[Nfb-krafters-korner] coiled baskets and trivets

Sat Jan 22 21:14:03 UTC 2011

Dixie,

Perkins and Sons is in North Haven, CT.  They are moving this month to  a 
place on State Street in North Haven.  They had this huge warehouse full  of 
basketry materials and caning supplies.  They also have classes on  
basketry.  They do a large business online too.  I have been up there  and I 
understand the new place will be larger with more class room area.   Check the 
website out.  I bought a kit more then 10 years back for a foot  stool to be 
caned.  I brought it up to where I am learning how to cane the  chairs and I 
will be working on my foot stool, too.  So if I get the hang  of this maybe we 
could have a class and do a foot stool.  I think the  wooden foot stool 
kits are something like $35.  That included the  unfinished foot stool made out 
of a nice solid wood, the 2 types of reed that  you need, anall [ice pick 
type tool to help with the holes in thestool and a set  of pegs.  As you 
weave the cane you hold the reed in place with the  pegs.  You wet the reed 
while you are weaving it, but you use the pegs to  hold everything tight until 
it dries.  

I want to purchase a rush foot stool, too.  So I can learn how to do  rush. 
 The foot stools for the cane has something like 13 holes top and  bottom 
and 12 holessides.  Which makes the foot stool 40 holes in  all.  The place I 
am working just raised their price as of the first of the  year from $1.20 
per hole to $1.45 per hole.  Places around here I have  heard are getting 
over $2 per hole.

It defintely is time consuming and I haven't finished the chair seat I am  
working on yet after 5 weeks.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 1/22/2011 10:48:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
blueherons at sbcglobal.net writes:

I would  love to learn how to make the Nantucket Lightship baskets.  Our
local  art workshop had a class last year, but, alas, the same old, same  
old
issue, transportation made it impossible for me to  attend.

Joyce is presently learning how to cane, which is something  I have wanted 
to
learn also.  Oh, I just now got it!  Joyce  Kane!  Hahahaha, I guess I am a
little slow on the uptake,  huh?

Dixie
~  @-> ~ <-@   ~

-----Original Message-----
From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Eleni 
Vamvakari
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:46  PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] coiled baskets and trivets

Wow!  I almost  missed a thread on basketry!  I'm very interested in
learning  it.  I would like to start with reed and then to try other
materials,  though I'm willing to start with something else if the
methods are the same  and it's reasonable priced.  But I haven't been
able to find any blind  or visually-impaired basket makers and/or
wicker workers to help me and  most of the materials for learning are
too visual or don't explain enough  for me to be able to do it on my
own.  I've written to several schools  for the blind and none of them
have gotten back to me.  I'm beyond  frustrated right now.

I know that there are various methods used in  making baskets.  I keep
hearing about coiling in references to blind  basket weavers.  Is this
the easiest for a beginner?  If there is  anyone here who works with
reed, what gauge should I get, how much (I want  enough to make at
least two or three small baskets) and is there any type  of adaptations
that I need to be aware of as a totally blind weaver?   I got two kits
from

http://www.basketweaving.com/

My friend  and I made the first one, though it was mostly her, since
she needed to  learn how to do it in order to teach me.  Perhaps, I
should get  another kit once we finish this second one, so that I could
get the hang of  it?  Is it a good idea for me to buy one of the tool
kits?   Finally, the shipping at the above site is a bit expensive.
I'm in New  jersey.  Is there a site with better shipping options and
with the  same high quality materials?  Any help would be  sincerely
appreciated.  I'm also interested in making other wicker  items such as
mats, toats and so on.

Thanks,
Eleni

On  1/22/11, Dixie <blueherons at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I know of a  blind woman in California who makes them using pine needles.
> She sells  them at her local shop for artisans.
>
>
>
>   Dixie
> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terrence  
van
> Ettinger
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 1:16 AM
>  To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] coiled baskets and trivets
>
> Sure. The  ones I make are done using clothesline and yarn. They can also,
> from  what I've heard, be done with reeds of some sort though I've never
>  tried that version. Also, narrow strips of cloth, stitched together,  can
be
> used in plaáe of the yarn, but I haven't done that. The yarn  is wrapped
> around the clothesline and the clothesline in turn is  coiled around inthe
> process.
>
> Terrence
>
>  Twitter: www.twitter.com/terrencevane
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>
> On Jan 21, 2011, at  7:36 PM, "Jean Parker" <radioforever at gmail.com>  
wrote:
>
>> Terance:
>>
>> This sounds  interesting.  Can you tell us more about how they are  made?
>>
>> Jean
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