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[Susan Roe]

Yes, that is exactly the kind of coil weaving I'm talking about.  I have 
been thinking of using the straw and dried grasses to make a basket for my 
covered front porch.  We live in a two-story western red cedar log cabin on 
our 60 acher farm in Virginia and I really like doing the rustick crafts.

Susan Roe
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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>I also like basket weaving and coiling, although it has been decades since 
>I
> did a project.
> Joyce -- to answer your question about coiling, if it is what I am 
> thinking
> of, it is a way of making baskets in which you get some kind of filler
> material like straw or cord, then get yarn or some other sewable material
> and coile the filler material around in a circle while you sew it to the 
> row
> beneath with the yarn. You start the coile in the center bottom of what 
> will
> be your basket and coil outward sewing as you go, then when you get to a
> point where you want the basket to curve up you simply bend it up and sew 
> it
> that way, adjusting as needed as you go.
>
> One thing that is really fun to do if you have a little vision is to use
> several colors of yarn and sew a pattern in the basket. For example, I was
> into native american basketry in high school and made a modified squash
> blossom design that turned out quite pretty.  I made it with elements of
> Pima and Navajo designs.  Needless to say, the native american tribes used
> to weave elaborate designs in their coiled baskets, which they made from
> straw and grass, which they treated with something to make it waterproof 
> so
> it could be used for cooking or holding food.  I simply used straw from a
> hobby store and 2 colors of yarn and didn't treat it with anything as I 
> only
> intended it to be used as a decoration. I gave the basket to my mother and
> she still has it.
> One funny thing, the straw needed to be kept wet so it wouldn't harden
> before I was done shaping it, so for months I kept the project in a vat of
> water, which i treated with detergent to keep the mold and mildew from
> growing.  When I got to college and mentioned the basket weaving to a
> friend, he had great fun poking fun of my expertise in underwater basket
> weaving...
>
> Now, is that the same as the coiling you are thinking of?
> Happy crafting.
> --le
>
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> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:45 PM
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>
> I am very happy you found us.  I have played with a drop spindle, but  I
> need
> a lot more practice on that in order to make yarn on it.  I have  sat  at 
> a
> spinning wheel  and did a little try on that, but that was  at my class to
> learn how to use a drop spindle..
>
> I love to work on my triangle loom as there is no worping and wefting on
> that baby.  All you do is use one strand and you worp and weft as you 
> weave
> the
> yarn.  I have all size triangle looms starting from 1 foot going to 7 
> foot.
> This defintely is for those who like to exercise.  As you walk  back and
> forth
> weaving up and down with a 7 foot loom.
>
> So what type of small loom weaving do you do?
>
> I have a couple of questions and comments about your talents...
>
> basket weaving and coiling- What is coiling?  I would love to learn  more
> about basket weaving.
>
> bead loom work I believe our bead lady, Laurie was talking about doing  a
> class on bead looming.
> pottery:  air clay What do you make out  of air clay?  Do you make pots 
> and
> stuff?
>
> Joyce
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