Indian Basket Weaving by The Navajo School of Indian Basketry

Author:The Navajo School of Indian Basketry
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781632200051
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2015-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Showing Bottom of Three-Reed Basket, Bam-tsu-wu.

TO SPLICE THE REED.

Trim the ends of both new, and old reeds to be spliced, to flat points so that when fitted together they shall form a perfectly rounded reed of the required uniform size. Fasten these ends of reeds together with a number fifty thread (dark shade) by taking two or three stitches and tying the ends together. Do not knot the thread. If the worker is using the stained reeds, please cover the splicing with raphia of the same shade as the reeds, taking great care to have the raphia ends tied together smoothly so they are sure to come upon the inside. This may seem not a neat and substantial manner of treating the reeds, but it really is quite strong and durable. The splicings should always come in different places, no two coming together; and there being three reeds, the strain does not come upon them singly.

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