I *LOVE* baskets... they are so functional!
I wove my first basket quite by accident... there was a basketmaking demonstration and I was handed a started base and told to finish it. lol! That was in Aug. '99.
I'm self-taught, use purchased reed, and weave mostly during the non-gardening/non-golfing months (which is about 6 months of the year here).
Any others out there? and has anyone had good success with natural materials they've collected themselves?
Any other basketmakers out there?
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Any other basketmakers out there?
~~~ Audrey ~~~
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
Dr. Seuss
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
Dr. Seuss
Basketmaking is something I've wanted to do for a very long time but haven't tried yet. On this property I have an overabundance of things for making baskets, such as willow, carex, lonicera...........Heck, I'm even planting for that reason! Dierama, daylily, lavender..............
Methinks that this could turn into an addiction!
Methinks that this could turn into an addiction!
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hmmmm.... I "played" with willow cuttings from a friend once, just to see how they handled. I also experimented with honeysuckle vine (lonicera heckrottii).
Viktoria, were your lessons directed at collecting and preparing natural weaving materials? that's an interesting concept!
I wish I could find someone with wild grapevines that they'd like trimmed out. lol!
Viktoria, were your lessons directed at collecting and preparing natural weaving materials? that's an interesting concept!
I wish I could find someone with wild grapevines that they'd like trimmed out. lol!
~~~ Audrey ~~~
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
Dr. Seuss
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
Dr. Seuss
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