2-Day Workshop: Black Ash Pack Basket
Sat, May 23
|Green Mountain Timber Frames
Join Penny Hewitt in making your own basket and in the process learn one of the oldest crafts in human history!
Time & Location
May 23, 2026, 9:00 AM – May 24, 2026, 5:00 PM
Green Mountain Timber Frames, 430 West St, Middletown Springs, VT 05757, USA
Guests
About the event
We are excited to host Penny Hewitt at the 1797 Reuben Wait Barn for a weekend of craft and connections as we learn the tradition of basket making.
For thousands of years, baskets served as indispensable objects in every culture. Carry on the tradition and take home a beautiful, durable and useful basket crafted from responsibly harvested, hand pounded, black ash logs.
In this workshop you will weave an approximately 18” tall traditional Adirondack style pack basket with cedar runners and base and adjustable webbing harness. This basket is made to last and be used! The workshop will include a discussion on how the material is harvested and processed.
This workshop is two full days, 9am-5pm. Come Saturday and Sunday only and use material that has been pounded for you, OR, learn more by coming early to take part in the preparation of the ash. For the same fee, come on Friday…