Basket Weaving

Twined Root Basket , Sally Bag , Yarn Basket Made from yarn and cotton cordage

The Josephine Knot is a design that dates back for thousands of years. The unique twist can be found in numerous artistic forms. Sandy Bulgrin taught a workshop using the knot as the beginning of a rib hen basket at the Bedford Basketweavers Guild annual convention last weekend. A Josephine Knot is formed with ten pieces of round reed to begin the basket. The pieces are separated on both ends to form the ribs of the hen basket. After a few rows of weaving the ribs are shaped and tucked into…

Learn to make a miniature coiled basket using embroidery floss and macrame cord. It’s a free video tutorial series that guides you through every step. #coiledbasket #miniaturebasket

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Learn to make a miniature coiled basket using embroidery floss and macrame cord. It’s a free video tutorial series that guides you through every step. #coiledbasket #miniaturebasket

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basketry, art and craft of making interwoven objects, usually containers, from flexible vegetable fibres, such as twigs, grasses, osiers, bamboo, and rushes, or from plastic or other synthetic materials. The containers made by this method are called baskets. The Babylonian god Marduk “plaited a wicker hurdle on the surface of the waters. He created dust and spread it on the hurdle.” Thus ancient Mesopotamian myth describes the creation of the earth using a reed mat. Many other creation myths…

Weaving Baskets With Newspaper: I have just discovered how easy it is to weave a basket using newspaper! It's so simple to roll paper tubes out of newspaper and then weave the tubes into a basket. You can bet I will be making plenty of these faux wicker baskets for future proje…

Step-by-step directions by Cathryn Peters on how to process cattail leaves after gathering them for chair seat and basket weaving projects.