Fall Wall Basket

Fall is here! 

Now is the time to gather natures weeds, pods, berries, and more to make accent pieces for your baskets. A flat wall basket is the perfect choice  to add a fall embellishment and to use to decorate your home for fall.

Using a 8" x 12" D frame handle as my armature, I wove around the basket to form the flat pocket.  After finishing the rim I stained the basket a light wood color. 

An arrangement of milk pods, acorns, and weeds was attached to the basket with waxed linen to complete the fall look.

Small and Mini Backpack Baskets

Members of the Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers Guild gathered this past weekend to learn from member Jude Gallaher, how to weave a small and mini backpack basket  in the style of the Adirondack backpacks. 

The small basket measures 5" high and includes a leather harness.  The mini basket measures 3" high. 

The baskets are too small for an Adirondack pack's intended use for carrying heavy loads, but they are a perfect  fit for a doll or stuffed animal.

Waxed Linen Cord Pendant

To complete the pendant I add some bead
enhancements and jewelry cording.

Working with waxed linen is a treat you can give yourself after weaving with cane and reed.  The warmth of you hands reacts to the wax in the cord to give your fingers a mini makeover.


I have been working with different color combinations in round 2" diameter disks to use as a pendant.  Using 32 spokes that are woven in a continuous weave, the pattern begins with twining two colors.  A third color weaver is added to allow for the 3 rod wailing pattern.  The zigzag pattern occurs by shifting to a reverse 3 rod wail weave.
The outer edge returns to twining three rows and finishing with a braided border.