How to make baskets . Fig. 41 174 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS to be. After wetting the spokes until they arequite pliable, a row of pairing is woven joiningthem together in the middle. The ends of thespokes are then brought up together, and bycontinuing the pairing around and around the. Fig. 42 basket is built up. The edge is finished as someof the sweet-grass baskets are. Every other spokeis cut short, while the alternate ones are left aboutthree-quarters of an inch above the are then thoroughly wet, and bent sharplydown inside the basket over a piece of splint which isfitted around in
How to make baskets . Fig. 41 174 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS to be. After wetting the spokes until they arequite pliable, a row of pairing is woven joiningthem together in the middle. The ends of thespokes are then brought up together, and bycontinuing the pairing around and around the. Fig. 42 basket is built up. The edge is finished as someof the sweet-grass baskets are. Every other spokeis cut short, while the alternate ones are left aboutthree-quarters of an inch above the are then thoroughly wet, and bent sharplydown inside the basket over a piece of splint which isfitted around inside the rim of the basket with its endsoverlapping. A second piece of splint covers the SOME INDIAN STITCHES 175 spokes on the inside and on the outside a rope ofsweet-grass, or whatever the weaver may be, is laidaround in the same way. A weaver is then startedon the inside of the basket close to the edge andsewed over and over, passing between two spokeseach time, and binding the splint on the inside and therope on the outside close together, as it goes underand over them. A cover may be made just largeenough to fit over the basket and finished in thesame way. On such a basket, woven of pale greenraffia, bands of raffia in the natural color areeffective, or designs may
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