If I find I like making cattail baskets, I will likely put together a frame of some sort so that I can dry my vegetable matter properly. I'll bet it will be a good place to dry herbs, too.
I've only collected enough cattail leaves to make one practice basket that I can learn and screw up on, then one medium-sized first real, usable basket. At least I hope it doesn't take me more than one practice. I probably ought to collect more cattail leaves, just in case...
And that's how it starts. I always have good intentions to begin with. I just want to get a little bit of stuff, just enough to try it out. But if I like it, won't I need more stuff? Shouldn't I be getting the stuff now, when the getting's good? If I don't get a full range of stuff right from the start, I won't get the complete experience, and migt not be able to figure out if I really did like it or not. I'll live my whole life not knowing whether I could have really rocked cattail baskets because I didn't really go for it. And if catails do it for me, or even if they don't, maybe rattan will be more my style. . Pretty soon I'll have to find room for a couple of big containers of basketry supplies.
So anyhoo, I have mixed feelings about starting up with basketmaking. Really, the last thing I need is a new hobby. I have a quilt that's not quite half done, a blanket on the knitting loom, a bag on the big bead loom, a project I want to do on the small bead loom, and I need to make some pants. And a new purse. On the other paw, baskets will be very useful in my world. I can use them to attractively store all of my other projects.
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