"So far you've used your weaver—"
"What's that? The raffia?"
"Yes. So far you've used it merely to fasten the centre firmly. Now you really begin to weave under and over the spokes, round and round."
"I could shoot beans through mine," announced James.
"You haven't pulled your weaver tight as you wove. Push it down hard toward the centre. That's it. See how firm that is? You could hardly get water through that—much less beans or hound puppies, as they say in some parts of North Carolina."
"This weaving process makes the spokes stand out like wheel spokes, doesn't it?"
"That's why they're called spokes. By the time you've been round three times they ought all to be standing apart evenly."
"Please, ma'am, my raffia is giving out," grumbled Tom.
"It's time to use a rattan weaver, then. You used raffia at first because the spokes were so near together. Now you use a fine rattan, finer than your spokes. Wet it first. Then catch it behind a spoke and hold on to it carefully until you come to the second time round or it will slip away from you. You're all right as soon as the second row holds the first row in place."
"My rattan weaver is giving out," said Ethel Brown.