pictures of my hobby
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Puffer_freak
Put the trombone down, *****!
Wow! That's so cool!
nice work!! where are you located??
Styx
Fish Addict
Whoa, those are very nice.
yossie_ika
Fish Crazy
Sorrell
If you're a bird, I'm a bird
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 
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) 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
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
Vip
Smily this!
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!!!!
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