Sunday, May 6, 2007

A tisket, a tasket, another beaded basket...

Thanks for all the nice comments on the truck basket! I did some research and found that the basic pattern I used for the ring baskets was created by Brenda Whitehead, published in her book entitled, Peyote 101.

Here's another variation. In this one I increased the size by quite a lot. It's 2-3/4" in diameter and stands about 1-3/4" high. In comparison, the truck basket was only a little over an inch in diameter and stands about an inch high.

This one is chocolate brown and pink - one of my favorite color combinations. I added little peyote flowers along the top.



And I added three at the bottom where all three sides come together.



I think this is my favorite one. I still have plenty more to show. I was a little obsessed with these for a time and made them for several of my friends and family. Stay tuned for more!

4 comments:

Jenn Maruska said...

Oh my gosh - I just went out for coffee and sat down at the computer and the colors in your brown and pink basket match my knit coffee cup cozy exactly.

I love chocolate brown and pink - my coffee cozy has a pink stripe around the top.

I love the little flowers you put in the center of your basket!

Do you use your little basket? If so - what do you keep in it?

(I'm a nosey Parker this morning!)

Sandra Eileen said...

What a cute little basket and the little motif in the center is adorable.

Thank you for visiting my blog and for sharing the post with your friends that knit.

http://www.artisan-jewelry.blogspot.com/

Christina J. said...

This one is mainly for display. I don't know what to put in it, plus, I don't want to cover up the cute little flowers on the bottom! I keep it on my bookshelf with a few others. I have another one I made with the same pink and brown, but it has flowers all over it.

I like the idea of a knit coffee cup cozy!

Las Creaciones de Boricua said...

I love you little baskets!!!