I have been distracted with doing more processing of the vines before making a basket and this basket was the result of that tedious struggle. I have changed my building techniques and I am happy with this  market basket which…

I started this project on Friday as I set out to make a small basket. I tried different types of weaving material around a light basket frame without the results I had hoped to achieve when my thoughts turned toward…

Today, I spent most of the day trying to use up the pieces of vine that remained and at Jean"s suggestion, I came up with this little waste paper basket  complete with a bag retaining attachment. I have become aware…

On Tuesday 5/30/23 I went on a vine harvest mission and returned with these lovely vines.I hauled them back to the basket shop, as my back room has become known and produced these 2 baskets.

I still have enough…

As I continue with this basket work I am reminded of how when I do something for several hours a day, I start to get better at that activity. Immediately humbled, by people who make baskets for a living, I…

So, last Sunday we went out to harvest grapevines and returned with this bundle of vines which I turned into the basket below. Notice a handful of willows that we also cut and brought home as willow is a preferred…

Around Easter 2023 I started to make a grapevine basket as I had trimmed my own grape plants earlier this year and had these beautiful, long pieces of grapevine and I thought that I should do something with them. I…