How to make baskets . Fig. 45 would coil a kite string, the braided border is made with a single weaver. The bird-cage stitch of the Clallam and Makah Indians is sometimes woven with an open mesh, and sometimes close and fine. In copying the open-meshed weave shown in Fig. 46, No. 4 rattan may be used for the vertical spokes, No. 3 rattan for the horizontal coil and raffia for theweaver. The hori-zontal coil is laid backof the vertical spokes,and a single weaverof raffia binds thevertical spokes to thecoil where they rows are abouta quarter of an inchapart. In the closeweave the spok
How to make baskets . Fig. 45 would coil a kite string, the braided border is made with a single weaver. The bird-cage stitch of the Clallam and Makah Indians is sometimes woven with an open mesh, and sometimes close and fine. In copying the open-meshed weave shown in Fig. 46, No. 4 rattan may be used for the vertical spokes, No. 3 rattan for the horizontal coil and raffia for theweaver. The hori-zontal coil is laid backof the vertical spokes,and a single weaverof raffia binds thevertical spokes to thecoil where they rows are abouta quarter of an inchapart. In the closeweave the spokes,IG* 4 horizontal coil and weaver are more uniform in size. No. 2 rattan. i78 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS may be used for the spokes and coil, and raffia for the weaver. Thestitch is the sameexcept that the rowsare brought close to-gether, and as theweaving progresses ;the spokes, being quitepliable, bend forwardin the direction theFlG- 47 weaving takes ; mak- ing an unusual and attractive surface (see Fig. 47).
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