much basketry material - wish I had time to do something with it!
• Mary Irvine - Seattle, WA
  Once in a while, I even get time to weave a basket...
• Renita Foust - Port Orchard, WA
  Learned on an egg basket kit 6 years ago and now I'm hooked. Like to do all types of baskets. Very relaxing and enjoy the finished product.
• Richard Koss - Tacoma, WA
  Basketmaker, instructor; I like making baskets so much I quit my job to do it full time.
• Ruth Lascurain - Cinebar, WA
•  Sandy Catron - Onalaska, WA
  Massage Therapist by day and crafter by night. Enjoy weaving, teaching basketry. Also enjoy creating stained glass, crocheting, oil painting and more.

West Virginia

• Colleen McCartney  - Paden City, WV
  Weave, teach and operate a small craft shop, Nook & Cranny Crafts, from my home.
• Mike and Judy McDade - Pickaway, WV
  Own and make Jamit! Baskets. Started in 1994. Enjoy production work and sell retail and wholesale.
• Midge Woiesko - Glenville, WV
  Honeysuckle basketry, working at it for 8 years and someday hoping to make a real living with my craft.
• Becky Young - Ripley WV
  I'm a mother of 3 and grand-mother of 5 and have driven a school bus for 21 years. Past President of the WV Basketmakers, for 2-1/2 years. Teach and write patterns.
• Leslie Townsend - Belleville, WV
  Owner, Lee Creek Baskets, Lee Creek Road. Teach and demonstrate baskemaking and am a stay at home mom of three, ages 11, 3, and 2
• Gail Hutchinson - Milton, WV
  Teaching since 1985...instructor, designer and pattern writer
• Elaine Hite - Huntington, WV
  I am a member of the WV Basketmakers Assn. I have been weaving for about two years and I'm definitely addicted.
• Carol Ross - Glenville, WV
  Partner in Bonnett Run Basketry and WV Basketry Supply.
• Elaine Sinclair - Bristol, WV
  Dedicated weaver, teacher, love also to detail paint on oddities.
• Ruth Ann Stutler - Lost Creek, WV
  Dedicated weaver and teacher and vice president of WV Basketmakers Association.

Wisconsin

• Shelby Schmitt - Green Bay, WI
• Weaving for 7 years-love it-work full-time, weave when I can. Want to do the "whole tree" experience... from cutting to stripping to finishing... Someday...
• Sue Hamm - Rudolph,WI
  I am addicted to basket making. I would like to learn any and every technique.
• Anne Sorenson - West Bend, WI
  I love baskets, flowers, and Jane Austin novels.
• Mary Zutavern - Hubertus, WI
  Owner of Basket Boutique
• Eileen Mirsberger - East Troy, WI
  I'm the new owner of East Troy Basketry in East Troy, WI and I'm having the time of my life! Basket makers are WONDERFUL people!
• Carol Yeske - East Troy, WI
  Customer service agent-insurance. Just got started weaving in May and I too am hooked! GREAT stress reliever.
• Mary Kay Van Handel - Appleton, WI
  Basket weaver, instructor, and hooked for life!
• Karen Booth - Pewaukee, WI
  Basket maker, bobbin lace maker, leather worker, and into data base work at church. I sell leather handles for baskets and design patterns in my spare time.
• Judy Knox - Glenwood City, WI
  Nurse close to retirement; enjoy teaching, weaving, sharing ideas; use butternut dye.
• Cathy Sengstock - Appleton, WI
  I am a weaver addict! Have been weaving for 3 years. Love taking on new challenges.
• Ann Adkins - Baraboo, WI
  Hooked weaver, member of Friendship Weavers Guild in Baraboo.
• Barb Booth - Green Bay, WI
• Barb Foster - Green Bay, WI
  Obsessed with learning new basketweaving techniques.
• Beccy Blakey - Hamburg, WI
  Baskets are my life! I have been making baskets for two years and plan to for the next hundred years or so.
• Candice Heim-Breitenfeldt - Chippewa Falls, WI
  Mother of two boys; have become a real "Basketcase." I am having lots of fun getting there. 
• Char Braun - Madison, WI
  Mother, decorative painter, quilter, & basketweaver...with not enough time on her hands! Contact person for the Madison Area Basket Weavers Guild.
• Faith Schlaeppi - New London, WI
  Run landscape gardening/design business-summer, weave natural willow baskets-winter, mom-year round.
• Irene Kuiper - Racine, WI
  I have been weaving for 5 years. Full-time special ed assistant; weaving is my therapy. Married with kids.
• Jan Knutson - Beloit, WI
  Beginning basketmaker and crafty person.
• Julie Plier - Fredonia, WI
  Variety crafter, recently hooked on basket making. Looking for people to share info with.
• Kay Keuschel - Shawano, WI
  Weaver, designer, wife, and mom. Patterns available.
• Kelly Molitor - Racine, WI
  Computer nut and basket-crazed.
• Kim Geraty - Cadott, WI
  Mother of five, homeschooler, teaching basketweaving classes and loving it!
• Laura L. Kastelic - Kenosha, WI
  Basketmaker, teacher, collector.
• Linda Barkin - Appleton WI
  Brand new at basketweaving but hooked.
• Linda Wankel - Neenah, WI
  A mother of six who started to weave as a way to relieve stress!
• Lisa Carstens - Hartland, WI
  At-home mom with 2 young children. Relatively new to basketmaking and love it. Weave and share ideas with friends occasionally.
• Lynda Stimers Koeller - Chippewa Falls, WI
  Baskets 'n Bulrushes. Avid weaver and teacher in our home on Lake Wissota using nature's weavers such as leaves, grasses, etc.
• Marla Sunstrom - Sussex, WI
  Love all types of basket making! Weaver and teacher.
• Mary Zutavern - Hartland, WI
  Wife, mother of 2 teenagers, guild president, owner of Basket Boutique , 3000 Beechwood Industrial Court, Hubertus, WI.
• Melissa Shew-Sherman - East Troy, WI
  Weaving for 26 years. Owner of East Troy Basketry Co. since 1990. Looking for new patterns and ideas.
• Nancy Bockhaus - Eagle River, WI
  Basketmaker and teacher setting up her own homepage.
• Renee Skiba - Milwaukee, WI
  Interested in all types of basketry..especially working with natural "found" materials. Work with pine needles,antlers and beads. Many ideas, too little time.
• Sandy Ringwall - Greenfield, WI
  Nurse in busy surgical serivce, have been weaving for 3 years. Favorite words are "reed" and "read."
• Susan Vogel - Shawano, WI
  Basketmaker, instructor and designer.
• Tammy Van Koningsveld - Mazomanie, WI
  Just learning how to weave and loving it. Looking for unique baskets to make.
• Teri Casper - Arkdale, WI
  I love making personalized baskets but there is never enough time to try all the new patterns.

Wyoming

• Nancy Bemis - Cheyenne, WY
  "Love those antler baskets"
• Juanita Jungck - Dubois, WY
  Elementary school teacher, mother, wife, and basketmaker.

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The remaining people on our list didn't send us their location. We'll be happy to move you into your state list if you'll send us your info.
 

• Joyce Perryman
  Private duty licensed CNA while crafting everything imaginable from natures precious needles...1997 is my jewelry year!"
• Karen Kaushansky
  I have been weaving with natural materials for 7 years and it has changed my view of the world....I look at everything in terms of "Can you weave with it?"
• Terri Trogdon -
  Work full time, spare time baskets and this 'puter.   

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