Make Your Own

We are now  taking orders for willow rods from our 2026 crop. Harvest will start in November after 3 frosty nights in October.  Any quantities shown for any single variety will be initial estimates only and will be subject to change as the harvest progresses.

Please contact us to discuss your 2027 requirements.

Make Your Own Products offer prepared willow materials to Strobe Willows customers for a faster start to making woven objects such as baskets and craft items.

Items currently include willow rods for weaving, and pre-shaped, trimmed  frames and hoops and handles in willow only.

All our Make Your Own products are available in what is called ‘brown’ willow, which are willow rods that are dried with the bark intact. The 15 varieties of willow weavers sold by Strobe Willows all have their own colour variations and general thicknesses, lengths and weaving characteristics.

‘Brown’ willow needs re-hydrating before being usable in weaving. In the dried state you will purchase these rods, they are quite brittle. After soaking ( a process that takes approximately 1 day for every foot in length of the rod), the rods become very flexible, as they were when they were growing and harvested.