How to make baskets . Fig. 28 OVAL BASKETS I4I whittled to a thin, flat point at each end. The piece of flat rattan which is to form the centre rib of the basket, as well as the handle, is passed through the slit in the twenty-one inch spoke (which is to formi the rim of the basket) and its ends are brought together, between the two pointed ends of the twenty-one inch spoke, where they are bound securely with a piece of fine wire, see Fig. 28. In this basket there are two starting points, or centres, one at either side of the handle, and here the handle, rim and spokes are bound together. One
How to make baskets . Fig. 28 OVAL BASKETS I4I whittled to a thin, flat point at each end. The piece of flat rattan which is to form the centre rib of the basket, as well as the handle, is passed through the slit in the twenty-one inch spoke (which is to formi the rim of the basket) and its ends are brought together, between the two pointed ends of the twenty-one inch spoke, where they are bound securely with a piece of fine wire, see Fig. 28. In this basket there are two starting points, or centres, one at either side of the handle, and here the handle, rim and spokes are bound together. One way of doing this. is as follows: The tips of eight spokes, four on each side of the central flat spoke or handle, are run up th rough the centre (where the handle and rim are en ysscd) and held in position by the left hand, while wit h the right hand a weaver is started back of the hai idle and lying along the rim spoke, with its end to the right. It is brought forward and diagonally do wi) between the thin] gna. Fig. 29 142 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS fourth spoke from the handle, counting the rimspoke as one, see Fig. 29. The weaver is thenbrought back of five of the flat spokes, out and updiagonally to the right of the handle. Here itcomes around again in the same way, binding thespokes securely in place. After the third time around, the weaver isbrought over thethree spokes on theright, under five andup around the threelast spokes on the left,doubling over the rimon the left. In return-ing it is brought backof the three spokes onthe left, in front ofthe five middle spokesand back of the threeon the right, see The weaver is bound around four times, inthis way, and then the spokes are separated and theunder-and-over weaving begins. Another prettyand simple centre is made as follows: The spokes,handle and rim are prepared as in the previousdescription, but the centre is started at the crossingof the rim and handle and the spokes are added as
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