. Practical and artistic basketry. linches from the end, where it begins to growlarger, and is more nearly like the precedingthread. Allow the ends of the old and new thread torun out to the left beside the uncovered rattan,and wind them in with it as the work working two or three stitches, the endsmay be cut off. The joining should not show. Splicing the Rattan.—Wet and shave bothends of the rattan to a flat point, beginning aninch and a half from the end. Shave one end Knot or Lace Stitch. 79 on the upper, and the other end on the lowerside of the curve. Place the shaved surfa
. Practical and artistic basketry. linches from the end, where it begins to growlarger, and is more nearly like the precedingthread. Allow the ends of the old and new thread torun out to the left beside the uncovered rattan,and wind them in with it as the work working two or three stitches, the endsmay be cut off. The joining should not show. Splicing the Rattan.—Wet and shave bothends of the rattan to a flat point, beginning aninch and a half from the end. Shave one end Knot or Lace Stitch. 79 on the upper, and the other end on the lowerside of the curve. Place the shaved surfaces to- Fig. 50.—Splicing Rattan. gether in such a vi^ay that the uniform size ofthe rattan may he kept. Wind a few timeswith a small piece of raffia or thread, and sewthrough two or three times so that the ends willnot draw apart. Fig. 51.—Splicing Rattan. XTI. Navaho Weave or Figure EightStitch. Take two lengths of number 4 rattan. AVetand shave one end of each piece. Place thetwo shaved ends together, one above the other;. Fig. 53.—Navalio Weave. (Fig. 54) then wind and sew, as directed in ; this leaves the thread at back of the the thread under the center up to the left,wind the coil once, pass the needle down over 81 82 Practical Basketry. the preceeding coil and out at the back. Fig with the next stitch in the same way. Fig. 54- As the work progresses the stitches have atendency to draw to the right, and do not forma straight line out from the center. To remedythis, care must be taken to spread the thread onthe outside coil. The coil may also be wound
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