Editing Willow (section)

===Manufacturing===

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[[File:A Modern Cricket Bat.jpg|thumb|[[Cricket bat]]s are traditionally made from willow wood.]]

Some of humans' earliest manufactured items may have been made from willow. A fishing net made from willow dates back to 8300&nbsp;BC.<ref>[https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/publications/the-palaeoenvironme%28878befb8-bd10-4bee-bc01-5038caeadfff%29.html The palaeoenvironment of the Antrea Net Find] The Department of Geography, [[University of Helsinki]]</ref>

Basic crafts, such as baskets, fish traps, wattle [[fence]]s and [[wattle and daub]] house walls, were woven from osiers or [[withies]] (rod-like willow shoots, often grown in [[Pollarding|pollard]]s). One of the forms of Welsh [[coracle]] boat traditionally uses willow in the framework.

Thin or split willow rods can be woven into [[wicker]], which has a long history. The relatively pliable willow is less likely to split while being woven than many other woods, and can be bent around sharp corners in basketry.

Willow wood is used in the manufacture of [[box]]es, [[broom]]s, [[cricket bat]]s, [[cradleboard|cradle boards]], chairmans and other furniture, [[doll]]s, [[willow flute]]s, [[Flagpole (structure)|poles]], [[sweat lodge]]s, toys, turnery, tool handles, [[wood veneer]], [[wand]]s and [[whistle]]s. In addition, [[tannin]], [[fibre]], paper, [[rope]] and string can be produced from the wood.

Willow is used in the manufacture of [[double bass]]es for backs, sides and linings, and in making splines and blocks for bass repair.