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Learn how to prepare strips, braid, lace the braids together, skip loops to keep the rug flat around curves, change colors, and finish with a taper. Left-Opening folding of strips is taught. You will learn the skills to make a beautiful oval mat or rug of any size in this class. For Beginning Braiders or as a Skill-Refresher.

From a continuous braided center, add add one butted row with ears for the trivet, and two butted rows for the larger chair pad. Some experience with butting is required for this class. Learn to braid the sharp corners that make the ears. Optional: embellish with button eyes, and wool scraps for nose, and whiskers.

This course will teach you how to braid and lace butted rows with triple corners to make perfectly-shaped squares. Learn how to lace triple corners in alternation to keep the corners true. Learn how to make two different 8-loop center options for the squares. And, learn how to shoe-lace the squares together securely.

Working with two braids at once, learn to braid a triple corner heart-shaped strawberry. Careful color channges make the top stem. One braid has a black strand making the seeds! Finish with tapers OR a final butted row.

This tote bag starts with two 3-strand braids, transitions to 4-strand braids in two different diagonal stripe patterns, and then back to 3-strand braids for the solid-colored handles. Explore handle options with the instructor. A small, pretty, and practical introduction to 4-strand braiding!

This class will teach you all the skills you need to braid a chair pad.... or a room-sized round rug! From a T-Start, learn how to braid with left opening folds, how to lace the chair pad to keep it flat by skipping loops, and how to taper the ends to complete the chair pad. The same skills are needed for a large round rug -- just more rows!

This class will teach you all the skills you need to braid a chair pad.... or a room-sized round rug! From a T-Start, learn how to braid with left opening folds, how to lace the chair pad to keep it flat by skipping loops, and how to taper the ends to complete the chair pad. The same skills are needed for a large round rug -- just more rows!

Learn how to braid, lace, and butt the following "fancy" borders: Picot Edge, Snowflake, and Back-and-Forth Triple. All three borders create beautiful edgings for your braided centers! Must know at least one method of butting braids for this class.

With only 1.5 yards of mixed pastel colors, braid this sweet Easter Basket. Learn to make a T-Start, a continuous round, straight sides, and then a handle with fringe for a finish.

This class will teach you how to braid a beautiful heart-shaped continuous rug with double corners found in the center. Learn how to place and stack double corners. Finish with a taper, then a fancy picot edge! Great for weddings, new babies, or a gift to a loved one!

These continuously braided turtles are fun to braid! Roughly 12" wide and 24" long. The center is a basic oval mat and the head and feet get added in the last two rows. All the basics of braiding will be covered in this course with instructor Mary Hibbard.