The Melon Basket Weaving Kit

I want to get into lauhala weaving since I have a hala tree with lots of project material (i.e. leaves) growing on a tree in my backyard. To get into weaving I decided to try some kit projects initially, and this melon basket is my first one. The project took about four hours in a single evening. The instructions are good except for the God's eye weave. I had to watch a video to make sure I understood how to continue past the one round of wrapping which was illustrated in the instructions. Adding more detail on the instruction sheet for both God's eye and how to finish weaving would be ideal.The finished basket is cute, and it was fun to make. I know nothing about basket weaving yet, but this seems like a good place to start. You'll learn some weaving skills, including reed preparation, and you won't have to worry about struggling through a long or difficult project.I bought another melon basket kit and the farmers market basket kit directly from the manufacturer, so I'll be making at least a couple more baskets soon.

My Mom collects baskets and I thought it would be fun to make a basket for her for Christmas. The melon basket kit seemed just the perfect choice! The directions were clear and easy to follow. I am a visual person so I did find a video about doing the God's Eye on each side since I haven't made one since the Girl Scouts. The basket turned out perfect! My Mom loved it and was impressed that I made it for her.

More than enough materials to make this basket and the instructions are easy to understand. The only thing that was difficult was starting the spines of the basket, it took a couple tries but got it in the end. 100% would recommend.

Easy to follow instructions. Fun and quick to make. Gave only 4 stars because they didn't send enough weavers.

I have never made a basket before in my life and this was a lot of fun and came out looking beautiful and very professional if I do say so myself. I am definitely going to try more of these basket weaving kits.

This is a really cute basket when finished. Unfortunately, I had to order more supplies in order to finish it. one length of reed shredded no matter how much I soaked it but even if I had been able to use the length it was still short about four more lengths. I also had to google how to weave the handles because the instructions were not clear and were incomplete. I gave it two stars because it did help me get started on basket weaving. One thing I want to add is that Amazon gave great customer service and gave me a full refund which I used to order more supplies.

This is my second basket. It's small and doesn't take much time. The directions are good, but I had a little problem getting the shape right. When I was nearly done I wasn't happy with how it looked so I took much of it apart and started over. You need to get the spokes configured just right or it can turn out lop-sided. Fortunately there was more than enough reed to get it done. Fun project!

Color is more white. Would like to know how to stain, dye or seal it. But it came with more than enough reed. Did have a hard time at first with the gods eye. But I YouTubed it for help. Be aware it is literally about the size of a honeydew melon. But I feel accomplished! You do need a measuring tape and pruning sheers to cut it and clothes pins or chip clips to help hold your spot. Make sure you use the correct side of the reed or it will be rough and more splinter-y.