I finally took a beginner basket-weaving class, and this is what I ended up with!
It’s just a little simple one, but now I’m eyeing all the vines and twigs in our yard, wondering if they can be woven into a basket, hahaha!
(Don’t worry, I think I’m going to order some rattan so I can practice before I completely forget everything…)
It looks fantastic! That’s so lovely and fun that you got to take a basket weaving class.
It looks so nice and symmetrical!
It’s so pretty! And you’re right to try to practice before you forget everything.
Gorgeous! I bet the class was fun!
It’s so beautiful! You did a wonderful job.
People say you don’t forget procedural knowledge it just gets filed away.
I love this basket and look forward to what you make next. The class sounds fun and it’s great you want to continue.
That’s wonderful, it looks so professional!
It’s beautiful!
Beginners class? That looks professional already!
Nice job! I took a class years ago and had a great time learning. Great work on your first basket!
I love it!
Cute basket! I love the blue you used.
thank you so much, everyone!!
This really does look professional!
My grandmother used basket weaving to make some trays decades ago. Today they are among my prized heirlooms. Your basket looks to me like an heirloom-in-waiting for someone special in your life.
Lovely work, especially for a first project.
Absolutely! 
Harvest your vines, strip off the leaves & coil them up, let them dry, & then rehydrate just enough to work with. (or you can work with them semi-dry, ie when they’ve done a bunch of their shrinking but are still flexible.) Bark-on gives you a rustic look, or you can strip off the bark and/or split the vines down smaller & scrap the pith out and then get into dyestuffs if you want… extra incentive to do yard work or pull out your local invasives to make craft materials. 
