The false starts are what we are likely, as newbies, to encounter and teach us how to deal with them. I love the knowledge of "old" ways and natural materials, thank you for sharing your craft 🙏🇦🇺

this video is helping me so much wrap my mind around these sort of coil baskets. So many tutorials show how to make a coil basket with a specific crochet needle and store bought string. I am grateful for your video because burdock and blackberry are some of the most common plants in my yard. thanks!

I love your little metal tube. When I was taught pine needle basketry, we used a short section of plastic soda straw to gauge our needle bundles. Not a primitive product, but very effective.

Such fun learning this skill, by a teacher who shows us reality in crafting, I love the rustic feel and look. Thank you for your videos!

You are so clearly explaining things (plus throwing in history, can't go wrong). I have been searching for simple instruction. And you provided it.

I would rather see false starts than someone doing it perfectly every time. It makes me feel better about my fumbling about. Your descriptions are perfect for a beginner… Thank you very very much! Happy Hedge Bothering from New Scotland 😉

Thank you for this wonderful presentation, especially the false starts, which end up clarifying. Looking forward to the next step!

Wish I had seen this video last year. The burdock had over taken the yard at this house we moved to. Burdock and husky fur don't mix so I set out to destroy the plants. Sadly, they're winning the battle but the weed-eater now makes them manageable. I might have to fence off an area now to let them grow! Thanks for the informative video.

The use of this gauge tube is really clever. I'm totally going to steal this technique, but with a hollowed-out piece of elder instead of bronze.

The little tubes that come inside rolls of dog waste bags look like they're close to the same dimensions of your brass tube. I've seen them used in exactly this way for making fabric core baskets held together with crochet thread.

A lovely small basket that will serve a good purpose and please the spirit as well!

I would imagine a small circular bone hollowed out would work well as a gauge too, depending on how smooth you can make the inside 🤔 Wonderful informative video as always. You’re an excellent educator, I love how conversational your teaching is!

Thank you for all your wonderful tutorials! I really enjoy learning more about fibre work.

i learned the basics of this style of basketry years ago from a pine needle basket kit. you have inspired and excited me to go make a locally sourced little basket :)

For the tube, its easy to use an old pen with the ink tube removed and sawn/cut down to size.

Thank you for your videos. Muchas gracias 🙏

Very clever..enjoy your meddling with the brambles

Sally, I appreciate your very clear instructions. Thanks so much!

Can't wait to see the finished basket! 😆

Thanks for your video! I have already made 2 cattail and hemp cord baskets using this method. This summer I plan to make a bramble and burdock basket as I have lots of burdock in my yard and there's loads of brambles where I live. :)

'if I had a brain I'd be scary' 😂using tht one forever now

Thank you Sally! After your burdock processing video I found some really long stalks of it here on my land in western Montana and gave it a try. By far the easiest to process I thought. It's a bit brittle for twisting tho. Is this your experience? But I really like the feel of it. Also this summer I've watched videos teaching myself to process other fiber and make cordage out of dogbane (used historically by local tribes of this area; I know a spot where it grows near a big river), nettle, which grows on my land, the pretty long silver hair from my own head (making a magic silver thread!) And now burdock and bramble which does not grow wild here but I've a friend with some in her garden! Have you ever tried teasel - it, like bramble very poky? A fiber artist friend of mine taught me many plants whose above ground portions persist over winter have great potential for fiber. I look at plants in a whole new light now. Thank you so much for teaching me your craft. And I love your approach - live and raw and imperfect! Beautiful

Brilliant 🙌🙌

Very interesting, thank you Sally.

Can’t wait to try this,wonderful tutorial

Inspiring

This is a fantastic! Thank you very much.

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Loved this. Thanks so much.

Nicely explained. Thank you

fascinating.

How did you know?? Just a week or two ago I was wondering how to make a basket, but out of pine needles, and was hoping against hope you'd do a video on it. Now I'll have a use for all the blackberry fiber I have, thank you so much - your timing could not have been better!

Fantastic! Wish you had shown the wetting process so we could get an idea about how wet we want it to work with: Great tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing this! You are far too pleasant to be Boring.. Not to worry. Found the use of the tube particularly fascinating. Again; Thanks! Oh; I never realized you could eat Burdock. Learn a lot here!

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Wind chimes might be a good source of the metal tubing.

A section of hollow large bird bone may also work as a tube.

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Your videos are getting more polished as time goes by :) Nice job! I haven't made a basket since I was a child, but this would be a great use for all the burdock I have. What other fibers would work well for the wrapping thread?

I was thinking maybe a spaghetti measure could be used as a gauge.

Thank you for this, it’s so interesting! As I a complete beginner at this sort of thing, do you have any suggestions for the sort of fibre that could be used on place of burdock? I haven’t managed to find any. Thank you!

Love the videos! I was wondering though, when is the best way and the best time of year to collect material for baskets? I live fairly close to a lot of bramble bushes, but they are carrying berries now, so I was thinking to wait till the fall starts. Also, I don't want to harm the plant or risk to affect any natural cycles the brambles might be part of

How did you manage to turn your 'oval' at the beginning into the round shape you ended up with? Was it just a matter of manipulating it into a 'round' as you were doing it?

Does the old bramble, which you should cut off anyway, work for fiber?

Would a drinking straw work for the gauge thing?

What else would you be able to use as an alternative to the burdock Sally?

This is so much like making copper wire wrapped jewellery in terms of techniques

I was given a bunch of jute dose it need to be damaged also

Is there a preferable size for the tube?

Muy bueno Sólo que el ingles poco lo manejó. Que bueno sería en Español. 🍵👊👌