Colorful Basket for a Rainy Day

Today's rainy, dreary day seemed the perfect time to weave a basket kit from Blue Moon Baskets called Donna's Delicates that I won from a CPBWG Odyssey raffle . You can contact Peggy Adelman at Pegs914@aol.com if you want to find out more about the basket kit or directions.

Smoked reed stakes were inserted into an 8 x 12 wooden base.   Rows of brightly colored flat reed were accented against the smoked reed stakes.  Leather handles were attached to the short sides.  The rim was made with four rows of triple twine round smoked reed. A piece of flat reed was placed inside and the rim was lashed with a piece of smoked flat oval reed. The basket stands 10 1/2 " high.