The Summer Weekend Guinea Pigs

Before Mr. Basketmaker taught his two full-week workshops for the first time here in Tennessee, he had a “soft open” of sorts in the way of two mini 3-day Weekend Classes. Here’s some quick pics that I skipped posting this summer…

Here’s Miss Sue J. putting the finishing touches on one of Eric’s Cottage Gardener baskets…

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The first weekend it was great weather with plenty of porch time with lots of sniffing going on…
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Guess Jaxson finds weaving relaxing as well…
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Here’s Eric attaching the handle to the little gardener basket…summer-basket-workshop-2015-basket-small
Below is Miss Donna finishing up her Cottage Napkin Basket. She got to hang out in the workshop with our nephew Ben. I think in this photo below I got done kicking him out of this particular workstation…  I think I said something along the lines of “Hey, get your butt out of that chair, it’s for students.” And he said “I’m a student!” And I corrected myself, “I mean a ‘paying’ student!”

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Oops… took this next pic too soon! One of the baskets are missing the handles…

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Here’s Eric attaching them…

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All the summer workshops went very well and we had fun meeting new students, visiting with prior students and catching up with the regulars.

Hope to see everyone again next summer!

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3 Replies to “The Summer Weekend Guinea Pigs”

  1. lynne: Just saw the pictures you posted. I sure had a wonderful time and am enjoying my three baskets and the compliments. It was a special class. Sue

  2. Loved being there and learning! Always room to improve! I get a lot of compliments on the 2 that I made and questions on what it was like weaving in a Basketmakers ideal environment. Was like heaven, and no interruptions from my crazy cats! 😃

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