Chances are that you have looked at pine needle baskets and decided that you could do that tooand you can. Pdf howto pattern instruction fiber arts pine needle basket etsy. Pine needles, sweet grass, raffia, agates, bases and more pine needle basket making tips. Basket maker judy arledge invites you to share her joy of creating pine needle baskets. They are detailed with items such as deer antler, black walnut shells, agates, sea shells, petoskey stones. If you cant get bright natural light, make sure you have a nice bright lamp in the house at. To view the baskets that are for sale, click the link below. Fine art baskets, gourd art and fused glass jewelry, plates and platters. Get the best deals on pine needle basket when you shop the largest online selection at. Published in 1920, now available free, pine needle basketry. Gently bend the pine needles back around against the sinewwrapped pine needles. Divide the raffia into bunches with ten strands in each.
A complete book of instructions for making pine needle baskets, j. There were a few but none with an abundance of photographs, supplies, list of tools and techniques as i needed and wanted. Pine needle basketry instructions, pine needle baskets, photos, illustrations, and published materials for learning to make coiled baskets. Pin e needle basket ry always keep a bowl of water or a damp sponge on the table or near at hand, with which to moisten the raffia while working, to keep. This will be your starting point to wrap your coils. First, let us begin with a little history of the pine needle baskets. I love pine needle baskets and have a great book on how to do it. Carol busto basketry tutorials variety of instructional videos on stitches. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The seminole indians were one of the first tribes to make the pine needle baskets.
Pine needle baskets are a fantastic diy project thats creative and relaxing. The rules and advice offered here have been gained from years of. It dates back some 9000 years, even before pottery which was made by lining twig baskets with clay. Longleaf pine tree usage by american indian tribes of. Bring the sinew from the front of your basket, over the bare pine needles that you are adding and then on the back side of your basket. The pine needle basket book this little book is awesome. Learn how to weave a pine needle basket mother earth news. Cedar boards were designed to use as a base for pine needle raffia basketry. Thread one end of the stitching string through a needle, do not double thread, instead use a single thickness of string in wrapping and stitching. Fair trade pine needle baskets will grace your home or make a welcome gift for a special occasion. They are all crafted for southern longleaf pine, ponderosa pine needles, sweetgrass. I would like to thank all the longleaf pine needle basket tribes in. I finally tried bending a beading needle into an extreme fishhook shape and that worked very well for coming back out the front.
Anniston museum hosts basket weaving class using longleaf. See more ideas about pine needle baskets, pine needles and basket weaving. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Learning the stitches including double button hole stitch. Pliers to insert your tapestry needle through the pine needle coils when it is too hard to push the needle through by hand 1. Instructor brittney hughes teaches the kids how to sew the needles together. Permission given by the four winds tribe to use and take photograph. Bill newman is constantly creating new designs, winning awards, and capturing the details of his craft in easily understood. Weave a cute basket out of pine needles kids and crafters will. A complete book of instructions for making pine needle. Today most basket makers use imported raffia twine to embroider and stitch together pine needle coils into sturdy, light weight baskets. Although the baskets look so beautiful, i dont think i. The text and instructions albeit circa 1811 are easy to follow and the illustrations are detailed and stunningly beautiful.
To help keep my promise to jane bigelow, who bought my first basket then most generously gave it back to me, id like to share instructions on making a pine. Handmade by mayan women artisans from the guatemalan highlands. Longleaf pine needle basketry workshop saturday at the anniston museum of natural history. Creating an awardwinning show booth suggestions from a blueribbon team, written by lynn hoyt. Making pine needle baskets from local materials joybilee. Any design can be laser engraving on to the board or they can be purchased plain. Learn to make your own pine needle baskets, using the ancient art of coiling. See more ideas about pine needle baskets, pine needles and basket. The jena band of choctaws has no members at the present that makes pine needle baskets. Coiled rope baskets feature instruction provided by the country seat. Longleaf pine tree usage by american indian tribes of louisiana. After many years of passions and endeavors, i discovered coiled pine needle baskets when i took a class where i learned to collect, prepare, dye and coil long leaf pine needles and drill wooden bases and oyster shells. May 22, 2012 heres a diy project thats creative and relaxingmake your own pine needle basket.
The pine needle group, links to coiling instructions, coiling. Pine needle baskets basketry teneriffe coiled pine needle. Harvesting green longleaf needles for making baskets. How to weave a unique pine needle basket feltmagnet.
With four 5 bundles of pine needles gathered, i began searching for instructions online. Pine boughs, appreciated especially in wintertime for their pleasant smell and greenery, are popularly cut for decorations. Please dont let the number of steps intimidate you. Early settlers in the southeastern united states also stitched articles made with long leaf pine straw. Although, through the generations, new designs and materials such as the nylon stitching thread used in stitch n pine baskets have emerged, the basic basket coiling method used by the earliest basket weavers is still the method used today. Handmade fair trade pine needle baskets mayan hands.
Shelley matousek art studios fine art basketry, gourd art. Instructions for roundbottom pine needle coil baskets. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Gourd art and pine needle basketry by artist shelley matousek. Used to grip the sewing needle when it is difficult to pull through a stitch. They are approximately 316 thick with 116 holes spaced about 38 apart. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. It is a native spring wildflower that grows in rich woodlands of north america from nova scotia to florida and west to alabama, arkansas, nebraska, and manitoba. Pierce the sinew covered pine needles 18 inch from where you started wrapping the pine needles. However, traditionally local materials would be used, including cedar bark, nettle. Materials needed to begin a longleaf needle basket. It is fromthe needles of the longleaf pine that the baskets are made.
Coiling with pine needles is also special because it has a strong history in america. How to make a pine needle basket in pdf, this is an instruction sheet you. Coiling with pine needles is also special because it has a. See more ideas about pine needle baskets, pine needles, basket weaving.
Lynn hoyt on the last exchange basket i made, my hand wouldnt fit in to sew the beads on. Dec 26, 2012 basket weaving instructions pdf is at the end of the arrows. Prim pines is a great source for all of your pine needle basketry supplies. Prim pines your source for pine needle basketry supplies. See the pine needle basket photos and diagrams in the image gallery. Techniques, sourcing, stitching, dreaming about, gemstones, beads, tennerife, preserving, and organizing baskets. It is a longer needle and i like the feel of working with it on large baskets with heavier needles.
Coiling, using longleaf pine needles, black walnut, agate and artwood slices, basketry. Pine needles are also used for making decorative articles such as baskets, trays, pots, etc, and during the u. The pine needle artistry of bill newman enchanted with the use of southern long leaf pine straw and black walnuts in basket weaving, and the desire to perpetuate this craft to future generations, a true blue ribbon crafter has emerged in cary, north carolina. Coiling, using longleaf pine needles, black walnut, agate and artwood slices, basketry threads and sinew to make baskets and other crafts. How to make a pine needle basket in pdf, this is an instruction sheet you can print out, provided by the national park service, the timucuan ecological and historic preserve and fort caroline national memorial, in florida. Thickness will vary between large and tiny baskets and. Pine needle baskets are hand made by melanie walter using individually selected and prepared pine needles fresh from the tree and ground area. The other thing that you will need is a thread to stitch the coils together with. With one hand hold the short end of the string in place, and with the other hand wrap the long stitching string around both the strings end and the pine needle bundle wrap about 10 15 times, producing a coil about 34 of an in. These pine needles can be as much as fifteen inches long, possessing a brilliant goldrust color on the full length of the needle. Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees or, rarely, shrubs growing 380 m 10260 ft tall, with the majority of species reaching 1545 m 50150 ft tall.
Pierce the sinewcovered pine needles 18 inch from where you started wrapping the pine needles. The beginning steps for making a longleaf pine needle basket. Pictures of my new baskets will be added as they are completed. Just follow these steps and diagrams and youll be on your way to making coasters and baskets.
Learn how to weave a pine needle basket, includes how to prepare needles, adding thread when weaving, forming the basket side walls and basket stitching. Coiled basketry pine needle notes lynns sculptured baskets. Part 1 is about cleaning and softening the needles. Supporter of the sustainable future for the longleaf pine ecosystem. Heres a diy project thats creative and relaxingmake your own pine needle basket. Very nice personal journey of pine needle basket maker, hetty vangurps art. In south africa and probably elsewhere too people quite often use river reeds or wild long dry grasses in a similar way.
Longleaf pine needles and bark were used for medicinal purposes. Melissa smith abbotts journey with pine needle baskets, pine trees, pine needles, pine pitch, and pine oil. The pine needle group, links to coiling instructions. Part 2 shows instructions for how to make a basket. Theres a link to a downloadable pdf of these instructions. I also live in an area where timber companies grow pine trees and so i have access to lots of beautiful clean pine needles to incorporate into baskets. Instructions on how to make a pine needle basket guideposts. Choctawapache tribe of ebarb all make coiled pine straw baskets.
To help keep my promise to jane bigelow, who bought my first basket then most generously gave it back to me, id like to share instructions on making a pine needle basket. The baskets found on this site are hand made by janet k bonnell. Variations of simple closedcoiling stitches four stitching. I gather all my supplies on a tray to make my work are mobile. Weave a pine needle basket by coiling needles from the forest floor to create a native american art form. Cut a piece of stitching string about five feet long to start the basket. There were a few but none with an abundance of photographs, supplies, list of tools. The pine needle group, links to coiling instructions, coiling classes. Making pine needle baskets by a natural state, step by step instructions with graphics. Civil war, the needles of the longleaf pine georgia pine were widely employed in this. These baskets are designed and hand created by yvonne wielhouwer using local pine needles from the florida slash pine. Not really instructional, but inspirational and gives you a real feel for her love of using freelygathered, natural materials pine needles and oyster shells in her basketmaking.
Its all about pine but mostly about pine needle baskets with a few nantucket baskets too. Digital archive of documents related to basketry lowresolution sample pages are provided so that you can get an idea of what a document is about before deciding to download it. Art pieces made with longleaf pine needles located in the southeastern united states. Needle notes, tips and techniques from the coilers in the. My passion for basketry developed from a love of working with my hands to create art. Natural light is the best for this kind of handwork. The reason i do this is because i often take this work outdoors to do it on the patio. I especially love using embroidery floss to sew my coiled baskets because it adds a refined touch and i can choose colors that complement the natural pine needle shades. This basket can be made with pine needles, sweet grass, or raffia.
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