Annetta’s home and studio are full of baskets: the collecting started when she was a child; the weaving, in the early 1990s when she found a book and begged a lesson.  She is still obsessed with baskets and finds great satisfaction working with her hands, merging an age old art form with the contemporary world.

When not weaving, Annetta is teaching, which she enjoys as much as weaving.  She has been teaching at basketry events and guilds across North America since 2000.

Want to get to know her a little better? Annetta was spotlighted at Create Whimsy in 2023 (read the interview here: https://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotlight-annetta-kraayeveld-contemporary-basketmaker/) and was interviewed by Kathy Grupp on HGA’s Textiles and Tea in 2024 (watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktuJosmCX4M)