pictures of my hobby

I hope these pics are ok.....never posted any before. I weave baskets and have been doing so for about 2 1/2 years now. Back in November I had an open house at my house for my baskets. It went super I sold 34 baskets and only 18 people showed!

Picture of open house

Here is a close up pic of one of my favorite baskets, it is also one of my best sellers.

Wow! That's so cool!

nice work!! where are you located??

Whoa, those are very nice.

Thanks guys glad you like them!!
I am located in Maine

Very nice! How long does it take you to make one? How did you start? Did you teach yourself or take a class? Sorry for all the questions, I think that's a really cool hobby )

lol... I dont mind the questions - I get them all the time
I got started when a close friend of mine sent me a basket weaving kit. I was self taught and my first basket took me about 6 hours I think......lol (and it was a fairly small basket) I unwove and wove and unwove and wove.....lol Once I got done I was like HEY COOL! I then did another of the same basket - that time it only took me a couple of hours.....lol and looked WAY better. The majority of my baskets take me about an hour weaving time - I also dye my own reed, and once the basket is finished I brush stain them with a tung oil/ polyurethane stain. I make an ice fishing basket that takes me somewheres around 4 1/2 - 5 hours to make. It is a great and cool hobby for sure, and really is not very hard to do - just takes patience - there are times while weaving that I could make a sailor blush - but the finished product is so worth all the effort. The next basket I want to attempt is a stair basket - although I have heard nightmares about them so I have been kinda stalling......lol I know it is just a matter of time though because I have so many people interested in purchasing them - so I cant stall to much longer

they remind me of the old ones we have from Siciliy like the ones my grandfather used to make, keep up the good work

have you thought of selling them online either via your own website or via ebay??

Been giving that ALOT of thought - one of the first questions I always get is- are you online? I do not have a site YET - but I am sure that is only a matter of time. Just gotta work out all the details with shipping costs and finding a web host and web building info. I also need to make sure that I expand at a pace that I can keep up with seeing as I dont have anyone working for me. One thing I never want to compromise is quality - that is what I pride myself on. So basically its a matter of time and details

well, if you do get your own site up, or if you start an ebay store, be sure to let us know!!!!

kwl baskets wicked hobby

Will do for sure MAM!!