GATHER AND WEAVE
Learn the Art of Weaving for Women’s Circles and Personal Practice
This is more than a craft class. It’s a remembering.
It’s learning a creative ritual for your hands, heart and community.
For thousands of years, women have gathered in circles, weaving baskets while sharing stories, grief, laughter and wisdom.
Gather and Weave invites you into that lineage.
Inside this online weaving workshop with Dr Andy Lawrence, you’ll learn how to create your own coil basket, while reflecting on what you’re holding, what you’re releasing, and what you’re weaving into being.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- The basics of coil basketry, accessible for absolute beginners.
- How to start, stitch, shape, and finish your own woven vessel.
- Coil basketry terminology and techniques, explained in a way you’ll understand.
- How basket weaving can be used as a reflective tool and embodied creative ritual.
- The Herstory of weaving as both a feminine spiritual and everyday practice.
- The cross-cultural development of basketry and respecting it’s various traditions.
- Journal prompts and guided meditations to deepen your connection to yourself and your craft.
- Ideas for bringing basket weaving into your women’s circles, rites of passage work, or personal rituals.
- Encouragement to pass on and share this knowledge with women in your community.
WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT?
FULL PRICE
ONE PAYMENT OF:
$97 AUD
PAYMENT PLAN OPTION
2 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF:
$51 AU
MEET YOUR GUIDE: DR ANDY LAWRENCE
Andy Lawrence is a writer, doula, women’s circle facilitator, and mother.
With a PhD in medical and veterinary entomology, she began her career as a research scientist driven by a deep passion for the natural world.
The birth of her two daughters transformed her path, inspiring her to support women and families through the profound transition to motherhood.
Artistic expression is woven throughout her work, with a special focus on basket weaving, an ancient craft she integrates into the sacred spaces she holds for women.
WHO IT'S FOR
- You’re a woman craving a slow, meaningful, creative practice you.
- You’ve never woven a basket in your life, but your hands are itching to make something.
- You hold women’s circles, or gather women and want to include this practice into your events.
- You’re a doula, women’s mysteries teacher and will incorporate weaving into your time with clients.
- You want to remember the feel of creating with your hands in a world of screens.
- You’re curious about craft as ritual, as embodiment, and as reflection.
- You’re a mother who craves a creative outlet, and wants to find something that can be done around children (weaving is very forgiving)!
- You want to honour rites of passages from birth to death in your work.
- You feel the call to weave (from somewhere within) and you're ready to listen.
Note: Rachael Rose won’t be teaching this workshop. She’s proudly hosting it on her platform and championing this beautiful craft far and wide. Andy has already taught over 30 women in Rachael’s circles, including Rachael herself — a self-confessed overthinking perfectionist who doesn’t love being bad at things (especially at first). But Andy persisted and ended up teaching Rachael 100% online, via videos. Now, Rachael is hooked on weaving and passionate about getting this ancient, soothing, reflective practice into the hands of as many space-holders, circle facilitators, doulas, mothers and women as possible.
MORE ABOUT ANDY LAWRENCE
Andy began weaving herself, in her postpartum years, slowly stitching herself back together while navigating postpartum depression after having two children during the pandemic.
What began as a soothing creative practice has become a ritual she returns to over and over, and a powerful tool she brings into the circles and ceremonies she leads.
Andy has taught 50+ women in her local community and it is her deep pleasure to pass this on to women further afield.
Where does this workshop take place?
100% online, via a series of pre-recorded videos and written PDFs which are immediately accessible upon purchase. This is a self paced workshop and you can pause and return to the instructions as many times as you need!
Do I need any experience?
Nope. Absolute beginners welcome. Andy will guide you through everything, step-by-step and most women who have learned weaving from her were first-timers. She knows how to explain the concepts in a way you will understand.
Can I bring this into my women’s circles?
Yes! We encourage you to pass on and teach the women you support, whether that’s using weaving in your circles, rites of passage work, or group rituals. Andy has included journaling prompts and a meditation for you to complete as you learn this skill, demonstrating how learning to weave is more than a craft.
How long do I have access?
You will get immediate access upon purchase and then the pace is up to you. Learn over a weekend or a few weeks. You’ll have lifetime access to the video lessons, meditations and journal prompts.
Can I ask questions?
We have set out Gather and Weave to cover everything you need to start confidently weaving, in video and written materials. If you need to clarify something, you can leave a comment / ask a question within the course.
Are the materials provided?
No. You’ll need to purchase your own raffia and a needle. You’ll receive a detailed resource list with recommended ethical suppliers, including Indigenous sellers and Australian-based stockists. This way you can order your own materials, choose your colours, and we can keep the cost of the workshop more accessible.
