Three Sisters Mountains Ponderosa Pine Needle Basket with Lid

A wood cut out featuring the "Three Sisters" mountains of our beautiful Cascade range adorns the centerpiece of this baskets' lid. Dave has used burn etching, also known as pyrography, to accent the mountains and name. This basket measures 4 1/2 inches in diameter and 2 1/2 inches in height.  Additional photos of this ponderosa pine needle basket can be found in our Etsy shop.

Oregon Myrtlewood and Pine Needle Work Basket Set

Oregon Myrtlewood and Pine Needle Work Basket Set

Dave has made a very unique tatting shuttle and basket set! The 2 5/8 shuttle is made from Oregon Myrtlewood and he has hand stitched the basket using Oregon ponderosa pine needles, both depicting a Cascade Mountain motif. The work basket is 5 x 6 inch oval and 3 inches high. It has an oak oval in the bottom and a walnut lid center piece. Each has been initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.

If you would like to see more of Dave's baskets, please visit his new shop on 1000markets!

"Sasquatch" the Big Foot Lace Tatting Shuttle

You can't live near Suttle Lake in the Cascades and not know about Sasquatch!

While making this monster 4 ¼ inch shuttle, Dave was inspired by the legends of Big Foot roaming the wilderness areas of the Pacific Northwest, so he named it the “Sasquatch”.

This shuttle is similar in size to the popular large plastic Tatsy shuttle, but it is made out of Oregon Myrtlewood. Dave has burn etched our Cascade Mountains logo on one side and a “Big Foot” print on the other. It has been initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.

Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. Although different, Oregon Myrtlewood has a lot of similarities to the Myrtlewood growing in the Holy Land. Oregon Myrtlewood became popular for making gift items back in the early 1900’s. Oregon Myrtlewood possesses a wide variety of beautiful colors and grain patterns and is noted by many as being one of the world’s most beautiful woods. The colors range from blond to black with many shades of honey, browns, grays, reds and greens in between. Oregon woodworkers have developed a small cottage industry making handcrafted Myrtle wood products and gifts for visitors. Many beautiful gifts and works of art crafted out of Myrtlewood. In the Bible, the Myrtle tree is of special religious significance, representing fertility and life.

Snow on the Mountains

Dave and I took a little weekend trip that lasted until today, to visit our son in Portland.  We had a wonderful trip and saw some beautious scenery driving from the high desert of central Oregon over the Cascades to the big city.  We even learned a new term for fall foilage viewers--did you know the people of Detroit, Oregon call you "Leaf Lookers"? LOL

The photo is of the Three Sisters mountains of the Cascade range.  I snapped this photo just outside of Sisters, Oregon through the windshield, so you may find a bug or two there somewhere.  

On the way home, Dave wanted to stop at a specialty woodmill and did he ever find some special pieces of wood!  I think you'll be seeing some fabulous pieces in the future :)

Oregon Cascades Myrtlewood Tatting Shuttle Number 17

Number 17 of our signature tatting shuttles has just been added to our Etsy shop! We have such wonderful customers, that these little beauties are selling as fast as Dave can make them and for that we are very grateful.

As always, this myrtlewood tatting shuttle with pyrography has been signed and dated by Dave, the maker.

I Wonder Why They Call It.....

.......Tombstone pass? I certainly wouldn't want to be crossing the Cascade Mountains in a covered wagon in May! We traveled over this pass today on our way home from Yachats, Oregon which is on the coast. As you can see, the warm spring weather has yet to reach the higher elevations. The clouds were hanging low among the pines and the smell was divine.