Here you can see the product of my first basket weaving attempt. The whole project from collecting the materials to the assembly took a little under an hour.
I was on a hike when I came across a tree top down across the trail and I noticed that the top was full of wild grape vines (Vitis riparia) pg.13. As I was removing the tree top from the trail I started to mess around with the grape vine and I noticed the the vines that were the diameter of a pencil WITH shaggy bark were very pliable and could be tied in knots.
I thought to myself "Self, you could make a basket out of these vines". Which I promptly did. The ribs are made from a small Grey dogwood (Cornus racemosa) branch split into sixths.
4 comments:
Cool Norseman...that is one of those projects I am always meaning to do.
Nicely done! I think I'll scavenge the grape vine in the valley out back and make my first basket this coming weekend. Good inspiration - thanks!
Mungo
That is really cool, and looks pretty darn good for a first try. Nice.
Wow, very cool!
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