Quick and Easy Blackberry Bramble Basket
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Published 2013-09-24
If you saw my Tidal Art video • Tidal Art , you know that I'm fascinated with using natural materials to create art. Lately, I've turned in the direction of blackberry vines.
The Pacific Blackberry (Rubus Ursinus) is an ideal plant to work with. It's strong, 5-10 feet long, flexible, easy to prepare, and grows like crazy in the Pacific Northwest. I've been working with it almost nonstop for the past six months, and haven't even put a dent in the local population. This video is an example of what can be done with it. This basket is a utilitarian use, but it can be used for fancier crafts and art as well.
I apologize for the occasionally fuzzy picture. The day was amazingly humid, and the lens kept fogging up. But part of working in nature is taking what you get (it's part of what I love about it).
And thanks to Jon of Jon's Bushcraft for his excellent tutorial on using blackberries (brambles to those on the other side of the pond) as a basketmaking material www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/basic_basket_old_vers… . His website is a treasure trove of bushcraft ideas and instructions.
All Comments (21)
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Love me a man who forgets a bag but remembers his tools for basket weaving. Always be prepared
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videos like these are just convincing me more and more to run away into the woods and become a forest goblin
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This is exactly what Youtube exists for. Thank you.
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I got recommended a pine needle basket weaving tutorial and now yt recommends me this lol Not gonna complain though these are pretty cool
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dang, 9 years later and youtube finally recommanded something interesting!
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I think it is an excellent video for these reasons 1) Voice is soothing. You only say the words and instructions that are needed. Not too much, not too little 2) Instructions consistent with what you are demonstrating 3) No annoying or loud music in background that obliterate your verbal instructions 4) Sometimes less is more. Simple, clear and practical. Good Job.
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i love that i saw this ages ago and yet youtube decided to show it to everyone again at the same time lol
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I adore this video. Not just for the educational content, but for the 'vibe' this person has. As a child I was in a program where, just about every week, we'd do something in nature (learning to use a bow, carving, building fires, fishing, hiking, foraging, etc..) Besides that, being in the 2010s, "random" was cute. I think the intro & outro segments of this video captures that well. Thank you, Paco, for this nostalgia and education. I hope you're doing well wherever you are.
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I spent a year in Girl Scouts to learn stuff like this, and never did. Learned more in this video than my entire scouting career….before getting kicked out for losing my cookie orders sheet
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“It won’t win any beauty contest.” I think it’s lovely and useful. It’s just perfect.
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Love how he jumps in like a badass, then talks like a sweetheart. That is just gorgeous, imo.
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This is such a wholesome video. Love to see people (especially men) just having hobbies and enjoying nature and acknowledging the simple pleasure of making your own woven basket to pick wild blackberries in the forest. So awesome 😊
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I have no idea why youtube decided to recommend this to me, but I'm sure glad it did. The vibes are immaculate, the basket is Lovely, and you've mixed fun into an informative video seamlessly.
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What an awesome video! I am 65 years old. My entire life I have wanted to know how baskets are made. In 14 minutes, now I know. Thank you!
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The disarming goofiness is awesome and I'm definitely gonna make a blackberry vine basket on my next camping trip, now.
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I was homeschooled, we did this sort of thing for credits. We learned how to make them out of grass, reads, vines and thin wood strips that we steamed or boiled to weave.
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7 year old video YouTube: ah yes aged to perfection
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I like how you add little flourishes of silly to your chill and informative videos.
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Who needs a bag when you can weave a basket? If I get stranded on an island, I want this guy as my survival kit😁
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I'm not sure how this came up in my feed, but I'm so happy that it did. I've learned a new skill today!
