Lavender basket

These last days of spring are so pleasant. Sitting out on the porch is relaxing, especially with a cup of tea, an interesting book, or my laptop computer. It's also a fun place to work on crafts, especially if they are messy ones! The lavender is blooming, making this a perfect time to cut long stems of this fragrant herb and make something out of it. The back porch is the place to make it happen! Often I lay rows of cut lavender out on sheets on the back porch to dry. But I can never resist…

These little baskets are made entirely from the harvested lavender stalks that come out of my garden. Using the entire lavender stalk, stem and flowers both, small bundles are gathered and coiled into the basket shape. The center base features a walnut slice. Waxed linen thread was used as the binding material. The thread in this current batch is all light lavender in color. These little baskets have not been treated with any finish so that the natural lavender scent has a chance to shine…

Harry R. Schwartz

Coiled, long leaf pine needles (Pinus palustris,) sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia,) broom corn, sinew, dyes by: lynn hoyt (midnightcoiler)

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