How to make baskets . Fig. 15 72 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS it is brought under and over the same groups as inthe row just completed, see Fig. 15. When thefourth row has been made in this way, anotherweaver is added, by inserting it between a group ofspokes and the band of weaving which covers them,and the pairing of which the rest of the basket isto be woven is begun. The centre being woven ina design, is so ornamental that rather than cover itwith a lining, which would be necessary if the usual. Fig. 16method of joining weavers was followed, the end ofeach old weaver is run down between the weaving
How to make baskets . Fig. 15 72 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS it is brought under and over the same groups as inthe row just completed, see Fig. 15. When thefourth row has been made in this way, anotherweaver is added, by inserting it between a group ofspokes and the band of weaving which covers them,and the pairing of which the rest of the basket isto be woven is begun. The centre being woven ina design, is so ornamental that rather than cover itwith a lining, which would be necessary if the usual. Fig. 16method of joining weavers was followed, the end ofeach old weaver is run down between the weaving,on the left of a group of spokes, and the end of thenew weaver is run down between the weaving tothe right of the same group, see Fig. 16. Whenthe bottom of the basket is five and a half inchesin diameter, pieces of No. 2 rattan seventeeninches long are inserted, one on either side of every WORK BASKETS 73 group of spokes, making four pieces of rattan ineach group. These are again divided into pairs andspread apart. When the bottom is six inches indiameter, the groups of spokes are wet and bentgradually upward. The basket is woven into abowl shape with flaring sides, and, when abouteleven weavers have been used, the top should beten inches in diameter. The ends of the groups ofspokes are woven into a border as follows: In thefirst row each group is brought under the next oneto the right, over the next, under the next and out-side of the basket. In the second row each end ofa group
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