Basketry at BOW

This past weekend I went to a BOW retreat in Brownwood, Texas. BOW stands for Becoming an Outdoors Woman. In the state of Texas TPWD (Texas Parks and Wildlife) sets up these events twice a year at different locations around the state. They offer classes in outdoor skills... to read about my experiences at this event and the other one I attended in the fall just follow this link. As a fund raiser they had an auction that featured sporting goods and a few handmade items. I made my first basketry sale at the event. I also volunteered to teach or assist the current teacher in the basketry classes at the next BOW event. I am now feeling inspired to make more baskets. Perhaps it is time for me to volunteer to teach a class at the public library and see how it goes. Cheers, Jenn

Spring Break Frisbee

I created this pattern while sitting next to the campfire during spring break. I made several of them... they didn't take anytime at all. I found that a 100% cotton yarn like Lily's sugar and cream or the Walmart Peaches and Cream yarn worked best. On some attempts I used a slightly higher quality cotton yarn and found that the finished product was not as stiff and therefor didn't fly as well...they still worked great, however, so by all means use what you have. I haven't tried making this pattern with any other type of yarn although I'm sure it would work great.

These frisbees are great indoors or out.


Size K crochet hook
2 balls of worsted weight yarn (100% cotton dish cloth quality works best)
tapestry needle

Round 1: Holding 2 strands together and using the K hook use the magic ring method to SC 6 into the ring.
Round 2: 2 SC into each of the 6 stitches (12 st)
Round 3: *SC into next SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (18 st)
Round 4: *SC into next 2 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (24 st)
Round 5: *SC into next 3 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (30 st)
Round 6: *SC into next 4 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (36 st)
Round 7: *SC into next 5 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (42 st)
Round 8: *SC into next 6 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (48 st)
Round 9: *SC into next 7 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (54 st)
Round 10: *SC into next 8 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (60 st)
Round 11: *SC into next 9 SC, 2 SC into next SC* repeat around (66 st)
Round 12: *SC into next 9 SC, SC next 2 stitches together* repeat around (60 st)
Round 13: *SC into next 8 SC, SC next 2 stitches together* repeat around (54 st)




I made this cute set with hacky sack, frisbee, and bag of marbles(I altered the original pattern to make a bigger bag) for the BOW silent auction on March 26th.

When Basketry Meets Crochet...

I found a really cool book at the public library called Uncommon Crochet... The vase above is made from a pattern in this book. I plan to donate it along with the other basket in the photo and one of my Appalachian style baskets to an upcoming silent auction for BOW.

This book is really cool because it not only shares patterns... but ideas for designing your own creations. I think that I will try my hand at making my own pattern soon... and I'll post it when I do.

Jenn