Making a basket with cattail leaves. This was my first attempt, but it looked like a basket, so I'm giving myself a pat on the back. I collected these in late September or early October, filmed it in November, and edited it in December. Such is my life right now.
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So the basics of what I did: I picked the greenest of the cattail leaves that I could and tried them on a wire shelf in the carport for 3 weeks before it started freezing at night (they definitely got hit with a few frosts). After that, I moved them inside for another three weeks. Ideally, I would have wrapped them in newspaper to protect them once they were dry.
The night before I was ready to weave, I wrapped them in a wet towel, but it wasn't wet enough. I added another wet towel and waited a few hours. Once they were softest, I wove my base, then used fibres from other leaves along the edges.
When it came to the sides, I turned the ends up and clipped the corners so I could weave while they were standing up. I started each row by folding the leave over a few inches from the end and wove both ends together. When I got back to where I started, I continued to follow the starting weave before cutting off the end.
When I finished the sides, I folded the little bits sticking up and tucked them into the weave of the basket.
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28 авг 2024
