Well, That Took Longer Than Expected!

There are an even dozen of these tiny carry baskets; now they will all need to be painted, and then filled. They measure 3.2 x 2.4 cm each (1 1/4 x 7/8" ). I thought this would go quickly, but....

I cut out the handle supports, sides and ends in stacks, and of course, the stacks shifted as I cut them. All the original short sides (24 of them!) had to be discarded; I followed instructions, but they were .3 cm too short.

Drilling the holes for the crosspiece was also interesting; my pin vise does not take large drill bits, so I drilled first with a thin bit, then with my largest bit. That was followed with my 5/64th bit, which doesn't fit into the pin vise; I had to twirl that one by hand. And after that, I needed to use a needle file to ream the holes out some more. And of course, several cracked as I assembled the handles, as I was using stir sticks. Did I mention my wood supply is emptying fast?

The handles had to be shaped; I used an emery board for that, and now my arm hurts. I'm going away and eat tacos!