Wee bramble basket

[starsailor]

Nice wee film - clear and concise - on how to make a basket for collecting berries etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpF9Wu8IuZc

 

[JamPan]

It's a nice idea for a temporary basket, though the down side is it'll go really loose a day or so later as it dries and shrinks so using fresh brambles for a basket isn't for a long lasting one. The dry old woody ones hidden right inside a tangled bush of them on the other hand are good split down to use.

 

[John Fenna]

It's a nice idea for a temporary basket, though the down side is it'll go really loose a day or so later as it dries and shrinks so using fresh brambles for a basket isn't for a long lasting one. The dry old woody ones hidden right inside a tangled bush of them on the other hand are good split down to use.

I have made dozens of baskets using green brambles and although they do shrink a little as they dry and I have had to add a couple of weavers after a day or two just to fill the gap they then last forever-ish. I have one basket in constant use that I made over 5 years ago in a similar way to that shown and all I have had to repair in that time (no added weavers after the basket was first woven) is the handle as the brambles tend to get a bit brittle with age and the handle cracket when I dropped a log on it.
My "melon" baskets made from green brambles are lasting even better.