Our local basketry teacher retired after teaching for 40 years, as a thank you she gave away all these baskets to her students (most were made by her). She will be so missed!
It was so fun to see what people picked, we each got a number (1 to 44) and picked in order!
I saw this post on r/pottery, and it made me want to share my tiny basket here https://www.reddit.com/r/Pottery/s/FvYvZPg16s
I know this question might be dumb. I would love to make my mom a pine needle basket but she is slightly allergic to pine needles. Are there ways to treat the pine needle or alternatives? She would love a basket built by nature as she is all about midieval recreation.
I found this absolutely beautiful basket at an estate sale, and I fell in love but am not sure if I need to care for it specially or even what exactly I want to do with it! I think it might have been used outside? I appreciate any info or advice you might have!
Edit: there were other I bought, and there was also a book on basket making, so I don’t know if this or any others were handmade!
i wanted to use the rest of the soaked willow branches and wanted to make a small basket and apparently made it to tight / too small. so whenever i put in tze stakes as far as possible they fall out as i handle to put in the rest. i got them all in one time and started to push in weavers (usually one next to one stake so i can make a nice bottom edge) but all got loose and i ended up taking everything out again.
does anyone have tips or maybe there are different methods?
thanks in advance!
In her Indiana backyard, Viki Graber grows over 15 willow species—their beauty and utility continuing a craft passed down from her great-grandfather.