2026 Fall Workshop

September 25 -27, 2026

Anne Bowers

Gina  Kieft 

Laura Lee Zanger

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Steve Zanger will be here to sharpen scissors and just about anything!  

Craft & Garden: Basketry Shears, Scissors,

Pinking Shears and Pruning Shears, Kitchen & Field: Kitchen Knives & Hunting Knives. Woodworking: Scorps, Draw Knives & Plane Knives. Power Tools: Chain Saw blades (must be removed from the saw).

Gina Kieft, Laura Lee Zanger, Anne Bowers.

Need to stock up on premium dyed reed? Gina makes some of the best in the business! Place your order early and she’ll hand-deliver it to the workshop—saving you 100% on shipping fees!

Order Deadline: September 5th; Shop Her Reed Collection:
https://www.ginasbaskets.com/dyed-reed

East Troy Basketry will be our vendor, Saturday & Sunday

You do not have to be a member to shop our vendors! See you in Shawano!

This 2-1/2 day workshop is open to guild members and the general public.

It is assumed participants will have basic basket weaving skills. Participants should bring their own weaving tools.  Friday evening offers short “make and take” classes, while Saturday and Sunday are full days of instruction.

The workshop is held at

Wolf River Lutheran High School, W7467 River Bend Road, Shawano, WI.  

Please refer to the Home page if you wish to join our guild.

• Your basic weaving supplies water bucket, pencil, basket scissors, packing tool, clothes pins, knife or shaving tool, spoke weight & ruler.
• Any special items listed in the class description’s “BRING” section.
• A good attitude and patience.
• Your cellphone on silent.