tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61320176272131974362024-02-20T06:11:00.115-05:00Char's WeavingsCharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132017627213197436.post-10192651317129227072011-05-06T00:41:00.000-04:002011-05-06T00:41:47.893-04:00Spring???<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is Spring ever going to arrive in Ohio??? I know I am really ready for it. We have had a really long and snowy winter. But, I have kept myself busy! Had a couple of great conventions in North Carolina and Rockton Illinois in March. A few of my new baskets and kits have been finally added to my website. My most popular basket this year seems to be the Flower Berry Market Basket. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBMOAbbUUfQP3MS3ZC_8zBF2I3Z6d8tRUlHWcyUL_lAmJ5M9pnlco0ciWuimldA-nZmN3R9RK9HUa9YtyhGCFbVY3YXd4Fs_lTKePSrw4t1I5TtL5C-WJg0ZBoCFd3oDbNHl4RorONWnM/s1600/flower-berry-believe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBMOAbbUUfQP3MS3ZC_8zBF2I3Z6d8tRUlHWcyUL_lAmJ5M9pnlco0ciWuimldA-nZmN3R9RK9HUa9YtyhGCFbVY3YXd4Fs_lTKePSrw4t1I5TtL5C-WJg0ZBoCFd3oDbNHl4RorONWnM/s1600/flower-berry-believe.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Will be teaching it at several conferences this year. In North Carolina, we had time at the end of class to learn new lashing techniques. I will be giving classes these options throughout the year!! Sign up for a class!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.charsweavings.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">www.charsweavings.com</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gFI1sYjTQmnEt8G8Ua5Ddagbn8GAJdd4hqzr-dZm6yMUnPzfUlXhjU_o5mEwJpit4-BiCMYgNSjkn3p_g1LsafS1wVaxZJIjz9s-2FWK7y89d6O8YnoJri7ZztPcaZLAkiTgyqbji9S2/s1600/class1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gFI1sYjTQmnEt8G8Ua5Ddagbn8GAJdd4hqzr-dZm6yMUnPzfUlXhjU_o5mEwJpit4-BiCMYgNSjkn3p_g1LsafS1wVaxZJIjz9s-2FWK7y89d6O8YnoJri7ZztPcaZLAkiTgyqbji9S2/s320/class1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Last week I had the honor to teach a basket weaving class for a friend at the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville Kentucky. I taught 5 students in the 4th grade class. They did a great job! And it was a great experience for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These last few years I have really enjoyed making the silver chainmaille bracelets and necklaces as well as the stamped silver necklaces. Unfortunately, I will not be making them much longer. :( When I started the chainmaille, silver was about 9.00 per ounce, this week it almost made it to 50.00 an ounce!! This will make it very tough to create and sell the jewelry. I do have a bit made for now and just hope the price begins to fall. I will keep playing and learning new patterns but will use copper or enameled copper for awhile and hope the price of silver starts going down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Time to get creative and come up with new baskets for proposals for 2012 already. Any one need a basket for a particular use?? That's how I begin the process. Have a purpose in mind, decide the size needed, any specific colors, then begin weaving and playing with color placement and weaving techniques. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Help me out here--</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any specific baskets needed?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What techniques do you need to learn?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What's your most popular color?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which do you like best, woven bases or wood bases?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks much, Char</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holidays are well over with and I think I have found the last of the decorations to put away. Looked up in the livingroom the other day and realized the huge Christmas wreath was still hainging!! I've been staying busy making up kits and new baskets for 2011. My teaching schedule will start in March with a trip to North Carolina Basketweaving Conference in Raleigh N.C. Will be teaching the Autumn Bowl and the Berry Flower baskets. </span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my winter projects was to make a Nantucket Tapestry Purse. I saw fellow weaver Dianne Gleixner carring one and I knew I had the creel purse mold. Bought some nice yarns from Dianne and started it months ago! I finally finished it a couple weeks ago. Sent it off to wood worker Fred Kohler and he made the lid for me. It turned out so nice. I really love it! Am very pleased with it!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enough on the basket front, now to the jewelry! Unfortunately, not a lot to report in that the price of silver has gone off the charts! When I started with the chainmaille bracelets, silver was 10 to 12.00 an ounce. Today it is 34.53 an ounce. :( </span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been playing with some enameled copper rings. They are copper, with an enameled coating that comes in many colors. I will be offering the enameled copper bracelets on the basket weaving cruise scheduled for Feb of 2012. Who knows what the price of silver will be by then. The enameled copper is a cheaper way to learn, then you can move on to silver! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjXDztiH621h0EFpMDr3HVpspcr9kfAc3WehMGe6Kyr9RyA0d-CeMrHBrQu4yQeReQlhhShBx-GR6DYTQ7Y_mhiKEORGpG7GTGBde1kwwPydRErf6KMZqj-vXIF5mwR2XIKFeex-22xyF/s1600/ec+parallel+bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjXDztiH621h0EFpMDr3HVpspcr9kfAc3WehMGe6Kyr9RyA0d-CeMrHBrQu4yQeReQlhhShBx-GR6DYTQ7Y_mhiKEORGpG7GTGBde1kwwPydRErf6KMZqj-vXIF5mwR2XIKFeex-22xyF/s320/ec+parallel+bracelet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My teaching schedule for 2011:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NCBA-Raleigh, NC 3/17-20th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">LLBWA- Rockton, Illinois 3/25-26th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.llbwa.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">http://www.llbwa.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar- Jabez, Ky 6/7-11th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://babasketmakers.org/"><span style="color: #990000;">babasketmakers.org</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TBA- Newport, TN 7/20-23rd, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Northwest Hoosier Basket Guild-Valporaiso, Ind Sept. 29-Oct. 1st. 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://nwhoosierbasketguild.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">nwhoosierbasketguild.com</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">AMB-Lansing, MI-Oct. 12-16th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="url"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><a href="http://michiganbasketmakers.com/">michiganbasketmakers.com</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #993322;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Basketweaving Cruise!! Feb 11-19th 2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Check it out! Sounds like lots of fun </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/Site_2/Welcome.html"><span style="color: #993322; font-size: large;">http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/Site_2/Welcome.html</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just a note: If you are planning to attend any of the conferences and would like to order kits from the website, let me know and I can bring the orders along so you can save on shipping costs!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.charsweavings.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">www.charsweavings.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> to see all my basket kits and jewelry creations!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Charhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132017627213197436.post-13115475190634401302011-01-10T15:41:00.000-05:002011-01-10T15:41:49.105-05:00Happy New Year to All!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Holidays sure do pass by quickly. You work a long time getting ready and it's over so fast! We had a great Holiday week. Finally, all 3 of my boys were home for the week! Got very hectic but was very nice. </span></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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with his Great Lakes <br />
Christmas Ale</td></tr>
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Professionals!<br />
They picked it out and helped decorate it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Griffin keeping me company while I read!<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">For the new year, I've been sending out basket proposals for Conferences in 2011. Making new baskets, dyeing reed and "playing" with designs. I know it's a bit early, but here's a new spring basket! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Chasing Flowers</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6cvcoFcQ22YgBhS7scB4hMFjD-pYATpqo7BFSGvhf3XMSKJD6nYUxpXPJXwBdmrUVeMosU4XyoULIR0otvfF2ZTCThLw6fEXfuaKDJAAlAEkaO1ya6UNaelQeLQ6S9neJjWWjUsWJ-v2/s1600/chasing+flowers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6cvcoFcQ22YgBhS7scB4hMFjD-pYATpqo7BFSGvhf3XMSKJD6nYUxpXPJXwBdmrUVeMosU4XyoULIR0otvfF2ZTCThLw6fEXfuaKDJAAlAEkaO1ya6UNaelQeLQ6S9neJjWWjUsWJ-v2/s320/chasing+flowers2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Weaving this is fun! Techniques include 3 rod arrow, using 3 colors of round reed and chase weaving (hence the name!) using 2 styles of weavers- a flat oval weaver and round reed. The metal flowers are added when the basket is finished. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my website <a href="http://www.charsweavings.com/">http://www.charsweavings.com/</a> to see several new basket kits. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also new are the bracelets I made for Christmas presents! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc83HQ-WEEs9veGI73Ue_KPRyOowvzGKAzToJ1qCaWzl894xC95ty-1-HlLpwLUTFCzzREz0PbXWtDxdEYKKp8csg2yzaf_gza-jHkLP3qSjKveVGFnlVvA5hfHsvwaVNXuHtmILfwjU0/s1600/Rhonda%2527s+Bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc83HQ-WEEs9veGI73Ue_KPRyOowvzGKAzToJ1qCaWzl894xC95ty-1-HlLpwLUTFCzzREz0PbXWtDxdEYKKp8csg2yzaf_gza-jHkLP3qSjKveVGFnlVvA5hfHsvwaVNXuHtmILfwjU0/s320/Rhonda%2527s+Bracelet.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DPMgU7Qzc7WiWlRXahOo0JR6beBVvd-qi8xNQ4TwC_mwqgom3_b19AvnwkCL8tt3lPyeWJUobYrM-6EYdRqzwe7RZ8I-yUx4d1GnvjEtk2TtMTFFen3XOUOjmozw3LNJ8MlGqNoupldT/s1600/Grandmas+bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DPMgU7Qzc7WiWlRXahOo0JR6beBVvd-qi8xNQ4TwC_mwqgom3_b19AvnwkCL8tt3lPyeWJUobYrM-6EYdRqzwe7RZ8I-yUx4d1GnvjEtk2TtMTFFen3XOUOjmozw3LNJ8MlGqNoupldT/s320/Grandmas+bracelet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bracelets are a 2/1 weave with individual jump rings. Charms are individually stamped with the children's initials. I also added the Angel charm. These can be made with or without the addition of the birthstone charm. Think about Mother's Day gifts!!</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> -for Mom, or Grandma!!</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">NCBA-Raleigh, NC 3/17-20th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/">http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">LLBWA- Rockton, Illinois 3/25-26th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.llbwa.com/">http://www.llbwa.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar- Jabez, Ky 6/7-11th, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">TBA- Newport, TN 7/20-23rd, 2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/">http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Basketweaving Cruise!! Feb 11-19th 2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check it out! Sounds like lots of fun </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/Site_2/Welcome.html">http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/Site_2/Welcome.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Charhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132017627213197436.post-86495837164646319502010-12-16T15:45:00.000-05:002010-12-16T15:45:06.205-05:00Getting ready for the Holidays!<span style="font-size: large;">Spent the last week getting ready for the Holidays! Making a few gifts, cleaning, and making cookie dough. Will bake next week! This sure worked good for me this year. Just made the dough, labeled it and put it in the fridge. Will bake later! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Deanna's behind Joe trying to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> walk in his footsteps!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My Mother-In-Law has to many Grandchildren to fit on a necklace so I came up with this bracelet. It's a 2/2 chain with small silver discs. I stamped the initials of all the grandchildren on each disc. Then added a small birthstone charm next to the disc. And of course had to add the angel disc!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Basket teaching schedule for 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">North Carolina Basketweaving Convention 3/17-20, 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/">http://www.ncbasketmakers.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bluegrass Area BasketMakers Seminar 6/7-11, 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tennessee Basketrty Association 7/20-23, 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/">http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2012</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">BasketWeaving Cruise!! Feb 11-19, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/">http://www.basketweavingcruise.com/</a></span>Charhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132017627213197436.post-2546466561375459202010-12-06T11:17:00.000-05:002010-12-06T11:17:32.368-05:00Holiday Madness!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1m5nWmdpHoNgA0BW9jnufIz-Pim47KUP8Pf9xjD9HH-RMLvN4LXq-DVwHjBzJet9b6TfDqjZZfR9pLl_iDEs3lSxizeC3Qsa4loOjQdqjcOoA4Et4QsVxfsUaEx-z9Y2pJ6Ejpq_pqDo/s1600/2010+12+02_0088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1m5nWmdpHoNgA0BW9jnufIz-Pim47KUP8Pf9xjD9HH-RMLvN4LXq-DVwHjBzJet9b6TfDqjZZfR9pLl_iDEs3lSxizeC3Qsa4loOjQdqjcOoA4Et4QsVxfsUaEx-z9Y2pJ6Ejpq_pqDo/s200/2010+12+02_0088.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I had a holiday craft show at my house last weekend and am trying to recuperate form it! Had to haul my livingroom furniture out and move tables in! I think it went well. Had a lot of shoppers. Thanks to all who came by. It was great seeing folks I have not seen in awhile! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">On the basket weaving front, things have been equally busy! Sending out proposals for next year's conferences. So far, I will be at NCBA,and Jabez Kentucky. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-size: large;">At NCBA, March 17th-20th 2011 classes will be:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Holiday Gift Basket</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVkeCgXyFmn2oc0dbnvX5E9swETDUIRBOz2ji5yVR91jQHz7yPMZQHiLBONs8nDIG7FUqDvaNOkihNvQotUjMzudohlq0WT99JUszwypov_5VMUlCAE8YZOGp0F0ZXNK59soNoUDxm6A/s1600/Holiday-Gift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVkeCgXyFmn2oc0dbnvX5E9swETDUIRBOz2ji5yVR91jQHz7yPMZQHiLBONs8nDIG7FUqDvaNOkihNvQotUjMzudohlq0WT99JUszwypov_5VMUlCAE8YZOGp0F0ZXNK59soNoUDxm6A/s200/Holiday-Gift.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several different tie-ons are available for this basket.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">2 hour class on Thursday.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the end of the Lots of Arrows class, everyone knew how to do the 3 rod arrow themselves! As promised! Here's Judy concentrating on her arrow row. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the best things about attending and teaching at conferences is seeing old friends. Michigan proved to be wonderful for this. I got to visit with many teachers that I had not seen in many years. Joan Moore, Mary Hetts, and Marilyn Moore--was great to see you all again!</span><br />
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Lots of Arrows basket came about when teaching a couple years ago. The basket had one row of the 3 rod arrow in the beginning of the basket and again at the top. By the time everyone got to the top area, they forgot what they did. I decided to come up with a basket that would really reinforce the 3 rod arrow pattern. This basket has 7 rows of the 3 rod arrow, using 3 different colors of round reed. This makes it easier to catch a mistake right away. By the time you finish the basket, the 3 rod arrow will come natural! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Fall Pot Belly is a great basket. This basket can be easily changed for the different seasons. Use green spokes and red weavers. Shape the basket more rounded and you have an Holiday ornament! </span> </div> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Charhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132017627213197436.post-34502757352119741212010-10-04T11:25:00.000-04:002010-10-04T11:25:12.523-04:00Brand New Blogger!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This is my first blog entry so please be patient! I have created this blog to help stay in touch with everyone! The last few years, I have been teaching basket weaving at many conferences and have met some great people. I am hoping this Blog will take the place of my monthly newsletter. (almost monthly!) </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I spent last weekend at the Northwest Hoosier Basket Giuld Retreat, in Valparaiso Indiana. </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_hMxIUsEC2iCkb8REFGcvmpICr1_uKt_59ESKJcM6zWF2-tKK5TsSU6Zl1QEXkej_lzIolBMwabxbMaProoyRUPYTnCmsDjZ7oaDgn4eFJN78xoAXwVKF5VpLCr25xIxGZhMohnz6Yhl/s1600/Oct+02+2010_1190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_hMxIUsEC2iCkb8REFGcvmpICr1_uKt_59ESKJcM6zWF2-tKK5TsSU6Zl1QEXkej_lzIolBMwabxbMaProoyRUPYTnCmsDjZ7oaDgn4eFJN78xoAXwVKF5VpLCr25xIxGZhMohnz6Yhl/s200/Oct+02+2010_1190.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What a great guild! These women put on a great retreat. I actually taught 2 chainmaille </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">bracelets instead of the baskets this time. Classes went well and everyone finished or came very close to finishing their bracelets. Some even made earrings to match! </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhqvGAOnIFLhmf_SkUeyUGOMZLrmkUOxB5v6651TScB_pNWuoKhC6XVz693q-5kQLf8p4Le7aZyxtkW6RaYaF-IrxIvG_smB6nFaJ_dkaZ_WbQw7ipoupYQFlXSotJAf7DDD6q1QPPCvP/s1600/rainbow2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhqvGAOnIFLhmf_SkUeyUGOMZLrmkUOxB5v6651TScB_pNWuoKhC6XVz693q-5kQLf8p4Le7aZyxtkW6RaYaF-IrxIvG_smB6nFaJ_dkaZ_WbQw7ipoupYQFlXSotJAf7DDD6q1QPPCvP/s200/rainbow2.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As we left the conference and headed east towards home we saw the most beautiful rainbow. As you know pictures do not do it justice. It was actually a double rainbow. Just can't see it well here. </span></span></div>Charhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158668221079791972noreply@blogger.com1