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Someone suggested I use up all the dandelions in my backyard by weaving them into baskets so I went and found a good tutorial!

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (6 children)

As adorable as this is, I cannot fathom a practical use for a basket hardly larger than a quarter.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 days ago

Friend, the world need not be governed by utility: just enjoy the act of making things.

[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

For your dime.

[–] foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago

Hehe you might not work with small objects a lot! I have several little baskets, bowls and pottery pots about this size. The ones I can see right now contain my enamel pin collection, my hair accessories (bobby pins, clips, etc), my rings, and my earrings. I also have a little bowl for safety pins and another for wonder clips since I do a lot of sewing. This size could also scale up easily to hold straws, pencils, pipe cleaners, and anything else light, long, and narrow. I have previously used containers of this size to hold cool rocks and stickers too. And the writer of the post explains how you can make different shapes and sizes of basket, too, so you can upscale for your own needs!

But, as someone else said, sometimes it's nice to just make a thing for the joy of making a thing c:

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

For holding two grapes, or perhaps two dozen raisins

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

in this economy??

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

Tweezers, safety pin, chapstick, just to name a few 😛

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 4 points 6 days ago

Decorative, put some smol neat thing in there