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I made a willow basket for this BB.

Oh man I learned a lot by doing this. For starters, I had no sense of what size branches to grab. I also realized that a small pair of trimmers would have been better than the hedge clippers I was using. I figured out that I did the turn up to the sides wrong and I think it would have been useful to use thinner branches for the bottom, thicker branches to help hold it together as I tried to get the sides to go up, and then medium sized branches for the rest of it. I had trouble keeping the branches down, especially where I had multiple sized of branches. I also kept having breakages, although that didn't happen as much as I thought it would. I also finally figured out the right size of branch and which tree was the best one to harvest from.
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Going out with my hedge clippers to the largest willow tree.
Going out with my hedge clippers to the largest willow tree.
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Grabbing several sizes of branches to try out.
Grabbing several sizes of branches to try out.
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Twisted the branches into circles in a bucket and filling with water. Later I realized that I could just grab fresh branches and just bend them around my knee.
Twisted the branches into circles in a bucket and filling with water. Later I realized that I could just grab fresh branches and just bend them around my knee.
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Making the star.
Making the star.
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My first one broke!
My first one broke!
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Take two.
Take two.
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Attempt at making the sides go up.
Attempt at making the sides go up.
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In progress.
In progress.
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This is the size I need.
This is the size I need.
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Done.
Done.
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Also Done.
Also Done.
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