Wicker Basketry

This is a great book for beginning Basket Weavers like myself.

I'm a beginning weaver, and this book has given me the skills to create some excellent baskets. It is nicely formatted starting with the basic weaves, then going to making bases, borders, and colors. It also includes some step by step instructions for specific basket designs. Lots of good photos and illustrations in this book too.

The book is full of detailed information covering tools, weaving materials, and designs. The various designs are well illustrated at each step in the process. I found the instructions in the book very easy to follow and appreciate that the author takes you through a series of baskets beginning with a small basic basket and continuing on through many baskets--each successive one offering new lessons in design techniques and ending in a large complicated baskets. An improvement would be more color photos.

This is probably the best reference book for weaving with round reed available. As a basket weaver that had used predominantly flat reeds, Flo Hoppe has encouraged me to try some new techniques and designs. I love that she provides excellent illustrations and detailed instruction which will walk you through each technique. The basket patterns in the book incorporate these newly learned techniques and will get you started on your first round reed basket and keep you busy weaving with each advancing design.

I love this book. I recently enrolled into my third basket weaving class and my instructor recommended this book to me. If you are interested in basket weaving I know that you will enjoy owning this book. It has examples of many different weave patterns to incorporate into your basket. I have referred to this book many times when I want to do something new or I am trying to remember how to do a particular weave that I have done in the past. I highly recommend this book and this author. Thank you, KT

This is a very thorough book with great illustrations and explanations for beginners and advanced designs for the more experienced. I bought this book two years ago as a beginner and have woven at least 30 baskets of increasing complexity using it's patterns and ideas. If you are serious about wicker basketry this is the book for you.

What I was hoping for

Some directions are challenging, but if you have taken a class, it is an excellent textbook in advance techniques.

This is a very good book with lots of illustrations that really show you exactly how to weave the particular basket. This is a great addition to my collection of basket-making books.

This is a great book for techniques. It has tons of instruction using both drawings and pictures.

If you want to learn to make reed baskets, this is the only book you will ever need.

Flo Hoppe may be the premier basketmaker in America today,and this book exemplifies the very high quality work that she produces. A good mix of Western and Asian influences!

Wonderful book, however did not realize this is a reprint ,with a different cover.