Roped into it!

 When I was in my teens, I played with clothesline rope for a basket (see last pics) but I covered it in wool yarn to echo Navajo basketry.  

This one is quite large (16" x 8") with clean lines.

It's a revival sparked by a recent Sewing with Nancy broadcast on my PBS station.

  I bought some rope (100') and took two hours to build this large table basket.

 It has easy construction-I used size 12 cotton machine embroidery thread and a 90 needle.  

I used a white bobbin so this has two sides-one in the green and the other completely white.  

I used my edge joining foot to keep the two rounds of rope laying next to each other. 

Truthfully, it is rather mindless sewing round and round and round!!!

 I just love how it turned out!  

I love baskets, boxes and bowls and this hits on all three!

 Even Lena gave her approval!  

She was determined to give this a good sniff. 

 Thank you!

I put some cotton yarn covered balls in the basket;  it makes me smile in satisfaction to have a new look in this room.

 This is the little basket I made when I was 17.  

It is practically an antique! 

 I used yarn threaded on a needle to covered the rope

 and attach it to the row below at the same time. 

 It was slow going but I loved the results;  then and now!

The lid was made the same way with a plastic curtain ring for the top handle, I just filled in the center with yarn stitches.

What is old is new again-when you live long enough, you know this personally!

Now, I like the clean lines of the new white one.

I like that it is made on the machine because this kind of handwork is out of the question now.

I'm already planning another basket!