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The Pine Needle Group - Simply THE best and most comprehensive site for coiling on the web. Become a member of the interactive mailing list and participate in discussions, and activities like exchanges. It's free! Pamela Zimmerman, founder. Pamela is also co-founder of the NFG.

North Carolina Basketmakers Association (NCBA) - Find out about regional guild events, convention and more. New interactive mailing list. Become an NCBA member and attend a fabulous convention! NFG is an affiliate guild.

Beaufort County Arts Council - The best in Eastern NC. BCAC supports the Natural Fibers Group in a variety of ways, from allowing us to meet there, to grant assistance.

The Blind Center- They provide us with a great meeting place, and in turn, our members collect vines and make wreath forms that can be embellished by Blind Center participants. This non-profit partially supports itself by selling baskets and other crafts made by visually impared residents of Beaufort County. The Director is Dottie Walker (NFG member.)

Basketmakers - Susi Nuss' comprehensive web site is THE site for basketry from A to Z. Susi is an NFG member.

North Carolina Gourd Society - Information about gourds and the NC Gourd Festival

Heritage Basketry Guild - Dayton, OH, (submitted by NFG member Bonnie Krist)

Native American Skills & Technology - excellent interactive site dedicated to preserving primitive skills, including ethnobotony, cordage, basketry, quillwork, beading, and many other almost forgotton skills.

National Association of Wheat Weavers- promotes straw artistry

Weavers Words- Bonnie Krists' online weekly basketry digest. (Bonnie is an NFG member.)

Basketmaking 101- General basketry forum discussing all techniques and materials

Member Suppliers

Avalon Farm Sweetgrass- Lovely and very fragrant, various sized bundles, grown in VA by Brenda Gordon; plugs available; also Broomcorn, Lavender and Gourds. Organically grown and highly recommended.. Visit their New Website! Brenda is an NFG member.

Dean Lee - "The Pine Straw Lady"Cleaned/Graded NC Longleaf Pine Needles. These are beautiful needles in neat 1 oz. bundles- $1 each, plus postage. Look for her needles in Harry Hurley's booth at various gourd festivals (natural, dried green, dyed & fumed needles) Dean is an NFG member.

Gifts of Love Pottery- Sally Durkee creates gorgeous handmade stoneware bases, handles, and embellishments for basketmakers. Check out the shapes and natural-themed designs on her coiled bases. Sally is an NFG member.

Royalwood Ltd - Comprehensive basketry and caning supplies, basketry books, waxed linen. Kathy is an NFG member.

Word Weavers Inc- Lyn Syler's publishing company

Laska Baskets- Patterns by Lyn Syler

Fiber Friends

Donna Kallner Fiber Art- Wonderful fiber art & articles. Donna has generously contributed articles and items for our newsletter.

WickerWoman .Com- Catherine Peters' comprehensive site for supplies, articles, and information about wicker, chair caning and basketry.

If you're an NFG member or newsletter contributor and would like your basketry related website listed, contact NFG.

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