Making baskets out of Tree Needles.

[TeeDee]

Can anyone advise on the woody craft of making baskets ( small ) out of long pine needles?

Found a local tree which is ideal to sit under and have a go whilst I do some recovering.

Many thanks.

 

[Billy-o]

Funnily enough I was watching this with my daughter just the other day

 

[spandit]

I looked at the thumbnail for that video and thought I'd never have the dexterity for even attempting something that intricate

 

[Toddy]

You know the big fat straws sold for drinking bubble tea ?
Cut one in half and it makes a good holder to shove the needles down into. It holds them easily while you stitch the coils. Lets you add more while you work without ending up in a fankle with lots of lose ones falling out.

 

[spandit]

You know the big fat straws sold for drinking bubble tea ?
Cut one in half and it makes a good holder to shove the needles down into. It holds them easily while you stitch the coils. Lets you add more while you work without ending up in a fankle with lots of lose ones falling out.

I don't know why I'm surprised that you've ever tried bubble tea...

 

[Toddy]

Son1 has a Uni friend who lives in HK. They have visted back and forth for twenty years....and Son1 brings home stuff. I think I first had bubble tea about that long ago. It was cassava pearls and green tea.
Now all the stuff here is tapioca and sickly sweet with condensed milk.
I still make my own with green tea and cassava boba.
But the big thick straws are awfully handy for all sorts of things

 

[spandit]

Son1 has a Uni friend who lives in HK. They have visted back and forth for twenty years....and Son1 brings home stuff. I think I first had bubble tea about that long ago. It was cassava pearls and green tea.
Now all the stuff here is tapioca and sickly sweet with condensed milk.
I still make my own with green tea and cassava boba.
But the big thick straws are awfully handy for all sorts of things

Ha! That's what I'd expect! Only had it once (the commercial sweet version).