Halfling basket backpback

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Straelbora
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Halfling basket backpback

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I think I got the knack for posting photos- to photobucket, reduce size, back to computer, then to the forum.

So, last year, I was at a Goodwill store and found a wood strip basket, I think for hanging on the wall and placing flowers. It looked the right size, and so I finally drilled some holes, sewed on leather loops for rope shoulder straps, and added a button in the middle and a leather flap, sewn on in the back, with a leather loop to go over the button.

Now, my halfling-sized son has his own Middle-Earth backpack. He was very, very excited when I showed it to him. I took him to a Society for Creative Anachronism event last weekend and it was his first time sleeping in a tent, as well as spending a whole day in garb.
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Vápnum sínum skala maðr velli á
feti ganga framar því at óvist er at vita
nær verðr á vegum úti geirs um þörf guma
Hávamál
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Straelbora
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OK, not a complete success. It's telling me the photo of the back, which I resized to the same dimensions as the photo of the front, is too large.
Vápnum sínum skala maðr velli á
feti ganga framar því at óvist er at vita
nær verðr á vegum úti geirs um þörf guma
Hávamál
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Yeah you may have to go down a few more pixels than they indicate sometimes I have had that happen. But I love the pack basket it is very Hobbity! :mrgreen:
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Pack baskets are awesome, and that one is extra awesome with mods you did to it.
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Great job, thanks for sharing.
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Excellent work!! My father trapped a lot when I was a kid and used to carry something very similar to this for his traps and kills.
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Wonderful idea and very practical and in keeping with the theme.
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