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Standing Gourd

August 05, 2018

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Packing and shipping today. This one is off to Montana tomorrow!

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Drying Pine Needles

I ordered some VERY long pine needles from Pine Lane (Gayle George) in Florida. The ones from my tree are thick and about 9" long. These are thin and about twice that long! They are beautiful, but green right off the tree. I want to dry them out some before storing them so they don't mold. They will remain green for a while, but eventually, exposure to light will turn them a lovely honey-colored light brown.

I spent some time today finishing this pine needle basket with beeswax. I also shot a how-to video of this process. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/TsxPnwzuiAg Let me know what you think. I hope some pine needle basket makers who have never tried this will find this video helpful. I now have Txweaver channel on YouTube with two videos. The first one is how to make cordage out of dried day lily leaves. Today was full of learning new things about making and managing YouTube videos.

Purple Valentine

As I was making this little round purple pine needle basket bowl, it wanted to become a heart! Now it's called Purple Valentine. I'm even OK with the fact that there is a different number of twists on each side. Back in my "weaving using a protractor" days, I would never have let that happen. :)

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