Basket Weaving

Marsh Harbor
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Now I'll tell what Libby has been up to.

The first picture below shows Libby and her friends exploring the forest in search of special, very long, pine needles.

Next we see the ladies sitting and learning how to make baskets using the pine needles and raffia. Raffia is a grass that can be used like thread to sew.

The third picture shows a very beautiful basket that our friend Patty made using these methods. Patty is teaching her friends, including Libby how to do it.

Finally, we see Libby holding her work in progress. Her first practice basket. In her right hand she's holding a bundle of the pine needles.

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Its' great fun. If we get good at it our kids can look forward to finding some of Libby's handiwork in their Christmas stockings.