Material
10 spokes No. 5 reed, 51⁄2 inches. 20 spokes No. 5 brown reed, 28 inches. 19 spokes No. 5 brown reed, 15 inches. Handle—1 spoke No. 8 brown reed, 32 inches. Weavers No. 2 green reed. Weavers No. 4 brown reed. Weavers No. 2 brown reed.
Weave a five inch base. Insert the spokes, pinch, and turn sharply upward with three rows of brown No. 4 triple. In pairing, weave with No. 2 green reed, twenty-three rows. Insert 19 spokes and weave three rows triple No. 3 green. Follow this with forty-one rows green reed, in single weaving, and three rows No. 4 brown reed, in triple. Complete with the rope border.
The spokes should be held straight and firm until
three inches of weaving are finished; then the ends are spread out and bent down towards the base of basket until the rest of the weaving is completed, Fig. 45.
When completed the sides should measure seven inches.
Handle.
Push the ends of handle well down amid the weaving. Weave six rows of coil, with No. 2 brown reed, around the handle.
FIG. 46
