I wove 8 place mats and a table runner from Xanthorea leaves I collected on Kangaroo Island
































Large random weave platter made from Bangalow Palm fruit stalks. About 18 inch (45 cm) diameter














This small random weave basket is made from dodder laurel - a native creeper, and topped with fine corella feathers

Here are two tea cosies I crocheted recently from handspun. The blue one was to fulfill a request from my neice in NZ, who saw the one I did for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. Before I posted it over, I entered it in the local show - where it won second prize.

The grey tea cosy is made from handspun cross bred, given to me by my daughter-in-laws' father - so when he suggested he would like a tea cosy, I spun up some more of his wool to return to him in the form of a tea cosy!

This one didn't work - the core material (watsonia) was too wet, and when it dried it shrunk and loosened the stitches (done with lomandra). It is about 25 cm long. I learned a lot in doing it though.

This basket is made from the fruit pod of a palm tree. About 40 cm tall. Stitched with waxed linen thread. Trim is gymea lily leaves stitched on top, and emu feathers

coiled basket, about 7 cm. Cotton over string.

Very small coiled basket - about 5 cm high -with attached lid, made from tapestry wool

A small basket (about 15 cm daimeter) made from copper wire, and beads

Basketry Workshop:
This is a group of baskets I made at a workshop I attended at Sturt craft centre. The tutor, Virginia Kaiser was fantastic. Although I am quite happy with some of the baskets, they are very clearly "amateur", and I need a lot of practice to improve my techniques and neatness.

The baskets, from top are:
1: a stone, wrapped in silk. I did this as an experiment, and found the silk to be a bit slippery to work with, compared with linen or other more sturdy threads. But it was fun. It is not every day you decide to wrap a rock!
2: a cane basket, using lots of different grasses and plants
3: a small string bag from hand made string (from raffia) with added beads and emu feathers
4: basket made from rattan, palm flower stalks, bullrushes, philadendron and watsonia
5: a small basket from watsonia, stitched with linen, and topped with pine needles.
6: Random weave basket - rattan and palm flower stalks.