Annetta Kraayeveld
Workshop: Ply-Split Braiding
Dates: October 12-18, 2026
Knobby Mitten
Not The Easter Bunny
PS Rainstick Fob
Reaching
Whimsy
Come What May
About Annetta
It’s hard for Annetta to remember a time when she was not making something, she is a maker. In the early 1990’s, she discovered basket weaving after stumbling upon a book and begging a lesson; she quickly began making baskets, experimenting, and teaching basketry. She has been teaching at fiber arts and basketry gatherings across North America since 2000.
Over the years, Annetta’s work has won several awards and been included in several national exhibits. She currently has work in several exhibits, including Art Evolved: Intertwined (Studio Art Quilt Associates and National Basketry Organization), both the 2024 & 2025 Small Expressions (Handweavers Guild of America) and the International Fiber Arts XII (Sebastopol Center for the Arts and Surface Design Association). Annetta served as the National Basketry Organization Board president in 2022 & 2023. She participated in the World Wicker and Weaving Festival in Poznan, Poland in 2023. Baskets. What started as a hobby soon became her life’s work. As a teacher, she focuses on mastery, basketry techniques and stretching perceived limits. As a maker, her work is somewhere between traditional and contemporary.
Annetta was born and raised on the prairies in Alberta, Canada. After living among the trees in Wisconsin for many years, she is happy to weave and live surrounded by mountains in Helena, Montana.
www.annettakraayeveld.com, www.prairiewoodbasketry.com
Instagram: annetta_kraayeveld, Facebook: Annetta Kraayeveld
Workshop Details
The focus of this workshop is creating 3-dimensional pieces with ply-split braiding. The workshop begins with students making a small 2-dimensional sampler piece to get comfortable with 4 strand 4ply cotton cord, learn how to use a fid and understand the basic twining techniques (plain oblique twining and single course oblique twining). Very quickly we will move on to 3-dimensional work.
Students will receive materials to make several smaller sculptural pieces/vessels or one larger piece. Instructor will teach several ways to start, how to shape using tension and cord placement and various finishing techniques to encourage students to create their own unique piece(s). Use of color to create patterns will also be discussed.
The instructor will demonstrate and provide cordmaking instructions. Students will have the opportunity to use the instructor’s cordmaking tools to make cords.
Students will receive an extensive spiral bound instruction book, a fid, instructor prepared materials for a sampler piece, 10 cords spun by the instructor and will each spin 10 of their own cords. Students will have cord and thread color choices; cords made and used in the workshop are made with 10/2 cotton thread. Finished 4-ply cords are approximately 14 feet long. Additional cords may be purchased in class.
Materials Fee: $200 paid to instructor
Tools: A flexible tape measure, 6” – 12” straight edge ruler, small pair of sharp scissors (embroidery scissors), pair of sharp fabric scissors. Portable Ott Light or other portable work light. Notebook and pencil.
Student Level: All Levels
Overnight Packages
5-Day, 6-Nights Overnight Package Includes: 6 nights onsite lodging, private chef prepared meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and 5 days of instruction in a private venue.
Supply fees paid directly to instructor.
Meals and Lodging: $1,172 per person private room, $757 per person shared room
Tuition/Fees $730
Non-refundable deposit of $250 due to hold workshop space. The remaining balance is due 90 days prior to workshop start date.