Underwater basket weaving

Except without the underwater part.

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This Saturday, Cpurl and I took a basket weaving class. It was offered at Knit-One-One in Berkeley. It was super fun! First, Knit-One-one is really neat. It is a space, rather than a store, where the owner Sile (pronounced Sheila) offers different classes and events.

We arrived a little early, we got to be in charge for a few minutes while Sile went out to find the instructor, who had lost her way driving to the studio. So we took a few minutes to investigate...

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The space is full of neat stuff, most of it made in the classes and events that they offer.

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Lovely jewelry...

Handbags and sweaters...


Giant condiments...


In just a few minutes, Sile returned with the instructor and the class got under way.


Basket making is not hard- in fact it is lots of fun!


Here are our baskets at the end of the day- not quite finished, but almost! Cpurls is on the left, and mine is on the right. You can't see it too well in the photo, but mine has a giant open space in the middle too.


Here are all of the baskets made in the class- each one is shaped a little differently.


We took home enough supplies to finish our projects and then some- here is my completed basket. It is a little rough, but not too bad for a first try!