Basic Basket Making
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2008
144 pages
978-0-8117-4664-9 (ISBN)
Description
Step-by-step instructions complete with detailed color photographs. Includes a chapter on dyeing reed at home. 4 basic basket projects for the beginning weaver.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2008
Stackpole Books
€24.00
No shipping information available
Persons
Linda Franz is a writer and reporter in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Debra Hammond has been weaving baskets since 1990. She has run basketry workshops for the North Carolina Basketmakers Association and teaches basket making out of her studio in East Earl, Pennsylvania. Alan Wycheck is a concrete specialist and former partner in The SO Factory, a concrete design company. He is also an award-winning photographer and lives in central Pennsylvania.
Content
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Tools and Materials
- Tools and Materials
- Preparing Reeds
- Part II: Basic Techniques
- 1. Flared Bun Basket
- Getting Started
- Measuring and Marking Spokes
- Weaving Spokes Together
- Twining
- Weaving the Sides
- Finishing the Rim
- Securing Lashers with a Fishhook
- Adding a Decorative Bow
- Finishing a Basket
- 2. Small Market Basket
- Getting Started
- Making a Filled Base
- Adding a Handle
- Weaving the Basket Sides
- Adding a Chain Design with Dyed Reed
- Finishing the Basket Sides
- Finishing the Basket Rim
- 3. Napkin Basket
- Getting Started
- Making a Square Base
- Weaving the Basket Sides
- Using Round Reed to Form a Triple Arrow Weave
- Finishing the Basket Rim
- Adding Diagonal Weavers to the Basket Base
- 4. Easter Basket
- Getting Started
- Twining a Round Base
- Adding Spokes
- Weaving a Pattern with Dyed Reed
- Finishing the Basket Rim
- 5. How to Dye Reed
- Getting Started
- Dyeing the Reed
- Setting the Dye
- Resources
- Copyright
- Back Cover
- Discover more
