Lowcountry's sweetgrass basket makers fear knockoffs

  • Schuyler Kropf
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  • Tuesday, May 22th, 2012
    Lynette Youson weaves a rice fanner made with bullrush at the Mount Pleasant Visitors Center on Friday. The fanner will have a 32-inch bottom when she’s finished.

    Lynette Youson weaves a rice fanner made with bullrush at the Mount Pleasant Visitors Center on Friday. The fanner will have a 32-inch bottom when she’s finished. Buy this photo

    Lynette Youson wears sweetgrass earrings as she weaves a rice fanner made with bullrush working at the Mount Pleasant Visitors Center on Friday May 18, 2012. (Wade Spees/postandcourier.com)

    Lynette Youson wears sweetgrass earrings as she weaves a rice fanner made with bullrush working at the Mount Pleasant Visitors Center on Friday May 18, 2012. (Wade Spees/postandcourier.com) Buy this photo