Blue Mountain Baskets

Basketmaking & Growing Willow in the Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada

Category: Wild vine baskets

Week 52: Double-decker kitty condo

Grand finale of 2018…

Organically shaped 2-level cat basket out of Willow, Dogwood and wild vine.

During the Christmas break week I returned to a long-delayed peaceful mindful pause for busyness…13.5 hours of creativity over several days the basket shape grew organically. I started with some old willow I had forgotten under the snow, added Dogwood I had cut and left outside for 6 weeks, added wild vine so the cats could be entertained with the curly cues, and finally had to use some good Willow because the creation was becoming so big!

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Toulouse on the ground floor of the kitty condo.

Toulouse peeks out one of the windows.

Dogwood & wild vine cat basket

Magnus sleeping in cat basket

Toulouse tries basket out for size