The model given here has ten rows of natural color, ten rows of green, six rows of brown, ten of green and ten of natural color, which combination makes it two inches deep.
COMBINED REED AND RAFFIA
Problem—To teach how reed and raffia may be combined in construction.
The models suggested here are very simple and can be made by the younger children of the lower grades. These have been held to purposely, for the child needs first to learn how both to use his fingers and to handle a needle; and afterward he must have much practice before he can take up the more difficult stitch in the Indian basketry.
In beginning the combined reed and raffia work, the first thing I should make is a miniature umbrella.
UMBRELLA
(For description see [opposite page].)