How to make baskets . and left under and overone or two spokes to fasten them securely. Apiece of No. I rattan, about twelve inches long, isfastened to the basket just below the loop on thecover and between the lowest row in the band ofrattan and the top of the woven raffia. It isbrought up vertically and pushed inside the basketjust below the border, making the foundation for arattan loop which is formed in the same way as thesmall side handles described on page 55. Overthis rattan loop the loop of braided raffia fits, and apiece of No. 5 rattan an inch long is slippedthrough the rattan loop
How to make baskets . and left under and overone or two spokes to fasten them securely. Apiece of No. I rattan, about twelve inches long, isfastened to the basket just below the loop on thecover and between the lowest row in the band ofrattan and the top of the woven raffia. It isbrought up vertically and pushed inside the basketjust below the border, making the foundation for arattan loop which is formed in the same way as thesmall side handles described on page 55. Overthis rattan loop the loop of braided raffia fits, and apiece of No. 5 rattan an inch long is slippedthrough the rattan loop and holds the cover it may not be lost, a hole is bored in thispiece of rattan and it is fastened to the basket by abit of raffia ; one end of which is tied through thehole in the rattan, the other secured around aspoke about an inch to the right of the fastening. The finishing touch of daintiness is to line thisbasket with silk, and fit into the hollow in thecover a round needle-book made of the same SOME WORK BASKETS The round knitting basket in the foreground is ol rattan in the natural color, asis the large bowl-shaped basket on the right. In the centre is a small travellingwork basket oi pale green raffia, and .... the lefl a green rattan baskel widi a soflsilk top. Above is shown the Chinese button 01 knob which is used on the greennisli covered basket WORK BASKETS n Large Bowl Shaped Work Basket Materials- 16 34-inch pieces of No. 2 rattan,32 17-inch pieces of No. 2 rattan,11 or more weavers of No. 2 rattan,A knitting needle. The thirty-four-inch pieces of No. 2 rattan arearranged in groups of four and crossed in the cen-tre as described on page 67. A single weaver isstarted by laying the end over the group to the leftof the upper end of the vertical group, it is thenbrought under thevertical group, overthe next, under thenext and so on, until itcomes around to thevertical group it goes under asbefore, over the nextgroup and alwaysunder and o
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