Welcome to my page of Wheat Weaving, Corn Dollies and Straw Work
My name is Grethe Jensen and my hobby is Wheat Weaving

Wheat weaving is an ancient craft that has almost died out. Some of us are keeping this craft alive by networking with other wheat weavers and learning as much as we can from each other.
Wheat weaving and plaiting of straw and grass for useful purposes have been known worldwide since the birth of mankind. The designs vary from country to country but the underlying folk beliefs and worship of the fertility of the earth is similar. Primitive farmers did not understand the process of germination of seeds and associated new growth with magic, done by a harvest spirit who lived in the grain. As the grain was harvested the spirit retreated into the last bit still standing. This last bundle was plaited into a knot or figure and carefully preserved through the winter as a place of rest for the harvest spirit. Its seed were sown with the next crop to transfer the spirit from one year to the next. The practice of wheat weaving continued long after the reason for it had been forgotten. Plaiting became a handicraft pursued for its own sake with the old patterns being handed down.

I teach classes in my home town of Valleyview and elsewhere if invited.