By theworldaroundme on Skatehive
Over the last couple of years, I’ve become very keen on basket craftsmanship, so much so that I found myself getting a little hooked on it. I kept buying baskets in different designs, and before I knew it, I had quite a collection, Lol! Although they’re much more affordable than the designer bags I used to buy, :) it still adds up over time. Here are some of them! I had always wanted to try making one, but just looking at them, I thought it would be too difficult, so I kept putting it off. Although I did try to repair a few and made some tension trays out of twigs, I had never made a basket! But this week, something changed. I became interested in learning how baskets are actually made. The red twigs in the distance, which I spotted from my window, sparked my creativity. I’ve always loved the colour red, and the idea of making a basket from them really excited me. It could be one of my collection, a red basket! I managed to reach the twigs and found out that this plant is called dogwoo