Last Fall when my husband and I visited Colonial Williamsburg I bought a basket weaving kit.
It sat in my stash for a while as I got up the courage to learn a new craft. It turns out, basket-making is not hard (and YouTube is awesome)!
I started by soaking my materials to make them pliable. While they were soaking I found a basket weaving tutorial by Nancy Jacobs and figured out what to do.
It was odd working with a rigid material (yarn is decidedly flexible). For the most part, though, this was not hard to weave.
Tadah! If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend weaving a basket. When it’s done you can prance around the house excitedly chanting, “I made a basket!!!” (Not that I did that…)
What new things have you tried that turned out way better than expected?
Dramatic Lyric 
Excellent Basket! They’re fun to make and useful when finished:) Also they go a lot faster than knitting a sweater.
Thank you. You are so right. So fast! So Useful 🙂
It looks fantastic! And fun. 😊
Thank you! There were a few hard parts, but it was quite a fun experience.
Great job!
Thank you 🙂