2.2.12

Finished! It should hold two stacks of magazines, side by side. I will no doubt use this for FABRIC! OR YARN! OR PATTERNS!

1.26.12

It is Thursday, so I am at OASIS, finishing my hearth basket. This one with the blue and purple colors, in fact. I haven't decided which basket will be next. 

Chair caning is going well and my caning teacher will be teaching a class on a jar quilt. I have tentatively signed up for that as well as a Celtic weave quilt class--kind of like baskets and quilts mixed--and a paper pieced teapot square class, too.

I have not run out of things to do.

11.11.11

The newest basket is finished. Diane Simoneson guided me through setting up a twill and following a pattern for an Indian style chevron.

 

Look at that rim treatment. I would rate it a 7 of 10 in difficulty. It sure was a challenge. I look forward to some chair caning classes and another basketry semester beginning in January.

1.22.11

Nantucket basket making today! I have always wanted to take a Nantucket class. Probably because I always wanted to own a Nantucket basket but never could afford to buy one.

I expect we are making the very simplest of the round variety today.

Even years ago as a child, the one I wanted was an oval lidded purse with seashell design. Everywhere I saw Nantucket baskets (EVEN on Nantucket), the seashell lidded purse was easily twice as much as I could part with. There were some tiny round ones I could have bought, in the Carribean Islands, and they LOOKed authentic, but I never would settle for less than what I wanted when buying baskets. I will not mind making a basket of any size--I will not mind making one of any kind! But to think that today I will begin to learn a new style is pretty exciting.

1.21.11

I am taking basketry classes again and really enjoying it. There will be no silk knitting, though, if my hands get rough. I have a finished small basket from earlier this week which I will photograph when the sun comes up.

We had snow last night but my favorite weather website indicates no more snow until maybe Monday or Tuesday. I expect there will be soup in my near future.

 

Well. The sun DID come up and here is my finished napkin basket. I hope to attend a private class tomorrow. Thursdays are classes designed for seniors. My Thursday teacher invited me to attend a class he teaches at his place of business. I hope I will soon have pictures to show.