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host repository)
The Art Crafts for Beginners
By Frank Goodwin Sanford
In Chapter VIII of this book made available for free at Google Book Search you
will find basketry patterns for novices. You can make 10 baskets including A
Reed Mat, Small Reed Basket, A Basket With Triple Twist, A Coiled Basket,
Lazy-Squaw Weave, Sewed Basket, Samoan Weave, Plant-Basket, Work-Basket Of Green
Reed, Fruit Basket Of Cattail Leaves and Raffia Basket In Bam-Tush Weave.
Handicraft for girls
A tentative course in needlework, basketry, designing, paper and cardboard
construction, textile fibers and fabrics and home decoration and care, designed
for use in schools and homes. This book of needlework and hand skills with a
chapter on basketry is in the public domain. Available in many formats including
a page by page read online as well as pdf, Kindle and other e-reader versions
from Archive.org. Explains the general directions for making a coiled basket
including shaping the round basket, the oval basket, splicing, the Navajo stitch
(figure eight), the Lazy Squaw stitch, the Mariposa stitch (knotted) and the
Samoan stitch (lace effect).
The Handicraft Book
COMPRISING METHODS OF TEACHING CORD AND RAFFIA CONSTRUCTIVE WORK,
WEAVING, BASKETRY AND CHAIR CANING IN
GRADED SCHOOLS
By Anne Lowden Jessup, Annie Elizabeth Logue.
Includes basic instruction on raffia crafting,
knotting, looping, basketry and chair caning.
Single, Double & Triple Knots
Single Knot Mesh
Chain Stitch
Loop Stitch
Corkscrew Bar
Double Loop Stitch
See-Saw Knot
Spiral Chain
Twine Bag
Shopping Bag
Square Picture Frame
Napkin Ring
Round Picture Frame
Sailor Knot
Bow Knot
Flat or Reef Knot
Fisherman's Knot
Bowline Knot
Weaver's Knot
Square Knot
Military Knot
Bannister Bar
Bag Made Of Solomon's Knots
Hammock
Round & Square Boxes
Woven Bag
Bookmarks
Mat Of Circular Weaving
Braided Mat
Braided Raffia Basket
Braided Raffia Hat
Flat Reed Basket
Reed Mat
Coiled Basket
Round Reed Basket
Indian Basket
Rug Weaving
Chair Caning
Practical Projects for the Handy Man
By Popular Mechanics Press, Popular Mechanics Press
Includes HOW TO CANE AND RE-CANE CHAIR SEATS & BACKS
"There are but few households that do not have at least one or two
chairs without a seat or back. The same households may have someone who
would enjoy recaning the chairs if he only knew how to do it, and also
make considerable pin money by repairing chairs for the neighbors.
If the following directions are carried out, new cane seats and backs
can easily be put in chairs where they are broken or sagged to an
uncomfortable position."
Practical Basketry by Anna Gill
First published in 1916, this basic basketry book is available for a free
download from Google Book Search. Don't bother paying an auction opportunist or
eBook marketer for
this basketmaking book. Chapter I - Equipment, Materials, Tools
Chapter II - The First Lesson, Weaves
Chapter III - Weaving Begun - Mats, Borders, Small Baskets (Models 1-9)
Chapter IV - Separate Bottom Baskets (Models 9-16)
Chapter V - Handles And Lids (Models 17-22)
Chapter VI - Hanging Baskets (Models 23-28)
Chapter VII - Flower Receptacles (Models 29-34)
Chapter VIII - Oval Baskets (Models 35-41)
Chapter IX - Trays (Models 42-46)
Chapter X - Fruit Basket Trays (Models 47-54)
Chapter XI - Scrap Baskets (Models 55-60)
Chapter XII - Utility Baskets (Models 61-71)
Chapter XIII - A Few Words On Dyeing
McAfee, Mary Jane,
b. 1840 - The Pine-needle Basket Book (1911)
Also available from
Google
Book Search. Often offered on eBay described as Native Indian style Coiled
basketry basket instructions.
The Basket, or, The Journal of the Basket Fraternity or Lovers of Indian Baskets
and Other Good Things
By James, George Wharton. Pasadena: Basket Fraternity, Vol. 2,
January 1904.
Rattan Machinery
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876 describes and illustrates the
machinery used to process rattan for import into America from Singapore for use
in basket weaving in the late 19th century.
Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn. Raphia and Reed Weaving, Milton Bradley,
(1901)
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Baskets
in Polynesia
This book by Wendy Arbeit has been reproduced with permission from the publisher
in ebook format as part of the resources assembled by Ethnomath.org. The book
includes plaited basketry techniques from the South Pacific. Diagrams for the
Chinese knot (page 110), French braid and many types of twill plaiting are
included. The ebook is in .pdf format and you will need an adobe reader to view
it. |
Bird, Adrian J.
The craft of Hawaiian lauhala weaving (1982)
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 154 pgs. Includes chapters on the Hala
Tree, selection and preparation of Lauhala, the Nihoniho Headband, the
Straight-Edged Headband, Bracelets and Napkin Rings, Place Mats, a Lauhala Fan,
Lauhala Baskets. Appendix: Hawaiian Terms Used in Lauhala Weaving. Selected
Bibliography.
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Basket Willow Culture
By George N. Lamb.
Google Book Search makes a free reprint of this classic article from a
1914 issue of Farmers' Bulletin 622, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Washington,
D.C., available. This publication discusses the various kinds of basket
willows and the methods of growing them which have been found best as a
result of experiments conducted at the forest service willow farm at
Arlington, Va., and a study of private holts throughout the country. It
also deals with the cost of establishment and maintenance of willow
bolts and the opportunities for marketing the products. Other
publications about
Basket Willow Culture. |
Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn. Raphia and reed Weaving, Milton Bradley, 1901
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