This weekend, I found a small piece of something that I think was from an ornamental pear tree. The wood turns nice and finishes to a glass like finish, but it’s pretty boring wood, with no real grain pattern to see. After the basket/bowl collaboration that I completed earlier, I decided to tinker around with a little weaving myself. How difficult could it be? This is the final result. Not sure I like it, but I did learn a couple of things. First, wrapping some kind of material around posts sounds like it’s really easy. Not so much… Second, the ends of my fingers are still sore from all the poking and pulling the grass strips. I think I’ll stick with the turning part and leave the weaving to someone who knows what they’re doing!
Doing the weaving myself felt like I was somehow cheating on Michelle (the woman who did the weaving on the last project), anyway.
Beautiful project! Looks like a decent first attempt at weaving. The materials are different from what I weave with so the result is different. I could teach you a few basket weaving techniques and you wouldn’t need my help at all!
You are a brave woman! I think I’ve pretty much proven over time that I’m a really bad student. The attention span of a gnat, no real attempt to follow instructions, total disrespect for anyone in a “teacher” role, and the occasional caffine deficient surly mood… 🙂