Betcha Can't Make Just One!

I made one little book this morning!

It's more of a coffee table sized book, but I learned something! Next time I'll make some smaller books. It was so easy once I figured out how to do it!


In the photo you can see the beautiful crocheted rug I won on Ebay! It is so soft and the perfect scale too! I'll have some other Ebay finds to show you soon. Here's one of them.
I think it will be perfect in my beach house!

Now I've got to get back to my little Christmas swap goodies! I'll be playing with clay and learning something new again. It's always a good day when you learn something!

Hope you have a beautiful day!
Blessings, Kathi

More About Baskets

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Casey has several basket tutorials on her blog. Check them out if you're wanting to learn different techniques.

I also copied the link that Sylvia and Deni suggested and thought I would share it here.

This is a photo of the kind of basket I would like to make someday! These are not for a beginner I'm sure!

Aren't they pretty?

Here's a very helpful article about basket weaving. The ones I'm interested in are coiled baskets. They seem to be the easiest to make? Woven baskets are nice too.

Here is a basket I found at a yard sale. It is made of tree bark. I used to have tons of baskets in my home, but I found that they are real dust collectors so I got rid of all but my favorites.

I love the simplicity of this basket. Also that it was made from found materials. I'm sure it is quite old. I like that too!

I just found a basket weaver's blog this morning. Nancy Jacobs at Basketmaster's Weaving shares tons of information, videos and photos.

Being the dreamer and NOT the doer here, I just thought I would share these links in case anyone else is thinking about making some baskets. I hope you find them helpful!

Blessings,
Kathi