Weaving rushes.
An essential skill, creating a variety of practical items out of rushes - tall slender plants which grow alongside rivers.
Harvested in the summer whilst still green they are dried in a cool place and kept until needed. Easier to work with than willow, they are damped down before use and wrapped in a cloth to 'mellow'. Using wooden formers our rush weaver created a variety of baskets, pots and containers for household use as well as the occasional sunhat, a necessary item keeping the Company members safe in the sun.