Coiled Baskets

My first attempt at creating a picture on a coil basket.

Teaching Coil Basketry at BOW 

Dashboard Gremlin

This is what happens when your kids say...."give it long legs, elf ears and a butt.... 

 

Coil Basketry Pendant

 This is my first attempt at making a coiled pendant. I'm preparing to teach a coil basketry class in a few weeks and I have been playing around with the flexibility of this basketry technique. What do you think?

 Easter  Basket Weaving

This Easter during the stay at home orders we decided to make our own Easter baskets. So I brought in all my materials and we set to work.

This was my youngest daughter's first basket, but she was a natural

Paul has made baskets before and he's got skills!

Some students have less patience than others!

The finished baskets

You can find out how to make your own basket right here on my blog.

Just visit part one of my ribbed basketry tutorial.  These baskets aren't just for Easter and you can order everything you need online. Amazon has supplies, but in order to support small businesses I would check out other places first.  I have found good prices at East Troy Basketry, Royalwood, and Earth Guild.  Just do a search of basket supplies and shop around.

Part 2

Part 3

Christmas Weavings and What Knots...

Star made with basketry scraps.

Christmas Tree woven with scraps of raffia, sisal, jute and seagrass.

These natural ornaments are made with basketry scraps. I made them as a prototype for a class I'm giving in December.  Let me know what you think! Follow me on Pinterest for more basketry and craft ideas. 

Blast from the past....

Eight scary monster finger puppets.  

Just in time for Halloween. 

The pattern is available in my store. The set includes...Medusa, Jack O Lantern, One Eyed Monster, mummy, spider, ghost, black cat, and a little red devil.

buy it here

Basktry Classes and Easter Fun.

I haven't posted anything in a while (about a year)... I thought I'd post some pics of my latest project. I've been doing a lot more basketry recently. Since moving back from Egypt I've started working so I haven't had as much time for my crafts. With Summer on its way, however, I hope to remedy that.

I taught a basketry class at BOW right before Easter. I taught two sessions and I had some really great students. I will be teaching again around Halloween at the next BOW gathering. These classes always leave me feeling refreshed and inspired.

I was feeling inspired after teaching the class... so I decided to weave my kids Easter baskets. After we dyed our eggs I used the extra dye to color some reed and other fiber. I'm not sure how colorfast egg dye is. But I'm not sure how many more years my kids will be hunting Easter eggs either so hopefully it will stay colorful for a few more years.

 

 

 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring.  What inspires you this season?

 

 

Cheers,

Jenn