Many times, when people attend art festivals and see an item they like, they say,

“I could make that myself.”

And then they never do.

But Nancy Waldron is different. The first time the Colfax artist saw a rope basket in a catalog, she figured it would be no problem replicating the item, and proceeded to try.

“I figured I could make my own,” Waldron remembers.

“Being a team roper, I had more than a few old ropes lying around.

“Well I was wrong. I had no clue how to make them. My first attempt was horrible, but I kept at it, and now am proud of the products I turn out.”

Ten yea...