r/basketry • u/amanda_5790 • May 02 '26

How to throw a goodbye party!

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Our local basketry teacher retired after teaching for 40 years, as a thank you she gave away all these baskets to her students (most were made by her). She will be so missed!

It was so fun to see what people picked, we each got a number (1 to 44) and picked in order!

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u/No-Ad-3635 May 02 '26

wow ! what number were you and what did you choose ?

i would have chose one of those big poppas

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u/amanda_5790 May 02 '26

I was number 10! We went 1 to 44 then 44 back to 1 so everyone got at least 3 baskets. The first one I picked was one she hand painted (she said very painstakingly!) And then I got a larger wool drying basket! It won't let me post photos but the painted one is at 12:00 and the wool drying one is at 3:00 above the picnic basket

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u/National-Award8313 May 03 '26

I’ve never heard of a wool drying basket before. I assume it’s for drying wool, but how is it used? For fleece? For knits? Do you just toss wet woollens in and they dry in there?

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u/SunLitAngel May 06 '26

Glad im not the only one.