I learned a bit of basket weaving from a co-worker. We traded painting lessons for basket making lessons. I've only been making baskets for about 2 years, and I don't make them all the time, but I do enjoy it and have made some great baskets for storing things in. My biggest complaint is that I give most of my baskets away, so I decided in the fall of this year (04), I'm going to make and keep a bunch of baskets for myself. The first two below are the start of my own basket collection, I'm not giving them to anyone!

I have made market baskets, gathering baskets, hearth baskets for the fireplace, a spring basket with tulips to hold my knitting, pumpkin baskets, a halloween basket, a July 4th basket, and I look forward to making many more baskets to add to my personal collection this year. I made 6 baskets in September/October 2004, so I'm on my way.

Click here to see a larger picture of the fall scarecrow basket.	This is a fall basket with a scarecrow. Made in the fall of 2005.
This is a July 4th basket. It has the red, white, and blue stars hanging from the handle. Made in October 2004.	Click here to see a larger picture of the July 4th basket.
Click here to see a larger image of Mr., Mrs. and Baby Pumpkin!	This is the completed pumpkin basket family, created October 2004.
Here is a basket I made (Oct 04) and attempted to paint white. Painting it didn't work out, so I stained over top of it, giving it an antique look.	Click here to see a larger image of my "mistake" antique basket.
Click here to see a larger image of my halloween basket.	This is a halloween basket made in September 2004. Completed it has candy corn painted on the handle.
This is a very large basket, the largest I've made so far. I made it for my Aunt Jean in BC. I added some embellishments in the form of metal flowers and a humming bird. Now I have to find a box big enough to send it in the mail!!!	Click here to see a larger picture of Aunt Jean's basket.
	This is a very large basket, I've only made one of these so far. Great for storing knitting needles and yarn!
This is a basket I've made about 10 times already, I still don't have one for me yet! It's supposed to hold a bottle of wine and 2 wine glasses, but it also works great as a gardening tool holder! I sent this as a spring exchange gift this year, I added the grape tag (tole painted) on each side of the basket.
	This is a close up of the grape tags I painted.
Christmas 2002 Mitch and Tiana both made a small basket (similar to the one shown here) and they were quite pleased with their efforts.
	This is a cute Christmas Basket, and the pattern is available free here.
Here is a picnic basket, great for camping or the beach. This pattern is also available for free here.

Visit: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Crafts/Supplies/Basketry/ for a complete listing of basket weaving sites, or you can click on any of the links below.

The following links offer basket weaving supplies as well as free basket patterns:

Basket Class

Baskets of Joy

Country Seat

Weavers Stain