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Natural Baskets: October 2005
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Friday, October 21, 2005. Grass roots can be spun into a twine for basketry accents. Select a clump of grass to pull, and wash off it's roots. Pull apart the clump, contuinuing to wash the dirt from the roots. Using scissors, clip off all of the grass that was growing above ground. Posted by Neil at 3:42 PM. Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, art and music! View my complete profile.
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Natural Baskets: February 2011
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Friday, February 11, 2011. I am entering the Philadelphia flower show and want to make my container out of vines . i was wondering if you could advise me on willow or grapevine. should i boil these also? Thank you, James. Good luck and let me know how it goes! Posted by Neil at 12:40 PM. Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, art and music! View my complete profile. Forage for wild fruits.
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Natural Baskets: September 2005
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Saturday, September 17, 2005. If you live near or south of the Mason Dixon line, you are likely to be familiar with kudzu. You know, it's that stuff that, when you're driving down the highway, sort of looks like a big green blob, covering fields, trees, houses- anything in it's path! For a noxious weed? I guess I'll let that little patch of kudzu be their problem.someday it may eat the whole park! Posted by Neil at 9:59 AM.
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Natural Baskets: November 2005
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Tuesday, November 15, 2005. Gathering grasses for baskets. Making a Bee Skep. A skep is a beehive made out of coiled grasses. this type of hive fell out of fashion when the more modern wooden ones became available. The newer hives made collecting the honey much easier. We'll get back to coiled basketry later, when everthing is nice and dry. Posted by Neil at 9:37 AM. Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. The Map of Days.
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Natural Baskets: June 2010
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Thursday, June 17, 2010. It's been several years now since I've even thought about weaving a basket. I'm considering taking a group to a kudzu patch and having a class. If I do, I'll post pictures. Posted by Neil at 5:40 PM. Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, art and music! Massage Therapist, hammered dulcimer player, beginning Spanish student. View my complete profile. The Map of Days.
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Natural Baskets: November 2006
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A pictoral guide to basket weaving with natural materials free for the gathering. Monday, November 20, 2006. To weave a coiled basket from grasses (pineneedles, rope, etc.) tie a loose knot in one end of the grass. That will be the center of the bottom. Using the center of this knot as the anchor for your stitches, just keep adding grasses, and whip-stitch them into place. Try to keep your stitches in an ever-growing spiral, like this:. Posted by Neil at 7:45 AM. Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States.
