[Nfb-krafters-korner] paper weaving?

[Susan Roe]

Hi Joyce,

The reason I am going to change for this basket is that when I twisted up my 
newspapers for the core, I did not roll the paper tight enough so that when 
I twisted them, instead of keeping a round form they wanted to go flat. 
When you are then trying to wrap your strips around your core, this shape 
does not allow your wrapping papers to lay flat around the core and will 
cause gaps where the newsprint will show between your wrapping paper.  I 
didn't feel like scrounging up more news paper since we don't get the paper 
ourselves.  Don't get me wrong, I still prefer newsprint because you can get 
a longer strip for your core, but I didn't want to go through that process 
again.  In addition, since I had never tried a different paper for the core 
before, there's no time like the present to try new things.  LOL!

I also seem to have an idea to do a basket in ribbon.  Use the softer 
clothes line cord and I have some rather wide Christmas green and red ribbon 
that I can at least cut in half for the wrap.  Who knows what may happen 
between now and Christmas.

Right now I'm working on a knitted stole for the Red Cross's Webb of Hope. 
It is going to be red with a red or white collar, knitted on size 10-1/2 
kneedles, using garter and seed stitches.  I have another one, lavinder and 
white on one of my round looms that I am going to take off before our next 
meeting and put a solid lavinder collar on that one.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] paper weaving?


> Susan,
>
> Why are you changing to the legal size paper?  I have not yet tried  this
> basket, but wondering what your reason was.
>
> Joyce
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