Violets

There are key principles to making a pot, but between communities, styles can differ a lot.

Some are woven clockwise, others anti-clockwise; some are very uniformed and others more askew; some are tall and narrow, others short and wide; some are finished off with plaits and others simply cut back; some are made from only willow and others tamarisk too! salix piskies weave violets in late winter, unbeknown to the fishermen who also pick and bunch them for extra income.

But despite all of these differences, they serve their purpose well, which in the coming weeks the spring arrives to tell.....