Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Pine Needle Basket Part 2

Another hour or so worth of work and we have gone from this:

 To this:

By now I am adding six more needles about every other set of stitches. I can tell just by feel if I need more needles or not. It is important to keep the needles (I think of them as straws) wet/damp and the thread tight. It isn't going to be perfect. I am not looking to make a work of art here just a usable basket but I do admit that I love the look of these and am pleased that I can make them out of pine straw which is free and so plentiful here.
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4 comments:

  1. HazelApril 26, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Wow, that is fantastic. Can't wait to see the final product.

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  2. DenbeathApril 28, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    that is so interesting, would you consider posting the instruction?

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  3. ChateaudepaixinnApril 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    I used to make pine needle baskets years ago. It's nice to see someone still doing it.

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  4. becky3086April 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Patty, ummm, I thought I was, lol.
    Ok, I learned from this site:
    http://www.nativetech.org/basketry/coileast.html
    Maybe that will help; but if you put "how to make a pine needle basket" in your search engine you will come up with all sorts of tutorials and videos.

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