How to make baskets . rought through the loop next to it,before coming out through the same hole it went HOW TO CANE CHAIRS 165 in, or if it is a short end it is fastened off here andanother started. In caning each chair there aresmall problems of this kind which the workerscommon sense and sense of proportion will aid himto settle for himself. When the last diagonal lines have been woven inthe work is completed by covering the holes witha row of binding, as follows: A length of binding(cane which is wideenough to cover theholes in the edge, andis sold for the pur-pose) is brought upthrough a
How to make baskets . rought through the loop next to it,before coming out through the same hole it went HOW TO CANE CHAIRS 165 in, or if it is a short end it is fastened off here andanother started. In caning each chair there aresmall problems of this kind which the workerscommon sense and sense of proportion will aid himto settle for himself. When the last diagonal lines have been woven inthe work is completed by covering the holes witha row of binding, as follows: A length of binding(cane which is wideenough to cover theholes in the edge, andis sold for the pur-pose) is brought upthrough a hole, at theright or left-hand up-per corner of the seat,and laid along over uMj^p v the holes at the edge, IG* 34 where it is couched with a piece of fine rattan whichis run up through every other hole, across the bind-ing and back again. The process is repeated atevery second hole on the right. When the circuitof the edge has been made, the binding is broughtdown through the hole where it started and thereended Some Indian Stitches CHAPTER XIV SOME INDIAN STITCHES There is a charm in the names of such Indianmaterials as spruce-root, cedar-bark, yucca andIndian hemp, but even if they were obtainable,they would be useless to us without the Indiantouch; so we will substitute more availablematerials, those we have become familiar with inthe preceding chapters. Rattan, both round and flat, in different sizes,may be used where a stiff, heavy material is needed,and raffia, rush, or split cane, where a more pliableone is required. Sweet-grass and the splints onwhich it is woven by the Eastern Indians and half-breeds may be bought, usually where the basketsare sold. In a previous chapter there is a descrip-tion of the Indian arrangement of spokes. Wheremore than four spokes are to be used they are ar-ranged according to the following diagram (Fig. 35). Sometimes the weaver is of the plain sweet-grass,sometimes it is braided, and it is either woven inunder-and-over weaving or pai
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