Primitive basketry 1: Burdock coil basket 🧺
Channel: Make It Primitive
Date: 2020-07-25

When I saw Sally Pointers tutorial on how to process burdock fibers into a coil basket, I knew that this would be the first mission for my bone needles.

Watch her three-part series for in-depth instructions:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6c2wmIUpvM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AUf0PG1kg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eq7fyLMu9I

The only thing I did differently was the use of a elderberry tube as a gauge instead of brass, otherwise I followed her recipe pretty closely. 

I plan to use the baskets (so far I made two of them and I still have a lot of fibers left) to sort and store my flint flakes, as they tend to get lost easily.