How to make baskets . Fig. 3.—Double Weavingand broken. In preparing it, the spoke or heavymaterial which is to form the ribs of the basket(and which should be at least two numbers coarserthan the weaver, except in small baskets, where adifference of one number is enough) is cut into HOW TO MAKE BASKETS lengths of the required number of inches. Theweaver is wound into circles of about seven inchesin diameter, the ends being twisted in and outseveral times to prevent unwinding. As rattan isvery brittle, it should be put to soak, before using,for an hour in cold water, or fifteen minutes in hot.
How to make baskets . Fig. 3.—Double Weavingand broken. In preparing it, the spoke or heavymaterial which is to form the ribs of the basket(and which should be at least two numbers coarserthan the weaver, except in small baskets, where adifference of one number is enough) is cut into HOW TO MAKE BASKETS lengths of the required number of inches. Theweaver is wound into circles of about seven inchesin diameter, the ends being twisted in and outseveral times to prevent unwinding. As rattan isvery brittle, it should be put to soak, before using,for an hour in cold water, or fifteen minutes in will not need to soak as long, and raffia willbecome pliable in a few seconds. Weaving,—Under-and-over weaving, the simp-lest form of all, is the one most used. Double weaving is done in the same way, except. Fig. 4.—Pairing that two weavers are used at once. This is aneffective weave on large surfaces, and in bands orpatterns of the same or a contrasting color onplain rattan baskets. Pairing may be used either with an odd or evennumber of spokes. Two weavers are startedbehind two succeeding spokes, and crossed betweenthem, so that what was the under weaver becomesthe upper one each time. In the triple twist, three weavers are placed MATERIALS, TOOLS, PREPARATION J behind three consecutive spokes and brought insuccession, starting with the back one, over twoand under one spoke, each on its way to the backof the third spoke being laid over the other twoweavers. In turning up the sides of large basketswhere separate spokes or additional spokes have
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