The Self-sufficiency Bible by Simon Dawson

Author:Simon Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786785411
Publisher: Watkins Media
Published: 2021-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

The four main techniques used in basket-making

weaving

twining

plaiting

coiling

When it’s about six or seven layers high, stop weaving. Make certain the weaves are nice and tight and well compacted down on one another, and trim the vertical strands about 2.5cm/1in above the top line. If your reed has dried out by now, damp it down again, then fold the strands over the top and tuck them inside the basket (it often helps to use a small screwdriver to help poke the ends into a pocket on the inside weave).

To rim the top, wrap a new strand around the outside of the top edge (the ‘rim strand’), and, taking a thinner strand, sew it over the top of the rim strand and through the weave, back over the top of the rim strand and back though the next gap in the weave, so it’s like a big, looping, running stitch back and forth, going all round the basket, which will keep the rim strand firmly in place.

Try these basic techniques a few times until you feel reasonably comfortable with the process before venturing on to something larger and more complicated. The more you do, the faster you get and the more confident you feel. And don’t think that your trial efforts will go to waste, because if you weave flat lids for the small baskets and secure them along one end with a couple of woven hinges to form lids, they make really lovely boxes and are especially good to use in place of wrapping paper for birthday and Christmas gifts.

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