Last night I made my second basket!!! It is called a 'berry basket'. It has a wooden bottom with spokes to make the sides with a thinner reed to continually weave around the basket. With the even number of spokes it leaves a subtle wrap around design. Pretty easy concept to master with the payoff of personal homemade basket to sport around like a purse or to cart berries.
A lady in my town has a store and teaches class. It worked out perfect schedule wise to for my mother to make her first basket. It truly makes for a great way to surround yourself with a creative community. It has been said of basket making that is therapy. Well, I would have to agree that it is a nice way to spend time withothers.
The prices are reasonable plus you have the added value of it being homemade. The other place (Longaberger) will charge you three to four times the amount for one of these baskets. Great deal. Great times. Great creative expression.
1st basket
community : social isolation
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