Well, it’s not a work of art, but I’m pleased with it! I don’t think that it will work as a bicycle basket though. It’s the right size, but it needs to be made from a stiffer material, such as reed. The bulrush is soft and pliable (when wet) and stays fairly flexible when it dries. Any weight put in it would pull it out of shape and probably get dumped out.

One nice thing about the rush is all the different colors. Eventually, especially if it is exposed to light, the greenish tones will all turn tan. I hope that the reddish brown areas will stay that color.

It will still be fun to play with sewing beads and found objects on it, and if I ever have a market booth, I’ll use it to put something or other in. Herb bundles? Carrots? Parsnips? Okay, I really am fantasizing because I haven’t even planted my parsnips yet.

It’s either this or therapy, folks. This is cheaper.

I spent a couple of hours weaving my bicycle basket, but I still have a lot of work to do on it! It will take me about 2-3 more hours, I estimate. I need to get it done because the slugs found my soaking bulrush, and that is not pleasant. After you wet it down, you have to keep everything, including the basket, wet, and so you have to go ahead and use it before it rots. Tonight I put the basket on a crate on the deck and covered it with wet towels and my yoga mat, and I hope that will help keep the bugs down, at least.

I’m starting to think that I’ll need my yoga mat for actual yoga soon, though.

I think that I’ll sew little found objects all over my bike basket. I want to do that for hats, too, but the bike basket will be a good project to test the idea on.