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My Basketry Library

  1. A Basketful “Willow growing and Basket Making in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire” - by Rodney Cousins - 2007


  2. A Basketmaker’s Odyssey - “Over, Under, Around & Through” - by Lyn Syler & Carolyn Kemp - 2005,2015


  3. A Bearer of Tradition “Dwight Stump, Basketmaker” - by Rosemary O. Joyce - 1989

  4. A Bend in the Willows, The Art of Making Rustic Furniture - by Paul Dolphin - 1963


  5. A Bevy of Baskets - by Carole Wells and Sandra Jordan - 1984


  6. A Book About Grass - “It’s Beauty and Uses” - by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg & Mark Schwartz - 1983


  7. Acadian Root Baskets of Atlantic Canada - by Joleen Gordon - 2005


  8. A Caneworker’s Book for the Senior Basket Maker - by Dorothy Wright - 1970


  9. A Guide to Basket Weaving - by Marie Pieroni - 2014


  10. A Measure of the Earth - “The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets” - by Nicholas R. Bell with a Forward by Henry Glassie - 2013


  11. American Baskets “A Cultural History of a Traditional Domestic Art” - by Robert Shaw - 2000


  12. American Baskets “A Folk Art Tradition” - by David A. Schorsch - 1988


  13. A Modern Approach to Basketry “with Fibers and Grasses. Using Coiling, Twining, Weaving, Macrame, Crocheting” - by Dona Z. Meilach


  14. Antique Baskets and Basketry - by Frances Thompson - 1985


  15. An Introduction to Basketmaking - by Lyn Edwards - 2003


  16. Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking “Handing Down the Basket” - by Rachel Nash Law and Cynthia W. Taylor - 1991


  17. Award-Winning Basket Designs - “Techniques and Patterns for All Levels” - by Pati English - 2015


  18. Antler Baskets Made Easy “Tips and Tricks” by Karen Zane 


  19. Bare Branches Blue Black Sky - by Joe Hogan - Baskets 2005 - 2010


  20. Bark “En Forunderlig Verden” - by Ane Lyngsgaard


  21. Basic Pine Needle Basketry - written and illustrated by Judy Mulford - 1986 


  22. Basket - by George Ella Lyon - Illustrated by Mary Szilagyi - (Children’s Book) - 1990


  23. Basket Borders from The Basketmakers’ Association - Edited by Mary Butcher - 2004,2010


  24. Basket Essentials “Rib Basket Weaving - Techniques and Projects for DIY Woven Reed Baskets” - by. Lora S. Irish - 2020


  25. Basketmaking - by Georgia Crook - 2000


  26. Basketmaking - by Kay Johnson - 1991

  27. Basket-Making - by Polly Pollock - 1994


  28. Basket Making “How to use Classic Basket-Making Techniques with Modern Materials to Create 10 unusual Baskets” by Olivia Elton Barratt - 1990


  29. Basket Making in Bedfordshire - by Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe - 1981


  30. Basketmaking in Ireland - by Joe Hogan - 2001

  31. Baskets in Europe - by Maurice Richard - 2008


  32. Basket Moon (Children’s Book) by Mary Lyn Ray and Barbara Cooney - 1999


  33. Basket Pioneering - by Osma Palmer Couch with Introduction by Daniel Garter Beard - 1933


  34. Basket Willow Culture - “Practical Instructions For Planting Cultivating, Harvesting and Marketing” - by Clayton Dissinger Mell - 1908


  35. Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia - by John Rice Irwin - 1982


  36. Baskets - by Nancy Shiffer - Historical Background by J.M. Adovasio - 1984

  37. Baskets - by Meryl Doney - 1997


  38. Baskets - “Redefining Volume and Meaning - The University of Hawaii Art Gallery Honolulu Hawaii - Pat Hickman Curator


  39. Baskets “Design Ideas, Techniques and Materials, Step by Step Projects”  - by Richard Kollath with Tim Frew and photographs by William B. Seitz - 1989


  40. Baskets and Basketmaking - by Alastair Heseltine - 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996


  41. Baskets and Beyond “New Uses for Traditional Basketry Techniques” by Lucele Coutts - 1977


  42. Baskets A Book for Makers and Collectors - by Billie Ruth Sudduth - 1999


  43. Baskets from Nature’s Bounty by Elizabeth Jensen


  44. Baskets, Tales & Travels - by Jim Bennett - 1986


  45. Baskets with Corners - by Steen H. Madsen - 2011

  46. Baskets as Textile Art - by Ed Rossbach - 1973


  47. Basketry - by F.J. Christopher - Edited by Marjorie O’Shaughnessy - 1952


  48. Basketry, Basic Techniques Explained Step by Step - By Caterina Hernandez and Eva Pascual - 2013


  49. Basketry of the Appalachian Mountains - by Sue H. Stephenson -  1977


  50. Basketry, Projects from Baskets to Grass Slippers - by Hisako Sekijima - Forward by Jack Lenor Larsen - 1986


  51. Basketry Round Up - edited by Shereen LaPlantz - 1991 


  52. Basketry Round Up #2 - edited by Shereen LaPlantz - 1991


  53. Basketry Round Up #3 - edited by Shereen LaPlantz - 1992


  54. Basketry Step-by-Step - by Barbara Manynard - 1977


  55. Basketry Technology - “A Guide of Identification and Analysis” - by J.M. Adovasio - Aldine Manuals on Archeology - 1977


  56. Basketry, The Shaker Tradition - “History, Techniques, Projects” - by John McGuire - Photography by Henry Peach - 1988


  57. Basketry Today with Materials from Nature - by Dona Z. Meilach and Dee Menagh - 1979

  58. Basketwork - by Polly Pollock - 1998


  59. Basket - Work of the North American Aborigines - by Otis T. Mason - 1983


  60. Basket - Work Through the Ages - H.H Bobart, M.B.E. - 1936


  61. Basketry and Weaving - by Katherine Pasch - 1922


  62. Basketry & Weaving with Natural Materials - by Pat Dale - 1998


  63. Basic Baskets - by Mara Cary - 1975


  64. Black Ash Baskets “Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Learning the Craft” - By Jonathan Kline - 2011


  65. Books and Materials for Basket-Making - 1972-1928 by J.L. Hammett Company


  66. Cane Basket Work - “A Practical Manual on Weaving Useful and Fancy Baskets - Illustrated by Annie Firth - Second Edition 1899


  67. Cane, Rush and Willow, Weaving with natural materials - by Hilary Burns - 1998


  68. Cane Weaving for Children “or an Educational Method of Hand Training” - by Lucy R. Latter


  69. Canework - by Kay Johnson - 1986


  70. Canework - Charles Crampton - 1984


  71. Cedar - by Hillary Stewart - 1984,1995


  72. Celebrating Birch, The Lore, Art, And Craft of an Ancient Tree - by North House Folk School - 2007


  73. Chair Seating “Techniques in Cane, Rush, Willow and Cords” by Kay Johnson, Olivia Elton Barratt and Mary Butcher - 1988


  74. Circle Unbroken (Children’s Book) by Margot Theis Raven pictures by E.B. Lewis


  75. Collecting Traditional American Basketry by Gloria Roth Teleki - 1979


  76. Contemporary Basketry - by Sharon Robinson - 1978 


  77. Contemporary Crafts - Basket Making - by Olivia Elton Barratt - 1999


  78. Contemporary International Basketmaking - by Mary Butcher - 1999


  79. Contemporary Wicker Basketry “Projects, Techniques, Inspirational Designs” - by Flo Hoppe - 1996


  80. Country Baskets - “Techniques & Projects”  - by Paola Romanelli - 1997


  81. Country Wreaths & Baskets - by William C. Ketchum with Linda Hebert - 1991


  82. Craft for All Series - Simple Basketry by Mabel Roffey - 1951


  83. Creating with Reed and Other natural fibers - by Doug Parkin and Eleanor Zimmerman - 1980

  84. Creative Basket Making - by Lois Walpole - 1989

  85. Decorative Straw Craft - by Barbara Fitch - 1998


  86. Earth Basketry “Weaving Containers with Nature’s Materials” Second Edition by Osma Gallinger Tod and Revised by Josephine Breen Del Deo - 2017


  87. Easy Step by Step Country Basketry - by Rosmarie Zanders - 1984


  88. Fifty Years on the Plank - by Colin Manthorpe - Edited by Mary Butcher - Published by the Basketmakers’ Association - 2009

  89. Finding Form with Fibre - Ruth Woods - 2022


  90. Fragrant Basketry “The Pine Needle and Raffia Handbook” - by Katherine L. Armstrong - 1986

  91. Friendship Baskets - by Joan Moore - 1984

  92. Friendship Baskets “Tribute” - Joan Moore - 1986


  93. From the Woods - Works by Dorothy Gill Barns - 1999-2000


  94. From Vines to Vessels “A Vine Gatherer’s Handbook (Second Edition) Identification, Gathering, Preparation”  - by Beryl Omega Lumpkin - 1987


  95. Gifts from the Earth “A Basketmaker’s field guide to midwest botanicals” - 1988


  96. Grass Roots “African Origins of an American Art” - 2008


  97. Hand Weaving with Reeds and Fibers - Osma Couch Gallinger and Oscar H. Benson - 1948


  98. Handling White Oak “A Basketmaker’s Guide to Rims and Handles” - by Jim Bennett - 1984


  99. Handmade Baskets - “28 Beautiful Baskets to Make for your Home” - by Lyn Siler - 1991


  100. Handmade Baskets From Nature’s Colourful Materials by Susie Vaughan - 1994


  101. Handwoven Hats - “A History of Straw, Wood and Rush Hats in Nova Scotia” - by Joleen Gordon - Nova Scotia Museum - 1981

  102. Hopi Basket Weaving - Artistry in Natural Fibers - by Helga Teiwes - 1996

  103. How to Build Your Own Bentwood Chair a Guide to Building and Selling Rustic Furniture - by Wallace Eadie - 2011


  104. How to Make Birch Bark Baskets - by John Yost - 2016


  105. How to Make Baskets (Books 1-10) by Lyn Siler and Carolyn Kemp - 1992


  106. How to do it - Basket Making - by T. Vernetter Morse - 1903


  107. International Basketry for Weavers and Collectors - by Christoph Will - 1978

  108. Indian Baskets - by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh and William A. Turnbaugh - 1986


  109. Kids Weaving - by Sarah Swett, photographs by Chris Hartlove and Illustrations by Lena Corwin - 2005


  110. Learning From The Earth - by Jo Hogan - 2018


  111. Legend of the Bushwhacker Basket - by Martha Wetherbee and Nathan Taylor - 1986


  112. Let’s Weave Color into Baskets - by Pat Laughridge - “Dyeing and Weaving Instructions” - 1986


  113. Living Willow Form “Creative Insights of a Willow Artist” - by Bonnie Gale - 2016

  114. Living Willow Sculpture - by Jon Warnes - 2000


  115. Macrame “Creative Designs in Knotting” - by Dona Z. Meilach - 1971

  116. Making Bentwood Trellises, Arbors, Gates and Fences - by Jim Long - 1998

  117. Making Bent Willow Furniture - by Brenda and Brian Cameron - 1998

  118. Making Gypsy Willow Furniture - by Bim Willow - 1998

  119. Making Rustic Twig Furniture - by Bim Willow - 2009

  120. Making Willow Furniture - Three Women Share Their Art - by Bim Willow - 2009


  121. Modern Basketry Techniques - by Barbara Maynard - 1989


  122. Natural Basketry “How to Make Wicker, Splint, Coiled, and Twined Baskets with Round Reed, Rattan, Fibers, Raffia, Sea Grass, Wild and Garden Material, Cane, Rush, and Wood Splints” - by Carol and Dan Hart - 1976


  123. Natural Baskets, Create over 20 unique Baskets with Materials Gathered in Gardens, Fields, and Woods - Edited by Maryanne Gillooly - Illustrated by Brigita Fuhrmann - 1992

  124. Naturally Furnished Rustic Designs by Women Artisans - by Bim Willow - 2009


  125. Nature’s Embellishments - by Jo Campbell-Amsler - 1993


  126. New Ways with Raffia - by Grete Kroncke - 1968


  127. Old New England Splint Baskets and how to make them - by John E. McGuire - 1985


  128. Osier Culture and Basket-Making “A study of the basket-making craft in South West County Antrim” - by Patrick Smyth - 1991


  129. Papermaking For Basketry and Other Crafts edited by Lynn Stearns - 1988


  130. Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form by Shereen LaPlantz - 1982


  131. Plaited Basketry with Birch Bark - by Vladimir Yarish, Flo Hoppe and Jim Widess - 2009


  132. Practical Basketry - by Anna A. Gill - 1916


  133. Practical Basket Making - by George Wharton James - 1918


  134. Raffia Basketry As An Art - by Gertrude and Mildred Ashley - 1921


  135. Raffia Hats, Bags & Baskets - by Liz Doyle - 1992


  136. Rattan Work with Complete Diagrams - designed by Masako Maki - 1986


  137. Recipes for Baskets with Carolyn Turner - 1983


  138. Rib Basketry - by Jean Turner Finley - 1987


  139. Rooted, Revived, Reinvented Basketry in America - by Kristin Schwain and Josephine Stealey - 2017


  140. Row upon Row Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry - by Dale Rosengarten - 1994


  141. Rush and Leafcraft - by Germaine Brotherton - 1977


  142. Rush Basketry “Weaving with eight makers”- by the Basketmakers’ Association - 2018


  143. Rushwork - by Olivia Elton Barratt - 1986

  144. Rustic Garden Projects by Dawn King - 2006


  145. Scrape the Willow Until it Sings “The words and work of Basket Maker Julia Parker” - by Deborah Valoma - 2013


  146. Shaker Baskets by Martha Wetherbee and Nathan Taylor - 1988, 1993


  147. Shaker Baskets and Poplarware “A Field Guid - Volume III - 1992


  148. Splintwoven Basketry - by Robin Taylor Daugherty - 1986


  149. Step by Step Basketry “A complete introduction to coiled and woven basketry” - by Rachel Seidel Gilman and Nancy Bess - 1977


  150. Stickwork - by Patrick Dougherty - 2010


  151. Stitch and Structure - “Design and Technique in two - and three - dimensional textiles” - by Jean Draper - 2013


  152. Straw, Hay & Rushes in Irish Folk Tradition by Anne O’Dowd - 2015


  153. Sweetgrass Baskets and the Gullah Tradition - by Joyce V. Coakley - 2005


  154. The Art of Basketmaking “The Perigord Technique and Tradition” - by Eva Seidenfaden - 2004


  155. The Art of Basket-Making by Thomas Okey - Basketmakers’ Association - 1986


  156. The Art of Basketry - by Kari Lonning - 2000


  157. The Basket Book - by Lyn Siler - Illustrations and Watercolors by Carolyn Kemp - 1988,2015


  158. The Baskets of Rural America - by Gloria Roth Teleki - 1975


  159. The Basketmaker - by Luther Weston Turner - 1909


  160. The Basketmaker’s Art “Contemporary Baskets and Their Makers - edited by Rob Pulleyn - 1986


  161. The Basketry Book “How to coil, twine, plait, knot, and net. With complete illustrated instructions and step-by-step projects” - by Sherry De Leon - 1978


  162. The Complete Book of Baskets and Basketry - by Dorothy Wright - 1992


  163. The Complete Book of Basketry Techniques by Sue Gabriel and Sally Goymer - 1999


  164. The Complete Book of Rush and Basketry Techniques - by Margery Brown - 1983


  165. The Basket Willow - “US Department of Agriculture” - 1909


  166. The Basket Willow “With a Chapter on Insects Injurious to the Basket Willow” - William Fairchild Hubbard and Frank Hurlbut Chittenden - 1904


  167. The Best of the Basketry Express - 1990 by Ankaret Dean


  168. “Another” Best of the Basketry Express - 1990-1995 by Ankaret Dean


  169. “Yet Another” Best of the Basketry Express - 1995-2000 - by Ankaret Dean


  170. The Goodie Basket “A Bountiful Bevy of Basketmakers’ Best Recipes - by Betty VanderKolk and Sheri VaDuyn- 1990


  171. The Handmade Basket Book - by Rebecca Board - 2002


  172. The Little Basket - Poems and Pieces by Jim Bennett 


  173. The Mad Weave Book - by Shereen LaPlantz - 1984

  174. The Material Culture of Basketry - Edited by Stephanie Bunn and Victoria Mitchell - 2023

  175. The Nature of Basketry - by Ed Rossbach - 1973


  176. The News Basket - October 1988 - Volume 5, Number 5


  177. The News Basket - June 1988 - Volume 5, Number 3


  178. The News Basket - February 1988 - Volume 5, Number 1


  179. The News Basket - April 1988 - Volume 5, Number 2


  180. The News Basket - August 1988 - Volume 5, Number 4


  181. The Sussex Trug “Form, Function and Craft” - by Sarah Page - 2018


  182. The Techniques of Basketry - by Virginia I. Harvey - 1974,1978,1986


  183. The Ultimate Basket Book “A Cornucopia of Popular Designs to Make” by Lyn Siler - 2006


  184. The Use of Cattails, Rushes and Grasses in the Textile Arts by Ankaret Dean


  185. Twill Basketry “A Handbook of Designs, Techniques, and Styles” by Shereen LaPlantz - 2001


  186. Useful Baskets “How to make more than 3 dozen functional baskets” - by the author of Basic Basketry, Mara Cary - 1977


  187. Vannerie De Fetes - by Karelle Couturier - 2018


  188. Weaving History “A Basket Heritage Project” - by Marsha MacDowell and Kathleen S. Myers - 2007


  189. Weaving the World “A Passion for Basketry” - Eva Seidenfaden - 2020


  190. Weaving with Reeds & Fibers “Clear Instructions on how to make dozens of useful & beautiful items from inexpensive materials” - by Osma Gallinger Tod & Oscar H. Benson - 1975


  191. White Oak Basketry “An Illustrated Guide” Written & Illustrated by Jan Henry - 2005


  192. Wicker Basketry - by Flo Hoppe - 1989, 2012


  193. Willow “A Guide to Growing and Harvesting plus 20 Beautiful Woven Projects” - by Jenny Crisp and photographs by Sarah Weal - 2018


  194. Willow Bark “A Beginner’s Book” - by Kristen Ploug & Annie Westphael - 2017


  195. Willow Basketry “For the very Beginner” by Joanna E. Schanz - 1996


  196. Willow Basketry - by Bernard and Regula Verdet-Fierz


  197. Willow Basketry - by A.G. Knock - 1946


  198. Willow Basketry “A How-To Guide” - by Jonathan Ridgeon - 2016


  199. Willow Basketry and Sculpture - by Jo Hammond - 2014


  200. Willow Basketry of the Amana Colonies - by Joanna E. Shanz - 1986


  201. Willow Craft “10 Simple Projects” - by Jonathan Ridgeon


  202. Willow Craft “10 Bird Feeder Projects” - by Johnathan Ridgeon - 2015

  203. Willow Projects for Beginners - by Wendy Thorner - 2020

  204. Willow Projects - 15 Beautiful Designs for the Home - by Wendy Thorner - 2020

  205. Willow Projects Round Work for the Keen Basket Maker - by Wendy Thorner - 2021

  206. Willow Projects Square Work for the Keen Basket Maker - by Wendy Thorner - 2022

  207. Willow (Salix) Identification in New York State - by Benjamin D. Ballard, Christopher A. Nowak and Asa B. Kline - 2009


  208. Willow in the Blood - “Stories from the working life of Stan Derham, willow grower from Ham in Somerset” - Edited by Roy Youdale - published by The Basketmakers’ Association - 2009


  209. Willow, Oak and Rye - “Basket Traditions in Pennsylvania” - by Jeannette Lasansky - 1979


  210. Willow Spokes and Wickerwork “The nature book of weaving with wild-growing things” - by Cleo M. Stephens - 1975


  211. Willow Weaving - by Truus Stol and Janny Roelofsen - 2013


  212. Willow Work - by Mary Butcher - 1986


  213. Wisconsin Willow “Adventures of a Basketmaker Char TerBeest” - 1985


  214. Withe Baskets, Traps and Brooms “Traditional Crafts in Nova Scotia” - by Joleen Gordon - 1984


  215. Woven Worlds “Basketry from the Clark Field Collection at the Philbrook Museum of Art” - Edited by Lydia L. Wyckoff - 2001

  216. Zarzo “Baskets and Trays” - by Ulla Misser - 2017