. How to make Indian and other baskets . FIG. 103. STARTINGNEW WEAVER. shown some specimens of the work of his pupils. Pins are firmlyfastened into a board, the shape the object is to be. The warp strandsof raffia are then tightly tied around these pins, and the woof strandsthen woven as in other work. One may use a needle or not as he de- FIG. 104. SPLICING WEAVERS. sires. When the weaving is done the edges are sown together to makethe object desired. SIMPLE BASKETS. The student is now ready to make simple 76 HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. baskets of the web weave. Use the mat in Fig.
. How to make Indian and other baskets . FIG. 103. STARTINGNEW WEAVER. shown some specimens of the work of his pupils. Pins are firmlyfastened into a board, the shape the object is to be. The warp strandsof raffia are then tightly tied around these pins, and the woof strandsthen woven as in other work. One may use a needle or not as he de- FIG. 104. SPLICING WEAVERS. sires. When the weaving is done the edges are sown together to makethe object desired. SIMPLE BASKETS. The student is now ready to make simple 76 HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. baskets of the web weave. Use the mat in Fig. 106 as an the mat as described in Figs. 96, 97, 98, and 99, finishing offwith border as desired. The basket below the mat is begun in exactly the same way, butafter about an inch of the mat is woven draw the weaver tighter. This. FIG. 105. WEB WEAVING WITH RAFFIA. slightly curves up the spokes and gives the bowl shape desired. Assoon as the basket is as large as required it must be finished off withclosed border No. i, which will be described in the next chapter. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS, 77 CHAPTER XIII. INSERTION AND BORDERS. Before proceeding further with the chapter on Web-Weavingit is well to gain a full knowledge of insertion and borders. Thesedescriptions are taken from Miss Firths Cane Basket Work. Inmaking open borders where it is necessary to run one spoke down
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