Practical Basketry

by Anna A. Gill

Place the four spokes for the border. Complete the basket with the plaited border.

Handle

Place the ends of the handle through the border, down about 2¹⁄₂ or 3 inches in the weaving. Measure 7 inches, from the border of the basket, up the handle. Beginning here, with fine No. 1 reed, make a continuation coil around the handle of basket until it is 7 inches from the end of the handle on the opposite side. Now separate each piece of reed, and in simple weaving, weave the remainder of the handle over one spoke, under one, until it is 1¹⁄₂ inches from border of basket. Fasten the end of the weaver up between the weaving.

To make the handle secure, fasten, in double cross form, each end of the handle to the sides of basket.

FIG. 57

Fig. 57

This little basket is useful when gathering flowers. It is made entirely of No. 2 reed, and is finished with a braided handle.

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