How to Make an Apple Basket - Video

How To Make an Apple Basket with Swing Handle with Beth Hester

Follow Beth Hester in the above link as she makes an Apple Basket with Swing Handle. In this slow-paced video 5 part video, Beth demonstrates each step as she creates this basket from start to finish.

Also you'll note that many techniques for the Apple Basket with Swing Handle apply to other styles of baskets as well.

Beth is using reed for the spokes, weavers, rims and lashing of the basket. The Swing Handle with Ears is made from White Oak.

We are incredibly grateful to the filmmaker Billy Ray Sims, to composer and performer Dale T. Brann, and to Cynthia Riffe for assisting with cutting and weaving materials for the samples used in the video. We also thank the reviewers: Jackie Abrams, Donna Kallner, Joyce Lantz, Mary Ann Smith, and Judy Zugish.

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