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How I became a basket maker
I thought, I would tell you a little about how I started weaving? Well,At the start, life was messy, life was full.Life was very hard and demanding.But something was driving me on, something kept me going regardless.Let me explain…. When myself and my husband came to Ireland first it so happened we stayed with a …
Traditional Irish potato basket: the SKIB
It was Joe Hogan, with his book Basketmaking in Ireland that brought the Irish potato basket back into everyday use in Ireland. Joe did a lot of research into traditional Irish baskets. One of them is the skib. The skib was used to strain and serve potatoes. The potatoes were boiled in a big pot …