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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: knap_123 on January 19, 2011, 10:03:35 pm

Title: pine straw basket
Post by: knap_123 on January 19, 2011, 10:03:35 pm

this is my first attempt at a basket. its made from pine straw out of my yard. you can see how my pattern started off random. but as i got to the edges i started to pick it up. (http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/soapbasket002.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/soapbasket003.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/soapbasket006.jpg)(http://[IMG]http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ice016.jpg)http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/soapbasket004.jpg[/img](http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/soapbasket005.jpg) and another (http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ice017.jpg)  now pat, i'm thinking like you. i feel that if for thousands of years the locals did this. one of them had to be artistic and creative enogh to do  it.  and i bet his or her friends love it!  so i'm going to try it.

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Post by: Bevan R. on January 19, 2011, 10:07:57 pm

Looks good to me! I would be happy with that on my 10th try! ;D

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Post by: jonathan creason on January 19, 2011, 10:57:18 pm

Looks really cool, I wouldn't believe it was your first if you hadn't said it.

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Post by: Pat B on January 19, 2011, 11:57:00 pm

Cool pinestraw coil basket. What did you use to wrap the pinestraw? My wife made a few of those years ago when we lived in Coastal SC. She used stripped palmetto fronds with long needle yellow pine needles.
  Now, make yourself a quiver!  ;)

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Post by: knap_123 on January 20, 2011, 12:31:53 am

thanks guys, i saw 2 baskets in albany ga. at chehaw. when they had there reenactment and feel in love with them.  so i went to you tube and heres these little old ladys doing it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZHH4qJIZs&feature=channel   i also have a book describing the local indians in my area doing this. hers a pic i took at  chehaw that got me going. (http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ice013.jpg)

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Post by: Autumnbear on January 20, 2011, 02:24:53 am

Very nice. Good use of what's around you to. I like that a lot.

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Post by: beetlebailey1977 on January 21, 2011, 03:05:58 pm

Very nice....never would have known it was a first try.

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Post by: swamp yeti on January 21, 2011, 05:12:51 pm

Nothing wrong with that first atempt,nice job.

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Post by: ErictheViking on January 21, 2011, 05:38:54 pm

I was wondering what the heck "pine straw was" then I thought about it and got my suspicion confirmed by the video that its long pine needles. cool basket and way more basic then I thought. thanks for showing me, I will have to collect some next time I run accross a ponderosa or black pine tree. good job.

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Post by: Pat B on January 21, 2011, 06:37:49 pm

Piine strahw is a Southern thang!  Most other people call them pine needles.  ;D

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Post by: ohma on January 22, 2011, 09:52:44 am

very nice work , as mentioned that would make a unique quiver.

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Post by: coyote088 on January 22, 2011, 06:18:27 pm

The baskets are really neat, well done!
Now I know what I can do with all the "pine straw" in my yard!
Only problem is I will have to wait for the snow to melt :(

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Post by: mullet on January 22, 2011, 10:25:15 pm

 Those are really cool. Now you got me wanting to try it. For anybody that needs pine straw you can get it at any Apiaries Supply store. They use it in the smokers when calming the bees to retrieve the honey. Here, they sell a big block for $3.00.

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Post by: koan on January 22, 2011, 10:36:34 pm

This is really cool, hadnt seen it before...but i dont think that cup would hold my coffee... ;D....Brian