How to make a basket: EP04 Basket making tools

In this episode of ‘How to make a basket’, we’ll look at the tools of the trade and look at how you can go about making your own basket-making bone needle. We’ll see that the tools are relatively simple and easy to get hold of.
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‘How to make a basket’ is a chance to connect with the world of traditional and heritage crafts but also to see the kinds of things that you can do in your own back shed. The natural world provides a vast range of natural materials that, since primitive times, have been used to make many of the day-to-day objects that we surrounded ourselves with. Many people the world over still use natural materials and craft skills to make stuff and in Britain, up until the early twentieth century, many of these skills still resided amongst the rural community.
If you’ve enjoyed the BBC’s Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm and Wartime Farm, then hopefully you will enjoy my lockdown project: 'How to make a basket'. I am spending so much time in my shed at present, that I thought I might as well film it. So, follow me in this series as I go about showing you how to craft a traditional coil basket. On the way, we’ll look at the different kind of plants that you can use, the skills and techniques, the key tools, and I’ll throw in a few juicy historical facts.

[@michael.bombadil9984]

Excellent. All doable, makeable, or findable. I almost have some apprehension about starting. But, first to read Craeft.

[@benitastory8213]

I've seen you using a turkey bone before to make a skep. Bramble is pretty rampant around here. Too late in the season for grasses, but I can get a head start on next year. Thank you!!

[@masa461]

If you can't find a bone, you can use PVC pipe to make a guide

[@cm4099]

All the best dishes always start with 1/4 of butter and a good deal of onion.

[@m.c.4785]

I came for the basket making and now I want roast turkey....

[@MelissaElsworth]

It’s almost USA Thanksgiving so I might ‘rescue’ a turkey leg from the compost. Would a nice beef shin or marrow bone work for the guide? Because that can be on my menu.

[@suzisaintjames]

I know nothing about making bone tools, but if you don't have any luck with carving cooked bone. Try raw bone. ... Here's my thinking. "They" say never feed cooked poultry bones to dogs because it shatters into slivers. ... But people who feed a raw diet say raw bones don't shatter. Then cook your bone to harden. Let me know what you experience. 💖🌞🌵😷ç