#basket weaving

[callese]

PAM's Apology

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

thinking today about how much I love literally all fiber arts. I am hopeless at almost every other kind of art, but as soon as there is thread, yarn, or string I can figure it out fairly quickly.

I learned how to knit when i was eight, started sewing at nine, my dad taught me rock climbing knots around that age, I figured out from a book how to make friendship bracelets, I've made my own drop spindle to make yarn with, and more recently I've picked up visible mending. I've learned embroidery through fixing my overalls, and this year I've learned how to darn and how to do sashiko (which I did for the first time today). After years of being unable to crochet I finally figured it out last night and made seven granny squares in just a few hours.

I want to learn every fiber art that I can. I want to quilt, I want to use a spinning wheel, I want to weave, I want to learn tatting, I want to learn how to weave a basket, I want to learn them all. If I could travel through time and meet anyone in the Bible, high on my list are the craftsmen who made the Tabernacle.

I want to travel the world and learn the fiber arts of every culture, from the gorgeous Mayan weaving in Guatemala, to the stunning batik of Java, to Kente in Ghana. I want to sit at the feet of experienced men and women and watch them do their craft expertly and learn from them.

Of every art form I've seen, it's fiber arts that tug most at my heartstrings.

[blue-nebraska]

wove my first basket at the river 🧺

ID: a photo of my hand holding a small basket of tan reed, with a river and trees in the background.

[greenhorizonblog]

Solarpunk upcycling idea

[vintage-sweden]

Men weaving birch bark baskets and braiding fishing line, 1922, Sweden.

[thrdnarrative]

Alebillah Azumah, a basket weaver, at work in Bolgatanga, Ghana

Courtesy of Baba Tree Basket Company [@babatreebaskets]

[demonindistress]

Trying my hand at basket weaving this weekend.

[jasperthehatchet]

My basket is done!!!!! She looks a little wonky but that's okay :)

I might make a lid for it

[Image ID: a picture of tightly rolled plastic wrapped with light brown yarn, forming a coil basket. Every inch or so the yarn is wrapped underneath the previous coil, anchoring it to itself to give it it's shape and hold it together. The basket is about the size of a ceramic bowl. End ID]

[clothocrafts]

First attempt at a kalathos basket, the type of basket often used by weavers/spinners in ancient greek art. Definitely will try making another one, but first I want try using it with my replica loom and drop spindle

[tigwalen]

ᏓᎦᏏ ᏔᎷᏣ - Daksi Taluj - Turtle Basket

ᏚᏂᏂᏗ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ - Dininhd talsgo sudal - October 26th

Gauge 3 commercial hand dyed round reed, hand dyed commercial half oval reed, 3/4" commercial flat reed, gauge 0 commercial round reed.

Daksi are made of rosewood and shell if i remember correctly. Braided leather strap.

10 Hours

I've started splitting the spokes so that I can have a sturdier basket and the difference is kind of wild. I have a green ribbon skirt that should be finished eventually and I wanted something to match. I love how the half oval above and below the belt look like a shell themselves. The bottom portion of green are two-toned dyed to also give an uneven coloring, much like daksi 🐢

[dozydawn]

fenton’s basketweave... oh baby

[toyastales]

A gorgeous woven and fringe yellow dress

[cadathecat]

whoever invented baskets will never know just how much i love them and that's a crime..

[jackass-crafts]

basket weaving: attempt 2

tryed a different technique this time, a little lumpy but a tighter fit than last time so im happy with it.

plastic pallet straps and plastic rope

bonus pop soda tab hoard

[mystic-crafting]

Basket number two, double walled this time!

[diddlysquash]

Basket weaving from start to finish. Had this done in 4 hours!