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<title>Ye Olde Blog</title><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/index.html</link><description>Latest from Ye Olde Basket Case</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 Jennifer Landefeld</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-10-06T18:37:58-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:20:49 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>Lovely weekend event</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>festivals</category><category>Broom Making</category><category>Wheat Weaving</category><dc:date>2008-10-06T18:37:58-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/ea191784225f9bcf4a8536d16e248d01-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/ea191784225f9bcf4a8536d16e248d01-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I managed to make quite a few brooms and wheat weavings over the course of two days and would like to thank all of those folks who came and purchased from all of the crafters at the show.   It&rsquo;s nice to know that there are folks still looking for fine crafts and willing to support the crafters continuing the traditions. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Little revelations</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>General</category><category>Collecting</category><dc:date>2008-09-28T22:36:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/f14eaaa9a37b97a2c9882c11d1883baa-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/f14eaaa9a37b97a2c9882c11d1883baa-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m not always thrilled to find that something I&rsquo;ve collected is made from something altogether different than what  I thought it was &mdash; or what the tag said it was. 


Two perfect examples of this have cropped up in my basket collection recently.   I thought both of them were pine needle coil baskets.   I and the folks who tagged them in the respective antique shops I bought them from were wrong. 

...The first one I&rsquo;ve had for a few years now.   If I recall correctly I picked it up in an antique shop in Wheeling, West Virginia. ...  Most notably, some of the palm strips used to wrap the sweetgrass have broken and fallen off the basket.   It&rsquo;s still in wonderful shape and I paid nowhere near market value for a Gullah basket. 

...It too was tagged as a pine needle basket by the seller.   I found this one in a favorite antique store not far from Massanutten, Virginia.   It has roughly a beehive shape with again, a nicely fitted lid. ...  Quite a steal for the condition and type of basket. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New sections added to Ye Olde Basket Case</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>General</category><category>Web updates</category><dc:date>2008-09-28T20:41:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/c94134ce6849bbbd19f8591f38740738-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/c94134ce6849bbbd19f8591f38740738-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In an effort to provide more information and reference material I&rsquo;ve added three new sections to the site.


I&rsquo;ve added a bibliography.   A majority of the books I will list are in my personal collection.   Many are out of print but well worth searching out at your local library, through inter-library loan or even from the myriad online booksellers who may have a copy on hand at a reasonable price.


The second section I&rsquo;ve begun to work on is a lexicon -- definitions and descriptions of as many things as I can think of that are related to the fine crafts I do.   The lexicon still needs a great deal of work as I&rsquo;ve run out of time today to do my general searches, type up definitions or descriptions and get them put together on that page.   More will come as I have time to gather the content and update those. 


The third is a reference page with links to &ldquo;Places of Craft&rdquo;.   Or rather, those places you can still find fine crafts for purchase or on display for your personal edification about a particular type of work. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pine is Pine...</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>Basketry</category><category>Tips and Tricks</category><dc:date>2008-09-28T17:06:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/f0477ee157bc5c745df0ceb5856c886c-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/f0477ee157bc5c745df0ceb5856c886c-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of teaching a pine needle basketry class this past Saturday.   A question was posed that I couldn&rsquo;t immediately answer.   How many varieties of longleaf pine are there?   Perhaps the gist of the question was actually, how many varieties of pine are there with needles long enough to be easily usable in basketry.


Ostensibly, you could try to use any pine variety that is soft and pliable. ...  However, the needles from these trees aren&rsquo;t quite 1/3 the length of some of the longest pine species.   The longest in North America that I&rsquo;m aware of are the longleaf pine needles.   They can reach just shy of 2 ft in length (average 15-18 inches).   The Torrey Pine from the Pacific West can reach nearly 13&rdquo;.   By comparison the white pine is short and would it take a painfully long time to make a reasonable sized basket. 


...Though this is the case, most antique baskets you will find are left natural in color.   The decorative aspect of pine needle basketry takes shape in the stitching done on this type of coil basketry. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>How to tell what materials your basket is made of</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>Basketry</category><category>General</category><category>Collecting</category><category>Tips and Tricks</category><dc:date>2007-11-09T19:37:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/2586832c0f9f41f76ad197656e78ca9e-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/2586832c0f9f41f76ad197656e78ca9e-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What is the difference between wicker, oak, ash, reed?


There are hundreds of materials used around the world to make functional and decorative baskets.   Some of them have been in use for thousands of years.   So, how can you tell what your basket is made out of?   The fastest way might be to take it to a basket maker near you, if you know one.   If you don't have that luxury you can start with the internet (and if you are reading this blog that means you're already part way there).    ;-)


I'll start with identifying reed baskets.   These are fairly prevalent and reed has been in use 


The Wikipedia entry for basket weaving is quite good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket-weaving]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Join me at the Hickory PA Apple Festival</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>events</category><category>Broom Making</category><category>Wheat Weaving</category><dc:date>2007-09-26T21:21:08-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/1108df05bdca1fc20a093f4ce62f0a33-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/1108df05bdca1fc20a093f4ce62f0a33-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'll be demonstrating broom making and wheat weaving at the Hickory Apple Festival on Saturday, October 6, 2007.   Normally I'd be there for two days (Sat & Sun) but my son turns 6 on Oct 8 and we're having a party with a bunch of his friends on Sunday the 7th and that's not something I'm willing to miss.


In 2008 I'll be able to do both days again as the first full weekend in October falls earlier and won't interfere with that bit of family fun.   (-:]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Upcoming venues for my baskets&#x2c; brooms and wheat</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>events</category><category>Basketry</category><category>Broom Making</category><category>Wheat Weaving</category><dc:date>2007-06-24T12:52:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/81af9f39ddd4e4a99681fe44b083d90a-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/81af9f39ddd4e4a99681fe44b083d90a-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The second event I participate in during the second half of the year is the Hickory Apple Festival.   I usually do two full days there (Sat.   & Sun.) but, as my son Gordon is turning 6 on Oct. 7 and we are planning a swim party for him that I don't intend to miss.   So, I'll be at Hickory on Saturday, October 6th demonstrating and selling brooms and wheat weavings.


Other than that I'm trying to decide if I'll be teaching a class this fall at the Society for Contemporary Craft.   More than likely, if I do, it will be for the hardwood stars that would make for a fun and easy family project for the holidays.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Identifying Types of Lace</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>Lacemaking</category><dc:date>2007-05-24T23:01:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/413d0ec2b7feea9804dc8e5587b28193-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/413d0ec2b7feea9804dc8e5587b28193-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I hope to begin a page about identifying different types of lace and add it to the site sometime soon.   It never ceases to amaze me the number of mis-identified items that show up on eBay or in flea markets and antique shops.   There are a few very good books on the subject but, given the capabilities of the digital age, we can show much better pictures to tie with descriptions now.   That should make it a whole lot clearer just what you're looking at when you pick up a doily or dresser scarf in your favorite antique shop the next time you're there. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some great videos finding their way onto the net</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>Broom Making</category><dc:date>2007-05-05T21:14:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/7a80b50e68fd58a7b8e72755d4f82ed7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/7a80b50e68fd58a7b8e72755d4f82ed7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I belong to a very nice email group of broom makers.   They're a wonderful resource for things historical, tips on making a broom, where to get supplies.   In addition, they have become a great source for pointing out some really cool videos that are making their way onto YouTube featuring broom makers.   I need to track the videos down and then I'll be sure to put some links here to the best ones I've watched so far. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Welcome to Ye Olde Blog</title><dc:creator>jenn@yeoldebasketcase.com.com</dc:creator><category>General</category><dc:date>2007-05-04T11:27:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/d176b9c647413324240426fc6c91ef7f-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.yeoldebasketcase.com/blog/files/d176b9c647413324240426fc6c91ef7f-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As time permits I will be adding information here about the various fine crafts I've been making and collecting for years. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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