How to make baskets . s Materials: Basket.—8 20-inch spokes of No. 4 rattan, 1 11-inch spoke of No. 4 rattan,6 weavers of No. 2 —1 length of No. 4 rattan. A bottom is woven two and three-quarters inchesin diameter, on eight and a half twenty-inch spokes,which are then thoroughly wet and bent upwardwith a slight flare. When two weavers have beenused, the spokes are flared more decidedly, andwhen two more have been woven in this way, thespokes are drawn in while using the remaining twoweavers. The edge is then bound off and finishedwith the simple border described in the directions
How to make baskets . s Materials: Basket.—8 20-inch spokes of No. 4 rattan, 1 11-inch spoke of No. 4 rattan,6 weavers of No. 2 —1 length of No. 4 rattan. A bottom is woven two and three-quarters inchesin diameter, on eight and a half twenty-inch spokes,which are then thoroughly wet and bent upwardwith a slight flare. When two weavers have beenused, the spokes are flared more decidedly, andwhen two more have been woven in this way, thespokes are drawn in while using the remaining twoweavers. The edge is then bound off and finishedwith the simple border described in the directionsfor a basket with a twisted handle in the first partof the chapter. Handle*—A length of No. 4 rattan which hasbeen soaked until pliable is cut into four pieces andthen separated into pairs. These are bent intoloops at about ten inches from one end of eachand knotted in this way. The loops are held firmly HANDLES 61 where the short end of each comes against the longend, (making sure that the short ends are on the. Fig. 13 same sides of theloops) one in eachhand of the worker,who passes one loopthrough the other,bringing the ends ofthe loop throughwhich it passed overit, which makes theloop uppermost onone end of the knotand on the other theends, see Fig. short ends arenow crossed oneunder a long end andone over (as shown inFig. 13), and brought
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