Sweet Old Sailor Made Heavily Varnished Knotwork Basket cooking utensil I'm becoming quite enamored of

I'm becoming quite enamored of old wooden toys

It's also just a really cool object

This fantastic

plus tracking the effort it takes for the mother to put dinner on the table

and then "Central" from the short side

Sweet Old Sailor Made Heavily Varnished Knotwork Basket cooking utensil I'm becoming quite enamored ofI love old sailor made knotwork macrame baskets like this, crafted from fishing twine while men were out at sea, intended as sweetheart gifts to be delivered upon return home. Some sailors were more ambitious than others; this is a relatively simple one, but I think that is very much to the good! And it was finished with an especially heavy layer of varnish, also to the good, as any future slumping was completely staved off. Nice rich brown color, and