Basket Making

[OK, migraine is still present, but overwhelming feeling of hopelessness is past.  Life goes on, even in a supremely messy house!]

One of the funnest (according to spell-check, that’s not a word) things I did at Family Camp this year was making a basket.  Every year, one of the camp staffers offers a basket class that takes an entire day.  Until last year, I wasn’t interested because I was too busy with nature classes and other stuff.  Last year, Sandy didn’t offer the class because she was getting ready for one of her kids’ weddings (as I recall).  But, this year, the class was offered again, and Rosie Girl asked if we could take it together.  How could I turn that down??  And, Grandma wanted to take it with us.

We started by making the bottom of the basket.  Not too hard so far!

 

 

 

 

 

Now the fun part – making the sides!

And adding the color!

 

And, we’re done!! 

They’re all the same, but a little different!

   

So, that’s it!  Our basket-weaving adventure for 2009!  I think I’ll be using mine to carry books and knitting around when I’m shuttling the kids to piano and dance.