Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft by Roy Underhill

Author:Roy Underhill [Underhill, Roy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1981-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

The two hoops that frame this egg basket are joined to themselves with hook-and-eye splices. Set one hoop inside the other and lash their intersection with long, narrow strips woven into “eyes.” The pattern that I use goes around each arm, comes back around under itself, and then on to the next. Leave the long end of the strip attached.

Whittle at least four 1/8-to-3/16-inch ribs from the heartwood left over from making the splits. The larger and finer the basket, the more ribs you will need. Point the ends of the ribs and stick them into the eye on the side that will be to the bottom. Put half the ribs on one side and half on the other side of the hoop that will form the keel of the basket. Take the end of the eye strip and start to weave in and out. This locks the ribs in place.

Now go to the other end of the basket and bend over the ribs to meet the other eye in the shape that you want the basket to take. Cut the excess length off the ends and sharpen them so that you can stick them into this eye just like you did before. Lock these ends down with the length from the eye weaving and the beginning frame is ready.

Take a long, thin split and tuck it in to take up where the extra from the eye left off. Continue weaving along until this split runs out and then start back on the other end. You don’t need to splice each added piece, just overlap.

Weave toward the middle from both ends until you feel the need to add more ribs. Stick these down into the previous weaving and then carry on. Your weaving will meet in the middle and you’re all done.

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