I am so glad that your cat liked it and is using it! It brought back a childhood memory for me. We had a shallow, wooden bowl that was oval-shaped. We stored it up on a shelf. The cat found a way to get up on to the shelf and curl up in the bowl. She kept on going up there. We finally decided to just give the bowl to the cat. So, after that the bowl stayed on the floor in a corner of the kitchen for exclusive use by the cat!. 😃😺
I am curious to know if wetting of those vines that you are weaving might make them easier to work with. I know nothing about them and do not know how they would 'behave" if saturated.
I think you're right. I have little experience using vines for basketry so I can't say from my own experience, but I think people collect vines, let them dry, then saturate them in water just before the weaving process. If I understand correctly, this way you avoid your basket becoming all loose later on (when you use the "raw" vines directly, they will shrink from drying and you'll end up with a loose basket).
I am so glad that your cat liked it and is using it! It brought back a childhood memory for me. We had a shallow, wooden bowl that was oval-shaped. We stored it up on a shelf. The cat found a way to get up on to the shelf and curl up in the bowl. She kept on going up there. We finally decided to just give the bowl to the cat. So, after that the bowl stayed on the floor in a corner of the kitchen for exclusive use by the cat!. 😃😺
I am curious to know if wetting of those vines that you are weaving might make them easier to work with. I know nothing about them and do not know how they would 'behave" if saturated.
I think you're right. I have little experience using vines for basketry so I can't say from my own experience, but I think people collect vines, let them dry, then saturate them in water just before the weaving process. If I understand correctly, this way you avoid your basket becoming all loose later on (when you use the "raw" vines directly, they will shrink from drying and you'll end up with a loose basket).