shown in the illustration.
The wood-basket.
Make the bottom of a board two feet long and sixteen inches wide, and on each end of the board nail securely one-half of a barrel-hoop ([Fig. 78]). From an old broom-stick cut four rounds one inch thick for the feet ([Fig. 79]), and fasten one round to each corner underneath the board with strong screws or wire nails ([Fig. 78], Z Z). This is all the wood you will need for the basket, the rest is to be made entirely of rope.
Fig. [78]—On each end nail one-half of a barrel-hoop.
Fig. [79]—For the feet.
Take your small rope and nail one end of it to the edge of the bottom, close to one end of one of the barrel-hoops ([Fig. 80]), then wrap the hoop with the rope, one row close to another until it is completely covered. Cut off the rope when it reaches the end of the hoop and nail it down as you did the first end of the rope in beginning. Fasten a piece of the heavy rope entirely around the edge of the board, nailing it at intervals along each side, but leaving loose that at the end edges until later. Make the
