Over the last three thursdays I have had a fun-filled time with a special group of friends. The three of us have learnt how to make a woven basket.
Our teacher is a weaver and a basket maker and comes from the USA. She put all her tools and cane, knowledge and skills at our disposal and today I have the finished result......

The design is called a Penland Pottery Basket .
We dyed the strips of cane and braided them into the basket once we had made the frame.
This was the model that we tried to match ours to,

5 comments:
I'm impressed. And what a lovely way to spend time with friends.
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What a lovely basket, you've done really well. What a productive way to get together with friends :)
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The baskets are really lovely--so unique!
Wow they are so cool mum! Look very impressive too!:)
gosh what a talent you have! this looks great, and has a knitting stitch type weave to it too! Cx
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