Turn the most ordinary household cardboard into an eye-catching little basket (3"H x 4 1/2"W x 4 1/2"D)! In this playful, 3-hour mini-class, you’ll learn how to transform plain toilet paper tubes into flexible “links” and chain them together to build a surprisingly sturdy Chain-Weave Lattice Basket. Click this event to learn more.

Learn about live willow structures by helping us maintain them! We will do the annual trimming on the two live willow structures that adjoin the Our Table store. The larger willow trimmings are already promised to an Our Table customer, but the smaller sizes will be available for all participants to share and take home.

Create unique looped earrings made with waxed linen and the bark from cedar or willow, in this 3.5 hour Basic Basketry Technique class.

Join us for our February general meeting, where we will be talking with pine needle basketry artist, Carolyn Zeitler.

Join us for the 2026 dogwood gathering. Hoyt Arboretum trims their dogwood and shares the trimmings with us. Red Osier dogwood is a native shrub of the Pacific Northwest. Dogwood can have several shades of red, orange and green. Weave it fresh; do your project as soon as possible, because the bark damages easily when dried and rehydrated. Click this event to learn more and register.

In this online class we will be creating on the edge of form and function. We will be learning how to set the frame shape, a figure 8 or over under pattern to weave it and how to add ribs to the form when the weaving gets too wide. We will be using undyed reed in different sizes to create these shapes. Make a beautiful leaf/boat/crescent shaped tray with us! Finished trays will measure between 12”-16” long and 4”-6” wide.

Create this unique wooden-based reed tote with leather handles & one-of-a-kind painted paper accents. We'll begin by gluing flat reed spokes into a slotted wood base. A wide variety of paper choices will be available for you to select from along with brown, black or navy leather handles. This is a great tote for carrying your lunch or basket weaving supplies in style!

Deryn Carter is a Cordova-based natural fiber artist and forest scientist. She grew up on the northern seaboard of the Atlantic, but has called Alaska her home for much of her adult life. The breadth of textures and colors created by multiple species aside one another is akin to the ecologically significant and complex relationship between species found in our natural surroundings. Deryn’s presentation and slide show will focus on her weaving journey, process, and how her work as a forest data collection scientist has influenced her weaving practice.

Join us for our general meeting, where Barbara Berk will give an overview of her career, which spans more than three decades. She will show examples of her award-winning jewelry, which is woven by hand, off loom, with high karat gold and platinum sheet and wire. She will also present her sculptures, which are created with ribbons and crescents of bobbin lace; she makes these by hand, with stainless steel and phosphor bronze wire.

The Columbia Basin Basketry Guild is sponsoring a basket sale for its members. This is an opportunity for any Guild member to sell baskets to other members, friends, and the public. It will be free to attend, open to the public, and held during the Multnomah Arts Center Winter Arts & Crafts Sale in December. Click this event to learn more and to sign up.

Join us for our November Hands-on General Meeting, where we will be making Swedish stars! Swedish stars, also known as a Froebel star or Scandinavian star, is a decoration often used as an ornament or part of holiday decor. These stars can be made from various materials like newspaper, maps, or decorative paper and are known for their intricate folding and weaving. 

Join Cael Chappell for this unusual class on twining soft materials for every skill level from beginner to advanced. This class will be a lot about materials exploration and refining twining. Find any flexible cord in your environment and let’s work together on twining it into a basket!

Make that gift card a special present with this cute little presentation basket. It is just the right size at 3"L x 1.5"W x 7"H to top of handle. Techniques include twining and simple over-under weaving with round and flat reed. Embellish with dyed reed (included) or other decoration. This is a pattern by Jan Oberlag, taught with her permission.

Join us for our October General Meeting, where we will be talking with Linda Hendrickson. Linda Hendrickson is a Portland fiber artist and teacher, and the author of How to Make Ply-Split Baskets and How to Make Ply-Split Braids & Bands. She learned the basics of ply-split braiding in a workshop with the renowned British weaver Peter Collingwood in 1993, and has been exploring the possibilities ever since.

Create a Coiled Gourd piece drawing inspiration from Mimbres pottery. In this class, you’ll attach hand-dyed Danish cord to a gourd’s edge with waxed linen cord, transition between open and closed coiling to create stair steps, and add beads for decoration. Coiling experience is helpful but not required.

In this 3-hour class, we’ll work with western red cedar bark (Thuja plicata) to learn how to weave in three directions (triaxial weaving) to create a hexagonal pattern, and we’ll learn how to do a basic rim around the basket. Your finished piece will be roughly 2" tall x  3.5" diameter, and works well for holding small trinkets, or it can be displayed as a sculptural object!

The Guild has a wonderful opportunity to harvest tule (Scirpus acutus), also known as bulrush, rush, hardstem bulrush. The wetland is  private and protected and held in trust through Portland Wetland Conservancy. Click this event to learn more.

Join us for our 4th Monday Mini Class in August: Paper Twist Basketry with Celeste Whitewolf. We will wrap yarn around a firm supporting material, row by row. The wrapped yarn is secured by anchoring to the row below. The base can be circular or oval. The sides are done "free-hand." Color change will create your design.

A gifted set of instructors are gathering for Basket Day in the Park 2025. We will be offering 6 different classes using natural materials, along with opportunities to learn about preparing cedar bark! Basket Day in the Park is a special class opportunity for members only, in which the Guild pays the class fee and students pay only the material fee. Click this event to see the afternoon classes, which include: Dogbane Cordage and a Look at Other Fiber Material; Diagonally Plaited Willow Bark Basket; Cedar Bark Tool Sheath.

A gifted set of instructors are gathering for Basket Day in the Park 2025. We will be offering 6 different classes using natural and abundant materials, along with opportunities to learn about preparing cedar bark! Basket Day in the Park is a special class opportunity for members only, in which the Guild pays the class fee and students pay only the material fee. Click this event to see the morning classes, which include: Ice Vessels in Bark and Leaf,  Gourds 101, Lidded Cane & Electrical Wire Jam Jar.

Columbia Basin Basketry Guild is hosting their annual Cattails (Typha latifolia) Gathering. Click this event to learn more.

Create a soap dish with the tension tray technique. We will use round reed for this project. Your finished piece will measure: 6"x 7". You should have time to make two.

The Guild is hosting a Northwest Sweetgrass (Schoenoplectus pungens) gathering. The gathering site is located in Tillamook near Cape Meares, about 2 ½ hours from Portland. More information regarding the location will be sent to registrants, closer to the gathering date.