If this is all I have I'm not gonna lose it
Jynn
10-20-2022, 06:43 PM
Come down, come down sweet reverence
Jynn nodded at the mention of summer. "Yep, it's quite a bit warmer. I'm hoping to find a place to settle that's not super hot but we'll see." Jynn finished wrapping the vines around the structure of the larger basket and was about to set to work on the smaller one when Mem expressed interest in knowing how the baskets were made. "Sure! Its pretty simple in concept, just a bit time consuming. I have these rivercane poles that I use as the basket ribbing and grapevines as the body. First I decide about how wide I want the opening and how tall I want the basket and chew the rivercane to the proper size."
To demonstrate Jynn used her teeth and broke off smaller sticks and stuck them down in the ground in a circle to make a much smaller basket that would fit inside the large one. "I then tie the ends together with cord as well as one end of the vine." Taking leather cording in her teeth she used her paws to corral the loose ends and tie them as well as one end of the grapevine.
"Then you just weave it in and out until you get to the bottom. You can then pull it up and finish it off. I'll be sharpening the ends that are in the ground for mine since its for hunting. Make sense? I'll show you some weaving." Jynn took the loose end and started to use her teeth and one paw to weave it in and out of the river cane ribbing.