. Practical and artistic basketry. Fig. 18.—Detail of Heavy Border. has aheady been bent around the second, bringit forward in front of the third and fourth,back of the fifth out in frdnt between the fifthand sixth, and bend down by the side of this thefirst upright spoke at the left, which will bethe fourth spoke from the first one bent. Therewill now be two bent spokes between the fifthand sixth. There will also be two between allthe succeeding spokes, a short one and a longone. See Fig. 19. The long one is to be usedagain and the short one left where it is and cutoff after the border is fin
. Practical and artistic basketry. Fig. 18.—Detail of Heavy Border. has aheady been bent around the second, bringit forward in front of the third and fourth,back of the fifth out in frdnt between the fifthand sixth, and bend down by the side of this thefirst upright spoke at the left, which will bethe fourth spoke from the first one bent. Therewill now be two bent spokes between the fifthand sixth. There will also be two between allthe succeeding spokes, a short one and a longone. See Fig. 19. The long one is to be usedagain and the short one left where it is and cutoff after the border is finished. Take the end ofthe second spoke; bring it forward in front ofthe fourth and fifth and back of the sixth, andout in fiont between the sixth and the seventh,and then bend down beside it the upright spoke 40 Practical Basketry. at the left, which will be the fifth one from thefirst one bent. The end of the third spoke should then bebrought forward in the same way. The long. Fitj. 19.—Detail of Heavy Border. end between the spokes will be the one to bebrought forward each time in the rest of theborder. When the border is finished cut off theshort ends of the spokes close up to the border. VI. Rattan Baskets. The old saying that a poor beginningmakes a good ending does not apply to bas-kets. The beginning of a basket has much to dowith the strength and symmetry of the finishedarticle. It is quite unnecessary to describe one basketafter another in rattan work, for they are somuch alike that after one has made a fewsimple shapes he is able to copy anything thathe may see, or to invent new designs for him-self. If possible avoid making an article for thepurpose of learning the construction, that willnot be fairly satisfactory when completed. Jardiniere.—For the first attempt one maycover a flower-pot, see No. 1, Fig. 20, as it willbe both useful and ornamental. If a pot se-lected measure 3 inches across the bottom andis 5 inches deep, eight spokes should
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