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10-inch spoke 9 West band Basket Materials bottom bowl shape braided raffia brought back cane centre Chapter XII coil cover crossed cut just long diagonally double weaving drawn end is brought front fustic green rush group of spokes half an inch half hitch half inches hinge hole horizontal spoke inch of triple inches in diameter inches long Indian inserted inside the basket knitting needle knotted last row LENOX AND TILDEN long end loop natural color nest Open Border Oval Baskets piece of rattan pressed down inside PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR rim spoke ring row of weaving rows of pairing Scrap Basket second row second weaver sewed spoke is brought spokes are wet stain stitch strand of raffia tapestry needle terra cotta third row three-quarters inches TILDEN FOUNDATIONS triple twist turpentine twining under-and-over weaving upper vertical spokes vertical group weaver is started wet until pliable YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 174 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Page 135 - One beginner made his first rows so tight that, when he came to the last row, he broke the frame of his chair trying to weave in the last lines of cane. The next set of canes are brought across the seat horizontally, these are followed by a vertical set of canes passing over the first vertical canes, through the same holes. The fourth set of canes is woven horizontally across, first over one of the upper vertical canes, then under the lower vertical one, pulling the upper vertical cane in each group...
Page v - England, the value of manual training is being realized, and basketry is taking an important place ; following the kindergarten and enabling the child to apply the principles he has learned there.
Page 123 - ... fence corners, and much abhorred by farmers for its disastrous effects upon stock when it gets mingled with hay, is the sneeze-weed. This, as well as many yellow composite blossoms, will give a pure fadeless yellow, when made into a strong tea. Use an alum mordant. (4) Scarlet. Mordant the material with six parts of stannous chloride crystals to four parts of cream of tartar. Dye with cochineal which has been boiled and strained, until the desired color is obtained. (5) Red Orange. Cochineal...
Page 136 - If income were evenly distributed this would give a diagonal straight line rising from the lower left-hand corner to the upper right-hand corner of the diagram.
Page 103 - FIG. 131. OBLONG OVAL BASE. brought around in front of the vertical group, back and up diagonally to the left of the vertical spokes and above the first horizontal one. It is then brought diagonally down in front of the vertical spokes, to the right of them and just above the second horizontal spoke. Next it crosses diagonally down and back of the vertical spokes, to the left of them and below the second horizontal spoke, where it is brought over the vertical ones, back and up diagonally to the left...
Page vi - ... value. Basketry also fills the need for a practical home industry for children; so not only in school, club and settlement, but on home piazzas in summer young weavers are taking their first lessons. Though they are unlearned in woodcraft, and have not the magic of the Indian squaw in their fingertips, they can, and do, feel the fascination of basketry in the use of rattan, rush and raffia. It is hoped that this book may be a- help in teaching them "How to Make Baskets...
Page 21 - ... goes behind that spoke, in front of the next and under the last row of weaving before the next spoke. When...
Page 50 - Over this rattan loop the loop of braided raffia fits, and a piece of No. 5 rattan an inch long is slipped through the rattan loop and holds the cover close. That it may not be lost, a hole is bored in this piece of rattan and it is fastened to the basket by a bit of raffia ; one end of which is tied through the hole in the rattan, the other secured around a spoke about an inch to the right of the fastening.
Page 3 - It comes to us stripped of leaves and bark, and split into round or flat strips of various sizes, which are...