Gosh, Tara, guess we don't have any basket weavers on here yet. Sounds like a neat plant though. Luvs

Hi Tara, I do weave but I have limited experience with naturals. I don't have access to anything but commercial reed. Sounds interesting and wouldn't mind trying it. If it keeps its smell after drying it would be good for craft shows.
Dee from Possum Hill.

Hey Tara! In the past I've used many naturals in basket weaving and found that they command higher prices just as decorative objects even though they can be functional as well. As they should because it takes so much of it! I see using anything that grows out there to be a likely candidate for weaving as long as it holds well when it dries, has some girth to it, and is not poisonous!! But, sorry, I can't speak directly to having used callicarpa. And let me throw this out...last year I saw some woven chargers of naturals at a sale. They did intersperse some with reed for strength, some dyed, some not. The crafter even had some using pinks, others blue, for use by the special birthday person on their day! Cute idea, I thought, and obviously easier/quicker to weave than a basket! Give it a try and let us know how it holds up!