Baskets My Specialty



Welcome to my website.

The business name is "Baskets My Specialty" and my name is Pati English, I have been weaving and teaching basketry since 1987. Thirty-eight years using my Elementary Teaching degree to assist weavers of all ages in creating a beautiful practical piece of art.
Teaching at my home studio in Seneca, South Carolina is a joy to be able to encourage weavers to go outside the box and create their own unique baskets. I also love to travel to teach at guilds and conventions up and down the East Coast. With more than 3000 handwoven baskets made over the years, I have developed my own style and enjoy passing that knowledge to you.
Several years ago, I published my first book, Award-Winning Basket Designs (available from this website or Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.) I still marvel that I am published as a former Librarian, a dream come true.


HANDWOVEN BASKETS AND KITS CREATED AT YOUR REQUEST IN THE COLORS OF YOUR CHOICE.
Please contact me:
by email at basketsmyspecialty@yahoo.com OR
send your order to me at 151 English Hill Rd. Seneca, SC 29672 OR, PM me, Pati English, on Facebook.



odyssey basket convention September 18-21, 2025.
Stay at the aspire hotel in historic gettysburg, pa
I am teaching 6 designs available in kits for pick up at convention or to mail with free shipping:
flowers toilet paper storage,
blue trail cathead
spirals around the cathead
pointing the way
up & down storage
williamsburg blues






THE NEW WEAVING EVENT "BOONE IN JUNE" was a great success! THIS NEW CONVENTION waS HOSTED BY THE MOUNTAIN HIGH BASKET GUILD JUNE 5-7, 2025.



Blue Trail Cathead
Kit $79 Pattern $5.



Up & Down Storage Basket
Kit $84 Pattern $5.



Cross & Knot Between the Lines Kit $79 Pattern $5.



NEW BASKET DESIGNS FOR 2025. ORDER KITS NOW!



Pointing the Way



Kit $89



Stepping Up



Kit $84



Spirals Around the Cathead



Kit $79



Going Around in Spirals



Kit $68



Save the Date November 8, 2025
Upper South Carolina Basket Makers Guild
I will be teaching 3 of my baskets at our
Saturday Workshop.
Going Around in Spirals, aka Wine & Water Bottle with Leather Handle.
Up & Down Storage Basket with Leather Handle
Bargello Arrows All Around with Leather Handle
or wood "D" Handle
Not a member? Contact me for information to join.






Contact me to add your guild to my 2026 Teaching Schedule. One, two, or three day in depth workshops available at your location or in S.C.



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GOT MY EYE ON YOU kit $79



5"x8" racetrack base with 6" open notch handle. Techniques include Over/Under Continuous Weave, Four-rod Wale,Double Four-rod,Space dyed Overlays, Cable Stitch Lashing and Chevron Arrow Handle Wrap Embellish with space dyed God's Eye on each side of this basket.



TWO HEARTS IN ONE TOTE $89



Start on an 8"x14" "D" Handle and a woven filled-in base with Pati's paired filler spokes. Over/Under, Start/Stop Weave, Overlays in royal, gray and wine or your color choices. Create the Plaid and Chain designs along with Triple Three-Rod Wale and the Heart Within a Heart focal point. Finish with Cable Stitch Lashing and new Chain Handle Wrap design.



cathead waves kit $84



Red and natural reed woven in the Over/Under Continuous Weave technique. Ribbon/Bow may vary.



ONE STEP AT A TIME KIT $89



6"x10" racetrack base, Over/Under, Start/Stop Weave, Diagonal Weave in natural and dyed flat oval reed create the "steps" in the Ombre technique from aqua to dark royal. Triple Three-rod Wale adds texture and finish with Diagonal Handle Wrap.



TABLE RUNNER kit $98



In blue or cocoa brown reed. Woven in the Chevron Arrow Twill technique.this long basket is great on your table, counter, or display on wall. Choose your size 24" to 30" and 2"-4" tall.



WAVES ALL AROUND kit $66



Continuous Wave Weave in natural round reed and dyed flat oval on a 5" round slotted base. Techniques: Four-Rod Wale,Over/Under, Start/Stop, Double Four-rod, Cable Stitch Lashing and Handle Wrap with new Top Knot. A fast and fun weave.






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2025 Home Studio Teaching Schedule

Upcoming Classes April 29, June 24, July 29

Basket classes are scheduled on a limited basis.

Contact me for availability.


A Basket Bouquet
Kit of 3 Flowers $79
Additional Kits $22 each
Pattern $10 includes instructions for all 7 Flowers pictured


Award-Winning Basket Designs
Techniques and Designs for All Levels
Book written by Pati English $24.99
Includes more than 300 color photographs
Some of the many Award-Winning Basket patterns included in the Book.
Many dyed accent colors available for each Basket Kit.
All A'Round Basket
Available in 3 nesting sizes.
6" round base basket $59
8" round base basket $72
10" round base basket $95
Decorative Handle Wrap Techniques Pattern $5.00
Kit $39 includes two handles and reed to complete several techniques.

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