An Indian pottery bowl in white and Indian red, 6 inches in diameter at the top,
A bunch of Indian red raffia,
A curtain ring,
A tapestry needle No. 18.
Any one who has made raffia hats with the knots that our mothers used to call macramé in the early eighties, will see by a glance at the plate how the network of raffia which incloses this bowl is fashioned. The bowl is the first consideration. It may be bought at an Indian store for about a dollar; or, if one prefers, one can mould one’s own bowl of flower-pot clay. In that case, however, the white background which is so effective in the Indian ware will be missed.
The straight-sided hanging jar on the left was once the pillow of a Chinese woman. Beside it is a green bowl of Spanish pottery, inclosed and suspended with green rattan. The small jar below is a Flemish piece, with a covering of pale-green rattan. Above is an Indian bowl, with a knotted raffia covering. The three-handled plant-bowl on the right has a gray-green mat-glaze. It is suspended with raffia ropes.
To begin with: Thread a No. 18 tapestry needle with a strand of Indian red raffia. Twist the end three or four times around the middle and forefinger of the left hand, and cover the small ring thus made with button-hole stitches. The ring should be about an inch in diameter.