Well another long year, another 'outdoor' Christmas! Is it me or are our friends avoiding us?

The Harvest was good, The big willow was still big and there was more of it. Some of my new hopefuls in what I had hoped would be the basketry bed had turned out to be a disappointment. The Golden Willow and the Vitellina were too branchy to be much use for basketry. Some of the other varieties were also too big, unless we were talking hot air balloon baskets I suppose!  We replanted those we thought would be most use.

Throughout the year I went on more courses, slowly gathering more information and probably forgetting more than I remembered. I always felt that if after a course I could spend a few days making more baskets, I would be able to remember better.  Sadly there never seemed to be time. On a positive note, I never forgot everything, so I had to re-learn less each time I made a basket!