Pine Needle Basketry: From Forest Floor to Finished Project

by Judy Mallow

Overview

From forest floor to finished product!

This classic text in basket-making, now in paperback, shows how to transform fragrant pine needles into stunning coiled baskets and other decorative items. It’s surprisingly easy, with all 40 projects based on wrapping needles around a center. From this simple technique, however, crafters can create limitless variety through the way they shape the coils, dye the needles, vary stitches, embellish with beads and seeds, and incorporate leather and wood.

Special sections address gathering and storing materials, making lids and handles, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600596032
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	02/02/2010
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	118,448
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Judy Mallow is a fifth generation pine needle basket-maker whose work is displayed in museums and sold at fine galleries and crafts fairs on the east coast of the U.S. A popular teacher, Judy runs her own mail-order business, Prim Pines, which provides pine needle basketry supplies to customers across the country. Judy currently lives in Carthage, NC.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
Chapter 1	Materials and Tools	8
Chapter 2	Making Your First Basket	14
Chapter 3	Pine Needle Transformations	24
Chapter 4	Centers, Stitches, and Embellishments	36
Chapter 5	The Projects	49
Chapter 6	A Gallery	83
Chapter 7	History	105
	Acknowledgements	108
	Pine Species and Needles	109
	Metric Conversion Charts	110
	Sources	111
	Bibliography	111
	Index	112

Editorial Reviews

Mallow is an excellent teacher with a gift for keeping the subject entertaining and easy to follow.”—Small Press

From the Publisher

Pine needles have become raw materials for baskets because they were a widely available, renewable resource. Mallow (Pine Needle and Nut Crafting, Glover, 1984) is a pine needle basketry artist and teacher. Here she covers materials, tools, basic techniques, and projects. Instead of step-by-step instructions, the projects refer the crafter to the general techniques pages at the beginning of the book. Novices are advised to make the practice basket project, which has detailed instructions, before attempting a more advanced basket. This book may be more suitable for use with classes than as a guide for beginners.

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