How to make baskets . back ofthe vertical group at about half an inch below the OVAL BASKETS 135 first one. The weaver goes down back of this second horizontal spoke, in front of the vertical group, up back of the right side of the second horizontal spoke, over the vertical group and down back of the left side of the second horizontal spoke. A third horizontal spoke is then laid back of the vertical group, at half an inch below the second one. The weaver crosses in front of the vertical group, down and back of the third horizontal spoke on the right, then over the vertical group, up back of th
How to make baskets . back ofthe vertical group at about half an inch below the OVAL BASKETS 135 first one. The weaver goes down back of this second horizontal spoke, in front of the vertical group, up back of the right side of the second horizontal spoke, over the vertical group and down back of the left side of the second horizontal spoke. A third horizontal spoke is then laid back of the vertical group, at half an inch below the second one. The weaver crosses in front of the vertical group, down and back of the third horizontal spoke on the right, then over the vertical group, up back of the third horizontal spoke on the left, across the vertical group and down back of the right side of the third horizontal spoke. A fourth horizontal spoke is laid back of the vertical group, half an inch below the third one, and bound in the same way as the others were. The same process also binds the fifth and sixth horizontal spokes to the vertical group. After the weaver has been brought down back of the left side of. Fig. 27 I36 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS the sixth horizontal spoke for the second time, itcrosses in front of the vertical group to the rightside of the sixth horizontal spoke, where the under-and-over weaving is begun. The bottom is woven two and a half inches wideby four inches long. The spokes are then wetuntil pliable, and bent sharply upward, flaring thespokes at the ends more than those at the sides ofthe basket. The nine pieces of No. 2 rattan,which are to form the handle, are inserted, five onone side and four on the other, of a spoke in themiddle of one side of the basket, and the handle ismade according to the directions for a braidedhandle on page 56. When the sides of the basketare about three and a quarter inches high the ends,which are to slope upward gradually, are woven inthis way. When the weaver comes to the spokeat the left of the handle, it is doubled back andwoven from right to left, all the way to the spokeat the right of the handle on the opposite
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