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  1. At 70, she heeded her Chumash calling to bend rushes into baskets

    misryoum.com/us/lifestyle/at-7

    Around 1915, the last known Chumash basket maker, Candelaria Valenzuela, died in Ventura County, and with her went a skill that had been fundamental to the Indigenous people who lived for thousands of years in the coastal regions between...

    #she #heeded #her #Chumash #calling #bend #rushes #into #baskets #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  2. Brigid’s Cross Tutorial

    "In Ireland #Candlemas (or pagan #Imbolc) is celebrated as St Brigid’s feast day. It’s a holiday where the returning of the light and the nature after the dark winter is celebrated. A typical symbol for this holiday is the Brigid’s cross (or Brigit’s cross), a four-ended cross made of straw or rushes, with a knotted pattern in the middle. Traditionally the crosses are made on the holiday and set over doorways and windows to protect the home from fire or any kind of harm.

    There are many different variations of Brigid’s crosses. The Brigid’s Cross tutorial I’m showing here is the most common."

    Learn more:
    colorful-crafts.com/2016/01/15

    #SolarPunkSunday #SaintBrigidsDay #BrigitsCross #PaganCrafts #DIY #Crafting #DIYGifts #Straw #Plaiting #PlaitingStraw #Rushes #BrigidCross