How to make baskets . ri-zontal spoke, with its end toward the right. It isbrought around in front of the vertical spokes(above the upper horizontal one), then back anddown diagonally to the left, coming out below theupper horizontal spoke. Here it is brought aroundin front of the vertical group, back and up diag-onally to the left of the vertical spokes and abovethe first horizontal one. It is then brought diag-onally down, in front of the vertical spokes, to theright of them and just above the second horizontalspoke. Next it crosses diagonally down and backof the vertical spokes, to the left
How to make baskets . ri-zontal spoke, with its end toward the right. It isbrought around in front of the vertical spokes(above the upper horizontal one), then back anddown diagonally to the left, coming out below theupper horizontal spoke. Here it is brought aroundin front of the vertical group, back and up diag-onally to the left of the vertical spokes and abovethe first horizontal one. It is then brought diag-onally down, in front of the vertical spokes, to theright of them and just above the second horizontalspoke. Next it crosses diagonally down and backof the vertical spokes, to the left of them andbelow the second horizontal spoke, where it isbrought over the vertical ones, back and up diag-onally to the left of the vertical spokes, and justabove the second horizontal one—see Fig. same process binds the other four horizontalspokes; making an ornamental cross effect overeach one, on the inside of the basket—see Fig. all six horizontal spokes have been bound 132 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS. the spokes are separated and the weaving a bottom, four and a half by six and three-quarters inches, has been woven two pieces of No. 2 rattan, twelve incheslong, are inserted oneither side of each spoketo form the side are wet until quitepliable, and then eachgroup of spokes isbrought over the one onthe right of it, underthe next group, over thenext, then under thenext and out, drawing thegroups in (except the firsttwo or three, which areleft loose until the lastgroups have been wovenin), so that they will formclose sides about two incheshigh. The ends of thegroups are woven into abase as follows: The bas-is^ 25 ket is turned upside down,and the ends of each groupare brought over the next group on the left and Fig. 25
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