Answering YOUR questions on pine needle weaving + YOUR baskets

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TIME STAMPS
00:19 ORIGINS
00:25 What are the origins of pine needle weaving?
01:40 Is pine needle weaving cultural appropriation?
03:10 Where did I learn?
03:34 MATERIALS
03:40 Where can I source pine needles? Which ones can I use?
05:35 Can i work with a different material?
06:05 What can I use as a gauge?
07:30 Can I use green needles?
08:15 Can you dye the pine needles?
8:35 THE MAKING
8:38 How long does it take to make a basket of the size you have shown?
9:10 What is the hardest part to make?
9:45 How many baskets can you make before your hands get tired/is it hard on the hands?
10:32 PRESERVATION
10:35 How can you avoid the baskets getting mouldy?
11:45 How can I preserve the basket for longer?
12:30 How long do they last?
13:13 PROBLEM SOLVING
13:19 Issue with basket being loose
14:39 Issue with making desired shape
16:43 Issue with working with gauge
17:50 MISCELLANEOUS
17:55 Are the baskets inflammable?
18:22 Can you make wearables with pine needle coiling?
18:53 Why do some people treat pine needles with glycerin?
19:17 How much should I charge for my basket?making walls straight
21:37 YOUR BEAUTIFUL BASKETS :)
USEFUL LINKS ON HISTORY + PICTURES:
-www.native-languages.org/baske... (LOTS of incredible pictures here)
-www.nativetech.org/basketry/in...
www.koasatiheritage.org/blog/2...
USEFUL INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS:
-Great series of videos on making and history by Tyrese Gould Jacinto (Nanticoke Lenno Lenape Tribe) / tygould63
- Carol Busto / @bustoc (glycerin treatment video can be found there)
- Debra Carmona: bit.ly/32ojoie
- Initial wrap and coil: • Pine Needle Basket Coi...
- Easy beginners basket: • Quick 'n' Crafty: How ...
-Dying pine needles: • How to dye pine needle...
PINE NEEDLE BASKETRY BOOK: bit.ly/31aHoD5 (lots of more cool books here)
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THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR BASKET PICTURES :)
1 Robin - USA - [e-mail]
2 MandyY - MN (USA) ETSY MDHorseHair, Online Shop www. mandydiedrich.wixsite.com/artisticequestrian
3 Rosalie - Germany - IG @live.in.a.nutshell
4 Alix - UK - IG @alixabram
5 Elsa - USA - IG @elsarhae - YT bit.ly/3i0tCt5
6 Sophie - France - IG @petitmoutonvert
7 Kai - USA
8 Amani - Egypt
9 Salem - USA - IG @salemspentacle
10 Brune - France- IG @brune.mulkan
11 Kyara ON - Canada - IG @purplecontortionist
12 Lisa - USA - IG @pixiespit
13 Julia - Germany - IG @einfachmalmachen_julia
14 Alice - Mexico
15 Dave - UK - IG @davesoutdoorsystuff - YT bit.ly/3csbg36
16 Mara - UK
17 Manon - QC Canada
18 Kayla
19 Emma - UK - Twitter @GeneticCuckoo
20 Leevon - ID USA
21 Eric - WI USA
22 Rafaela
23 Anaya - India
24 Fatima - Pakistan
25 Kaylee - UT USA - IG @kayleematthew_
26 Kelsey
27 Santiago - France
28 Orla
29 Morgan - CA USA - IG @morganluaann
30 Steffi - Germany
31 Sara - QC Canada
32 Mariya - FL USA
33 Sabrina - Germany
34 Pauline - Scotland YT bit.ly/342JztI
35 Jessica - BC CANADA
36 Brigitte - France - IG @biscotte2612
37 Stephanie - FL USA
38 Anastasia - CA USA - IG @Starterpotter.
39 Jessica - Australia - @Jesslmanley
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[@gmurph2055]

Ah stop it’s not cultural appropriation, it’s cultural appreciation. In our modern throwaway customer world to make and treasure material gathered from sustainable sources really shows our respect for our planet and surroundings. Besides our European ancestors wove baskets also, this was a common skill for those to didn’t have the luxury to pop down to the local shop to buy tubberware. I love that video by the way, you explained the process so well. Thank you.

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

Yes! I'm Native - eastern woodland, & Sámi on one grandma's side. Both cultures made these. Celts made coil baskets from bundled grasses. Africans make them. Europeans coiled fabric left after cutting out clothes, twisted it into a rope shape & sewed it, too from the time cloth was first woven bc surprisingly, little parts have been found - most of it decayed but just enough protected by something somehow that it's clearly a cloth coiled basket, in castle dig sites. Vikings used them to hold berries so Scandinavian villages did too bc they'd have been in use already to been taken when going a'viking. We Natives had quillwork & moose hair embroidery & shell beads but we get our seed beads & many floral designs from Ukrainian & Czech & Romanian traders, & their floral babushka scarves too, plus we immediately embraced metal needles & thread. We traded techniques with them & never had conflict with those people. We coastal eastern woodland tribes traded shells & shell beads & dried fish for mica & pipestone & taught each other techniques. The only problem is if a manufacturer competes with local artisans selling cheap junk as if ours & undercutting real crafts people. That isn't happening here, & that type finds out anyway so it's all the more important honest people can tell the difference. Preserving techniques though actually helps the many indigenous people who were forced to lose culture and traditional teachings, and these skills are in many cultures' ancestral ways, just often much farther back. They've been made for thousands of years & they vanish, decay, eventually in nature, so it's even possible they trace back to a common ancestor or someone who taught someone in another culture who taught another etc & the original person wanted this shared bc it does show up from Africa to Siberia to Canada & the SW US, & S America & people in Egypt made boats this way as did Polynesians, with reeds & sedge grasses. They're not coiled, they're long fat bundles but it's the same technique needing a different shape.

[@selinahopeformefarm]

I am Native American (My grandmother was full blooded Penobscot and my father was half ) a tribe in Maine (in the US) . my great grandmother taught my grandmother and she taught me how to weave. it is a tradition passed down throughout generations. sadly a lot of our traditions are being forgotten including our language. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you making and selling these lil treasures that you create! you are a wonderful weaver and your work is beautiful! It seems we live in a society where someone always has something to say ,even if they know not what they speak of. it saddens me and weighs heavy on my heart that we can not ALL just be kind to one another. we need more LOVE in our hearts. thank you for keeping our traditions alive. I wish you many blessings , happiness and abundance on your journey! love and light

[@RavenNewsWatch]

I am not Native American but I enjoy crafting traditional items dream catchers sometimes flutes and rattles. I also feel that I should give back to a culture that has taught me many things, I do that with annual donations to the Eastern Cherokee of North Carolina my home state.

[@selinahopeformefarm]

@@RavenNewsWatch thats amazing

[@zaidcastillo7716]

I love making pine needle baskets but they always turn out flimsy and I wonder why they are always dry and light brown and I after two days of making them they turn out very flimsy

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

​@@zaidcastillo7716 There is a method for soaking the needles in glycerin. But also it's important to use ones that have just fallen & aren't dried out on the ground but still have the natural pine oils in them. That leeches out over time into the soil so it's not good to use old ones. Green ones will shrink if not thoroughly dried before use, too, & the sinew has to be tight & the coil tight & thick enough.

[@DianneFincham]

I think its extremely important to keep all crafts alive. Sharing techniques and ideas with as many people as possible. Too many crafts are dying out, and its such a shame. I love your video's

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

I'm from the Modoc tribe in Oregon. I want to say thank you for this video that can help me and other tribes restore a part of our culture. The Chinook tribe is near me and the pine needle baskets are a part of their tradition. It may also be part of my ancestors tradition too but I hope to be able to ask our elders soon.

[@WildSheGoes]

That's so wonderful how you do get to make a few soon

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

@@WildSheGoes thank you, I'm starting my first one.

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

​@@walwilekashturnbull5712We are from tribes on opposite coasts, but I know we traded across the continent, including skills. My tribe made these, & my ancestors could teach someone from a bit inland, who could teach someone farther inland, & so on, til a skill made it across the continent. Also SW tribes make them & traded with PNW people for materials - by trading with people yours traded with. And any of us would have shown each other. Sometimes an idea got changed bc of local materials. But the skills are often shared! Virginia Algonquins have the same belief on finding an arrowhead as Navajos & they're 2000 miles apart. We communicated. Things made it from one campfire to another, with those trading. Beadwork is Native tradition, right? Well that's bc Eastern European traders brought seed beads and needles and thread and floral patterns & kokum scarves too. & They taught us techniques & we still share designs & techniques online with Ukraine and Romania and Hungary and Poland.... Someone is trading a basket, & someone says, how did you make that? We believed in teaching, across the continent, most of us. So idk if you guys made these or traded with Chinooks, but chances are someone did bc it's continent wide! O'odhams in AZ, Penobscots in Maine, S. American tribes, Seminoles in Florida too. It's common use in all directions. & I know your people wove mats & skirts & things. They'd have figured it out if not taught. That's what artisans do.

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

​@@WildSheGoes I'm Algonquian - eastern woodland Native & my grandma was Sámi - indigenous people in the far north who migrated across Scandinavia (& Eastern Russia til they had to not go there). Both cultures do this. Africans do this. It's been done for thousands of years. You're not competing with local indigenous artisans. You're not impacting their sales. The problem is when factories mass market things. Or things are sold as if indigenous made, often poor quality cheap "knockoffs." You take no food out of anyone's mouth & in fact you're preserving the technique & teaching it & others can now earn from it at powwows & art fairs & shops. Many Native people were removed from tribal communities & sent to urban centers or residential schools where culture was out of reach, they lost relationships with the people. This is the only way mamy people can learn it. So, some artisans worry but those factories find a way anyway. Most of all though this skill is nearly worldwide so it has been passed down, & spread all over, & your own ancestors could very well have made these. Whoever first made them didn't hide how to. It's not OF just one culture. It's ancient. It's common use, legally and ethically. Our elders say the natural & creative things we ate drawn to are often ancestral memory. These baskets have been found, little pieces but definitely this, in ancient sites in mainland Europe, from the North Sea to Italy. We got our beadwork skills from European traders & we wear the same floral scarves as Slavic grandmas. We believe traditionally that all living beings are relatives, and we openly shared techniques with those traders bringing us beads & their lessons have brought income to many many of us. We have beadwork in museums as Native arts bc they taught us. We don't all know that's how we learned. The same people aren't going to come across your baskets for sale as would encounter Native sellers' baskets. No one Slavic is saying we can't sell beadwork, they encourage us. But I'm betting it's an ancient tradition of your ancestors too. For a long time people liked factory made things better than rural old fashioned homemade things but we are all returning to Old Ways and it's a very good thing for your spirit. Someone may complain bc they don't know. Or they're stressed. Now multiple indigenous people have spoken up. And it was never just our technique. You've helped some of us learn & I'm grateful. May you be happy & well. & I'm going to make a butterfly mobile. Thank you for sharing your videos and skills. ❤

[@ellesbelles9816]

People have borrowed crafts etc since the beginning of time. I have a pine needle basket my ancestors made that is over 100 years old and those relatives were not Native American. I am sure someone proudly showed them how to make the baskets. It’s called sharing… I love your work. Very talented. And you are an amazing instructor. Thank you!

[@MarkARhodie]

It's called cultural appreciation, most people would be flattered that you'd take interest in their culture.

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

That’s my take too. I can’t believe this was asked of Marina.

[@KowboyUSA]

Exactly!

[@danielamil2931]

I don't really think it's cultural appropriation. It's like saying I cannot weave in my frame loom because it is originally from different ancestral cultures. It's a knowledge passed through generations and it's awesome that we get to know the roots of it. It would be another story if we are talking about a company, an industry, that steals an ancestral design which has meaning and full of symbology to make it into just a pretty thing to wear, see or use, emptying it of all it's history and content. Individual woman who creates and crafts it's not cultural appropriation. Keep it up! It's lovely what you do.

[@benderbender1233]

well said dear! eye concurrrrrrr ✌

[@algaetheseawing7202]

*and men

[@wtl2247]

"Cultural Appropriation" is a make-believe Lefty form of censorship and control. I hope these cultural grand inquisitors are never on a jury making up superstitions according to the latest fad to condemn people.

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

@daniela Mil I agree. As a Native I can't speak for other Natives but my perspective is that cultural appropriation happens when companies sell "Native inspired" products not actually made by Native artisans. Many of those items are made in China and sold at a price that undercuts the real Native artists. It would be completely different if companies would hire real Native artisans to create the work and then pay us a fair wage but they don't do that. This makes it more difficult for Native artists to sell our work for a fair price. Companies are trying to dodge the laws that restrict selling something as "Native owned" or "Native made", to enrolled tribal members. Many of us Natives don't mind if a few people learn our skills because we don't want to see our traditional knowledge be lost. We're fighting to continue our cultures, not restrict access to it. There are exceptions of course but I think the majority would probably share my opinion that it's good to have this knowledge be used and shared so it can continue for the next generation.

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

@@wtl2247 sorry but I have to disagree. The theft of religious and spiritual symbols to make clothes, costumes and jokes is what upsets people.

[@sissie041570]

It is a Native Americian craft but it is ok for you to make and teach how to make as well as to profit off of it. We believe in sharing our crafts with people. And we just want to keep the crafts alive.

[@motasemalomari2504]

We have been doing this in my country since the beginning of history as well, as well as Native Americans, and certainly other countries and others, such things cannot be called under a nation, race, or any other names except that they are a human arts.

[@jauniiwolf9349]

I do similar things in my country (South-Africa) we all love native American crafts down here but most people are too lazy or just don’t know how to make their own

[@kataraofficial9346]

It also is from Africa but they used sweet grass they don't have what they used for it in the past so now they use sweet grass and pine needlez

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

That’s like saying you can’t eat Buffalo or wild rice.

[@awyarekondoya]

It is not NA specific. It is almost worldwide... as long as humans and pine have been together pretty much. Baskets is basic human stuff. Remember modern humans have only been around a few thousand years... humans as a species have been around for 200 thousand years. Now let us stop with the claiming things that are just human.

[@debbiehall3759]

Beautiful! My sister left behind her beautiful pine needle baskets as a reminder of her many talents. I cherish the one she gave me. She learned this art in Austin, Texas using pine needles from the Lost Pines in Bastrop, Texas. She told us it was becoming a lost art. I’m so glad you are keeping this lost art alive and sharing your beautiful work with the world. 💜

[@aerobarre]

We had a huge fall of umbrella-pine needles in our garden this year. It seemed a shame to just throw them away. I found your (beautifully well explained) instructions on how to turn them into baskets, and had a good time making a couple. It was just as I was finishing the second one that my memory was jogged. I'd made a domed lid and it suddenly reminded me of a traditional English bee-keeper's skep. A bit of Googling showed that the basic method of making a skep is, in principle, exactly the same as making your Native American baskets, but using straw and cane rather than pine needles and thread. So the method is not unique to Native Americans, and I would think is likely to be found around the world. People who make things with love, care and a sense of tradition are usually generous with what they do and know. I relish the idea of people with different histories coming together to share and enjoy and wonder at what they have in common, and also what makes their individual ways of creating beauty special. Thanks very much for helping me to make some baskets in that beautiful North American way, Marina, and for giving me food for thought. I shan't be making a skep, though. Probably.

[@colinbignall7036]

I drink lots of Italian coffee but my taste buds always show respect of Italian culture. Love your work.

[@bunnycat4153]

You’re a sweet soul... I’m sure all these people screaming “cultural appropriation” at you have also purchased Italian food that wasn’t prepared by an Italian person before, ya know? It’s silly for us to not educate & learn from each other’s cultures, imo. And with that being said, I actually got super into basket weaving during my Covid solitary confinement too, except I’m more into using any materials that might otherwise make it into a landfill... shredded up old fabrics, tattered (unusable) plastic bags, anything pliable & durable will work, really! Anyway, I truly enjoyed your basket weaving video & felt like it was done respectfully... Ooooh, Italian leather scraps would be a very cool material to weave a basket out of!!! 😍 Sending you good vibes, Marina... love, Marina from California (but most of my family still lives in Roma)! 🙌🏼

[@EarthKeeperSelinaMu]

You must learning the history of indigenous people. European ways including the disastrous introduction to settlers foods was forced by Colonization which decimated the Indigenous Cultures. So sad that you would use such an analogy and no one would correct you.

[@dawnwheatcroft6964]

I just want to say...Because of your video; I made a pine-needle basket it came out great! I gave it as a gift to my mother she loved it. ❤️. So thank you so much for doing the pineneedle basket video. Yes 🙂 I plan on making more. 🐾❤️👣 Signed French Italian 🙂

[@user-ms6mt7tr5h]

Thank you so much for the video! I want to try weaving and your videos are such an inspiration. You are a very beautiful and a talented girl. 😊

[@panther105]

I have several original native craft pine needle baskets left by my parents after they had passed. I grew up playing with these and of course, as a kid, I had no idea how culturally important they were and did not give them the respect they deserved. Really had never questioned what they were really made of....until now. Thank you for these videos.

[@farmyardflavours]

I started making baskets because I watched one of your videos suggested by youtube. Im on my 3 one now, it will give me something to do in the cold mountains of Colorado. Thank you

[@erikas974]

Marina you are bringing the people together from all over the world. What a beautiful thing. Now on top of the beautiful baskets all of us can do more to create a happy peacefull Mother Earth. Thank you 🌍🌎🌏

[@Mantreaus]

We learn from one another and have been since we as a species have been aware of each other. Whether it be Art, Food, or Invention. Be proud of our culture while sharing it with others and blending it together as we blend relationships and families. It is good to know where we all came from, also good to know we all can go somewhere together. You're a very good teacher Marina.

[@yvonnesmith9568]

I thank you Mantreaus , most people do not know how to live from the land and be respectful to it at the same time, they think their world is perfect with wifi, but when it goes, we need to watch. We the people that love this land and may live from it, some will come with bad intenchens. God Bless You & America

[@simonem.3092]

wow! the tiny seed has become a tree with branches reaching to unknown breadth and height. I just love and celebrate what this has become; not only is it a blessing to you but to so many and in the bigger picture, preserving this beautiful art form. The baskets at the end were a highlight and i have my favorites although they are all so lovely. I have a pine needle basket that belonged to my grandma who received it as a gift from a friend. It is approximately 80 years old and in perfect condition. It is one of the things i treasure most because of its natural beauty and it represents grandma's love of nature.

[@storytelller]

Hey, dear Marina! How about bracelets from the pine needles. The same style. I think it will be very beautiful... :) Just an idea....

[@kataraofficial9346]

That would be cool

[@shiradavid5654]

you seem like a lovely person. i don't usually encounter women who i feel comfortable with, so ending up feeling so enriched and calm watching you speak is wonderful

[@irisheyes6363]

I see it as cultural appreciation. You are keeping the skill alive and being respectful of it. It is a craft and you’re application of it is show (it’s not just a fashion statement for you)

[@feistmartin1153]

Knew you weren’t from America because you mentioned measurement in metric. That was a total giveaway. So enjoyed your video. Made my first basket and started a new one right away. It’s awesome! Thank you!!!

[@makichandes]

My children and I went foraging for pine needles just last weekend. Next month we study the cultures of North America so it will be a perfect craft to make when we cover indigenous people of North America! Love this video! I don't think cultural appropriation is a problem here. You are creating an appreciation not appropriation! Hugs!

[@sissie041570]

Glue a acorn on top for a handle is another option. There are some kinds of stains you can also use that will keep them from molding. I have several old baskets that have been handed down for many generations and yes they do hold for a long time. You can make them stiffer depending on the material you use for the thread

[@zachbiddie3080]

Love the acorn idea! I wish I would've thought of that😎

[@dragonshadow1902]

So glad these are now on your etsy. After I saw your making video, I was saddened I couldnt buy one. Order placed and cannot wait to display your craft in my game room holding a pile of dice.

[@GunnarShaffer]

Stop apologizing. You are good and sharing with the world.

[@dyp758]

Yay. Love the video. Thanks for letting us share our work.

[@aimlesslost]

I’ll probably be reprimanded by other people , but technically, we, everyone , at one point came relatively recently from a culture that made containers out of a fiber (or stone?) , and then eventually from clay, or other material. Old world cultures , and cultures still using old world techniques , or anyone attempting to try out older techniques , the world over, are highly inspiring . You aren’t doing anything wrong by making a basket out of pine needles .

[@munkeee87]

I loved looking at the cute baskets at the end

[@thejulescreations]

I love your Pineneedle basket weaving video. It is just amazing you are so talented!

[@marthacampbell6188]

Such a good way to answer people's questions through a video :) and loved seeing all the photos of different baskets at the end!

[@brianparent]

As for Needle Weaving, that has been a skill set 300 years before the First Pagan Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, so you have nothing to fret about. Just to learn that skill....I think is awesome. Makes me wonder, "What other talents do you have that makes you so intriguing and special, because most women I know don't have the patience for crafts?" My uncles and their wives were very crafty. Of course, they would always think before they'd talk, and I've seen my mother's side of the family talk for hours on one subject....something I admired but was never good at. Anyone crafty I think is commendable, because crafts are something a person learns that is passed down from one generation to the next, and you kids are always thankful for what you taught them.

[@killa46464]

Great tips thank you . The baskets people have made are AMAZING !!! ❤️

[@ZuriDsWellness]

They are all so beautiful and well made, the talent is endless out here, Kudos to you all... 👍🏾👌🏾🤘🏾🤗🦋💞🍁🍂

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

...and also I need to add, I love this community!All of the beautiful pictures at the end of this video. Amazing!

[@amanifayez4682]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful artworks ♥

[@BambooWoodworkingArt]

Hello, I love the way your basket weaves, it's so beautiful.

[@MinoCanada]

I can’t wait to collect some pine needles and make my own little basket. I actually found your channel because of your video tutorial of the basket a few days ago. Thanks for sharing!!

[@sewfun211]

Thank you very much for your generous instructional videos. I truly appreciate all the time you put in to making them. The are extremely detailed and full of information. Thank you for sharing!

[@rowenadinsmore1]

Yes, I have tried my own version of weaving pine needles based on someone making it fresh using just pine needles without any other tools. Yes, it is loose after it starts drying but these things are meant to be of use at the moment anyway in the wilderness. Perfect for collecting berries at the time. As it dries it will be perfect fodder for campfire or compost. The fun of it is making another one as needed. :)

[@robinmorton8585]

thank you mother earth first. i was really surprised how many people sell pine needles. i prefer to find my own. you are wonderful

[@eldoretsykes]

I love, love this!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@Etheral101]

She makes such wonderful things. What a beautiful soul she has. All my best from England.

[@scottishwifie14]

Great video. I think it is really important to keep traditional crafts alive. I have used willow to basket weave in the past. In Orkney they make chairs with woven backs from straw.

[@jenniferbaxter2895]

Ahhhmazing information!!! Appreciate you sharing and I will be using your tips when building my baskets 💖

[@zachbiddie3080]

Love these videos You've got a great energy! I was able to make a basket for my wife for our anniversary and she loved it. For my gauge I cut a fast food straw. The first attempt I used green needles and decided the rigidity of the brown needles is far easier to refill my gauge with.

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

Beautiful and wonderful description. You can also weave without a gauge. Don't worry about mistakes, or that your basket may have an organic shape.my first were just leaving the caps intact.and they look amazing.I have used green pine needles, and they do work well. If making a hat,a looser structure works wonderfully, because it will relax to the shape you want. 🌞

[@pierinociani9497]

Molto ingegnoso, bello ed un complimento, brava!

[@Runix1]

I looove the pictures in the end! A lot seem to have made two, and you can see how quickly they improved.

[@barrywatler7482]

I think the finished product is amazing, even if not for your culture you are keeping alive a tradition Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@michellekurtiscole9407]

My goodness could you be any more dear? What a sweet energy you have! Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge!

[@CrixJoki]

Really great followup, much appreciated :) Thank you 💜

[@dkburruss]

Thank you so much!! You did a great job on this video!!!

[@betzaidavazquez5579]

Absolutely Wonderful Video Marina ! Thanks for sharing your Love of nature and its artistry. Your baskets are beautiful, the pictures from so many was spectacular Wow ! 💗👍🌟

[@gmakoch3260]

It is an art form. Like painting, sculpting, drawing. It's human to express ourselves in any media we choose. Media is not exclusive to any one race. For goodness sake. I taught myself to weave pine needles because there was no one in my area to learn from. I love working w/pine needles & will continue to use them in enjoying making baskets.

[@Gwoose]

Did anyone else get a bit emotional about all the different people from all over the world coming together and showing their pine needle crafts?

[@LuvPotter]

They are all so beautiful

[@cravinravencraftsbyrobinc.7095]

I am just a beginner in the basket making world. The first video I watched was yours and for the first gauge I tried a cut piece of straw that I found to be a little too wide. So I went searching my house and found that the tube in an almost empty pump lotion bottle was a little smaller in diameter than the straw. It works great! I find it easier to handle especially at the beginning as you start the coil.

[@elloohno1349]

thank you for sharing

[@ottabee]

Muchas gracias for sharing such a wonderful craft and for sharing the origins from a beautifully vital culture as Native Americans, it truly makes all the difference to make respectful acknowledgments.

[@thestorygirl2818]

WOAH the photos at the end are SO impressive!!

[@teekotrain6845]

I love your outfits. Nice sense of style.

[@chicksgrowtoo]

Non devi prendere tanto quello che dicono gli perso e negativi. Ora fanno così per essere una vittima e non perché sono offese… lascia stare le persone come loro. Io sono Native American e sono stata felice per veder che qualcuno sta insegnato come fare gli baskets. Grazie per il video & salutami l’Italia!! ❤❤❤

[@benderbender1233]

dont let any1 try an guilt u dear. great content as always! luv ya. ✌😘

[@giordytony7234]

I will start to try..Smart girl.Thank's.😍😘

[@lsimonson100]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful craft. I tech at a Forest school and we'll be trying this.

[@buketbula9820]

So beauty baskets💝 thanks for your teach🌿

[@rutilopata8294]

You are doing everything right dear, humans have been learning and influenced from each other since the origin of humanity, it is wonderful to keep the old skillful utilitarian craft and art alive, your passion, honesty and humble sharing of your knowledge is a pleasure to get inspired to🌸🌺🕊

[@WildSheGoes]

Thank you Ruti

[@empace5344]

Thank you!

[@nicolemaida1980]

You have the most BEAUTIFUL blue aura 💙🔘 thank you for sharing this gorgeous art and igniting passion in it for me! Love and light your way beautiful soul

[@oliviaviers3015]

Ahh I’m so excited to start making these

[@lilacKurage]

Omg guys all of your baskets are so pretty and cool 😊 you gave me some ideas!

[@anitagriffin-felix9445]

You are a lovely young lady. Thank you for the information and talent you are sharing.

[@HepsiArtandcraft]

Yes 👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@graymations313]

thank you

[@JLowe-uu8lr]

Stunning vid love all the baskets at the end !=8)

[@alphonsinelepitre1992]

what a nice thing to share :)

[@serenityprojects7364]

Honey, you are so so talented! You remind me so much of my dauter and my niece. I have two sisters, so there’s always been the 3 of us girls in a small house with my mom and Dad. That makes 4 girls in the house to drive my dad crazy ha ha. We would have to find sports outside the house or just go outside for a while, doing anything creative to keep us out of the way was easy when I was young but I wish I would have had or known how to do this weaving things. I swear, I must have had the best and most pine needles producing pine trees. They were everywhere. Now that we are older and all of us in our 40s I think doing something like this might bring some of our daily stress down. Now that we all have children of our own each one of us have a girl and each one of us have a boy, I would love to get me and my sisters and any other of the girls that wanted to, together. I was thinking this basket making weaving would be fun. You have inspired me so much and put your mind into something positive that I think will help so many people of all ages in so many ways. I do have to say I am extremely surprised at how many people have used the 👍 or 👎 I’m just so surprised that you don’t have millions of viewers and subscribers. Being honest!!! you just seem to have it all girly, LOL. I’m not sure how to send you pictures or messages besides this way… ?Through youtube? I don’t have any social media platforms meaning I don’t have Facebook or Instagram and I don’t tweet. I only use KZbin. I’m curious to find out how to get more information from you without posting on this. For everyone to be annoyed by it 😂😂 i was also very interested to know if you made the top that you’re wearing, in this video? I’m not sure if it’s a dress or if its a shirt? sooo beautiful. just a thought. thank you so much for inspiring me.

[@walkaboutphilpots3795]

lovely craft.

[@SootheTheSoulMusic]

WOW love your amazing channel, very interesting thank you for sharing and will def come back to see you again soon. Take care and see you around. Greetings from Australia.

[@denisemacleod7205]

Thank you for the tutorial. It is a fun project from collecting the needles to weaving...I have been using that inner piece from my rolls of dog poop bags...some are plastic and some are thick cardboard😄

[@gloryofdiscovery8061]

Superb!!!!!!!!!Marina!!! May God bless!! Stay safe. My vehicle has been stolen. Stay safe take care.

[@liztowers2058]

Oh no

[@ajsassafrass6883]

Good grief. Ppl are bothering you about this? I mean you are italian. Italians have given the world so many wonderful things, and you don't seem to mind sharing those parts of your culture. 😊 I really enjoyed the pine needle baskets, and look forward to trying it myself 💕

[@gustavogrullon5822]

Es lindo ver que otros aprovecharon el conocimiento. Mis favoritos: Mara 22:48 , Leevon 23:00 , Kelsey 23:16 .

[@josephjorgensen3282]

I think this would make a amazing front door entrance rug it would be so pretty

[@laurenross1225]

Hi! Thank you for your super informative video. My children loved helping me pick up ponderosa pine needles today. The only question I have is that I know that Ponderosa pine is toxic if ingested - does anyone know if just the touching of wet needles is an issue? I wouldn't think so as I can't find information that says so. But figured I'd see if anyone knows here.

[@nyxypyxy]

Excellent information! Thank you! $65 is on the low end.

[@bronwenmackay6886]

Europeans DO have indigenous culture. There are parallels in ALL indigenous cultures across the world. 🙂

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

@@i.b.640 agreed

[@carinchandler5217]

Thank you for all the great info. My pine needles are almost dry!

[@valentinadiaz8272]

Me encantó el video

[@motherzaika6939]

very very good

[@taravenezio9028]

Regarding the pain in your fingers from pushing the needle through - I was having that problem so started looking around my house for some way to improve that. I didn't have any thimbles but didn't think plastic or metal would work because you need the dexterity. I remembered I had finger brushes (tooth brushes) for my dog - so I used them and it works great! Silicone so very malleable, but protected my skin so I can work for hours without pain!

[@lespepitesdorient]

Bravo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏽👌🏽💫💞🇨🇵

[@francishatton6683]

If you put the work in you deserve the profits. Nobody owns this knowledge its everyones the only duty you have is to pass the knowledge on .i believe it will be needed. Xxx

[@saberg1082]

This is just my own personal opinion (which I am probably not entitled to have since I am a white European person) but I think just talking about the "cultural copying problem" and stating that you do not intend to exploit traditional craftsmanship for your own purposes but to keep a beautiful technique alive makes it less "bad" or disrespectful. Sharing aspects of different cultures can be wonderful and beneficial as long as you do not simply steal the ideas of other people (which you do not). So thank you for your awareness of this problem and for sharing it with us.

[@teekotrain6845]

Lol. The whole cultural appropriation thing is a racist concept in itself. Ignore it and embrace and express culture however you feel like it! That's why this is called the melting pot.

[@saberg1082]

That's the spirit 😂

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

If u consider us all divided, then that's a problem. But we have common roots. Remove the skin and we're all identical. Pangea was how we started. Can McDonald's sell cappuccino? 🤣

[@saberg1082]

@@psychologicalsigma9917 Absolutely. The concept of "different races" in wrong in itself but you can't deny that over the millenia various cultures developed. And I think it's a beautiful idea to learn stuff about art and crafts from all over the world.

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

@@saberg1082 yeah. And this deagn that because it ancestors invented whatever, that I can't use it. Lol. That's racist.

[@ashleymaier1474]

Y’all look up dory maier pine needle baskets that’s my grandmother and she is one of the best in North Carolina and she is an amazing artist!!! Please go support her!

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

The good baskets made this way, when the pine needles look green it is because they were picked before fading or falling, completely dried out of the sun in an airy warm place. Then they are soaked & used the same way. I think bit im not sure that the glycerin method is used in soaking these. They can stay green for many many years & not fade. It's really important they are dried though. Desert tribes in arid areas do this often, sewing them with yucca fibers, split inner cottonwood or aspen bark, or raffia or sinew nowadays.

[@parshurambagkar9198]

Nice video

[@6pauljt]

Wow pine needle hats!

[@dogyeargirl6544]

Thank you for making these videos!!! Your first video planted the idea in my head of making a pine needle basket. I did not act on it - then, my aunt mentioned her garden needed cleaning, including lots of pine needles. I told her I’d like to have some to try making a basket from a youtube I saw (yours!). I’m almost done with my first basket, which I started 2 days ago. I recently got the book you mentioned, and a few others. You’ve opened the wonderous world of pine needle basketry for me. Oh- and yeah - I agree with the comment one person made. What you are doing is CULTURAL APPRECIATION. Otherwise, as a non-Italian, do I have no business trying to make lasagne? Are non-Japanese being insensitive by doing origami???! 🤪

[@buddycollier5056]

Nice

[@kerrypitt9789]

Ever since I started watching your videos I have been impatiently waiting until I could travel to British Columbia again, there are appropriate pine needles and of course trees there. There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, just give credit where it is due. First Nations People have used materials not of their culture to further theirs like the Jungle Dress. Also have a look at Antique Roadshow Season 23 episode 11 where several hundred years ago a volunteer Fire fighting group were given brimmed pine needle caps. They are items of beauty and functionality. Obviously this craft was shared and used by many across North America. Keep up the good work!!!