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a first basket, part one
posted 21 March 07 & filed under a tisket, a basket
here's what's in the kit: all the reeds needed, instructions, and a bag of powdered dye. i forgot to take a pic of the reed while dyeing, oops.
i’ve been meaning to post about this project for a while but since i took so many pictures along the way, it was a little overwhelming trying to figure out what and how to present it all, hence the part one bit above. this was my first try at basketry, and i gotta say it was awesome.
random bits: i made the basket in two days – one night lasting about seven hours and the next morning for about an hour – but now i know it can definitely be done in stages and not all at once; got the kit from the earth guild in asheville, nc – there were other choices, but the quality of reed matters a lot; also, there’s lots of leftover reed and i had so much leftover dye, i ended up dyeing a long-suffering knit wip to happy results.
i’m off to organize my room, catch up on emails, and finally confront my long long to-do list. first i need to make myself comfy, i.e. put good music on, burn some incense, make sure the cats are happy, and get myself a tall glass of water. then, it’s time to work. good wednesday to you ~ ~
update: i got the field basket kit, but almost all of the ACP kits appealed. there’s lot of good basketry books too.. i’ll try and get them together and write up a literature review, so to speak.
Comments
What a great basket. I took a course on basket weaving, in high school and loved it.
~ Marnie
That’s fabulous! Where did you get the kit? materials from?
~ lori z
Wow! Totally impressed!
~ moni
That is amazing. your broad array of talents never ceases to astound me.
~ rose
Beautiful basket to enjoy for many, many, many years!
~ Sonya
wow! I love it! it’s gorgeous!
~ jess
It’s a great basket! I am so impressed with you.
Brava, proprio brava.
Well done! It’s hard to believe that’s your first basket!
Too many fun hobbies, not enough time. :)
~ Liz
Whoa, this is fabulous! I want to make one!!
~ Nonnahs
WOW!!! It really is lovely. My aunt use to weave baskets like a mad woman and she use to say you only have to get the initial frame work done the first night. Then you can take as long as you want to finish the basket. Some of the ones she did would take a month or more as she sent her husband to the woods to gather branches and to strip bark.
I love the shape and the narrowing.
holy cow, that basket is GORGEOUS!!!!!
how big is it?
~ meowgirl
What a lovely basket. Thanks for letting us look into the step-by-step process of it. I definitely learned something today of basket-making from you— :)
Beautiful basket! I haven’t made one in YEARS. I always have loved making them…oh so many hobbies so little time (as you well know!)
Really beautiful! Bravo!
~ Kimberli
Very cool. I love the way that you dabble in crewel work, weaving and basketry. It’s so fun to hear all about it.
~ Julia