How to make baskets . 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. Fig. 14 62 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS together. The long ends are also brought togethermaking a knot like Fig. 14. This knot is placedabout half way between the top and bottom ofthe basket, with the long ends turning up. Theshort ends are f
How to make baskets . 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. Fig. 14 62 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS together. The long ends are also brought togethermaking a knot like Fig. 14. This knot is placedabout half way between the top and bottom ofthe basket, with the long ends turning up. Theshort ends are finished off by weaving one to theright over and under several spokes and the otherto the left. The long ends are twisted togetherfor about twelve inches, and are then made intoanother knot copied from the first one for, althoughthe process cannot be the same, it is so simple thatone can easily follow its coils. This knot is placedon the opposite side of the basket from the firstone and attached in the same way Work Baskets CHAPTER VII WORK BASKETS As almost everyone who uses a work basket hasa different ideal of what such a basket should be—in regard to size, capacity, shape and ornament—these descriptions are not to be taken as directions,but as suggestions which each basket maker canadapt or elaborate upon. In this way he can workout a basket suited
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