Sometimes little girls like to have their baskets brightened up. A pretty lining of silk or other material would do this very nicely.
Fig. 202. The basket
Perhaps some children would like to know how to make a basket with a cover. It only requires a little more time but it will prove very interesting.
The material for this basket consists of six sixteen-inch spokes, one spoke nine inches long and three or four weavers.
The bottom of this basket is made in the same way as the one previously described. After this much has been done, wet the spokes and proceed to turn them up and weave the sides of the basket. The weaving is done rather loosely until you have used three of the weavers. The last weaver is drawn more tightly so that the basket will assume the shape of an apple with the top cut off. The edge is finished off with a flat border which may be made by soaking the spokes in water until they become quite soft. Each spoke is brought behind the next one to the right of it, and out over the front of the basket. Then the end of each spoke which is lying over the front of the basket is brought up over the next spoke to the right and is pressed down inside of the basket. When it is dry the ends of the spokes may be cut off.
Fig. 203. A mat