Now most weavers are women. Sweetgrass baskets are used as decorations and in daily life. Scott said she has a clothes basket, magazine rack, fruit basket, mending basket and yarn basket. She said a well-made basket can last 40 years. Because of development, sweetgrass is difficult to find in the Lowcountry.
Most weavers now get their materials from Georgia and Florida.
Partly because of the shortage of sweetgrass, bulrush is being incorporated again to add strength and color to larger baskets. It is tougher on the hands than sweetgrass and more difficult to bind. Weavers put fresh grasses out in the sun to dry for several days to several weeks, depending on the season. Longleaf pine needles are used to decorate baskets, and strips of palmetto leaves are used to stitch the coils together. Sweetgrass baskets fetch a high price from art collectors.