. Basketry and weaving in the school . d. Cut out the circleabout three inches in diameter, and pierce with nine holesabout one-fourth of an inch from the edge of the four pieces of No. 4 reed about fourteen inches soaking, put the ends of the spokes through each pairof perforations, making a loop on the under side. (Fig. XVII.)There will be one hole remaining. Into this put a spoke abouteight inches long, and allow the end to be put alongside aneighboring spoke. Use No. 3 reed for the weaver, and weaveabout three or four inches high. (Fig. XVIII.) Fasten downthe ends
. Basketry and weaving in the school . d. Cut out the circleabout three inches in diameter, and pierce with nine holesabout one-fourth of an inch from the edge of the four pieces of No. 4 reed about fourteen inches soaking, put the ends of the spokes through each pairof perforations, making a loop on the under side. (Fig. XVII.)There will be one hole remaining. Into this put a spoke abouteight inches long, and allow the end to be put alongside aneighboring spoke. Use No. 3 reed for the weaver, and weaveabout three or four inches high. (Fig. XVIII.) Fasten downthe ends of spokes as shown in Fig. XIX. An oval piece ofcardboard may be used in this basket to vary the shape. Fig. XX shows a basket with straight sides. BOWL-SHAPED WOVEN BASKET. Use eight spokes of No. 4 rattan sixteen inches long, and onenine inches long. After four of the spokes have been split andthe others inserted, wind the center with raffia until aboutone inch in diameter. Then take a soaked weaver of finer 16 BASKETRY AND WEAVING. XVJ
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