[Nfb-krafters-korner] Basket Weaving

Sun Jan 23 17:53:52 UTC 2011

I wonder if we could do any of the projects from this channel?

http://www.youtube.com/user/basketmasternancy#p/u

She explains all about reed and then shows how to make a few different
kinds of baskets.  I really enjoyed her videos but was a bit hesitant
about trying these on my own.  Perhaps, someone who's more experienced
could add extra description and work with a class so that we can ask
questions to make sure that we're doing it right.

On 1/23/11, Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
> The hard bottomed baskets are the simplest to learn.  The circular bottoms
> already have the holes drilled in them and then you just soke the reeds, cut
> to a specific length, incert reeds into holes and take the extended portion
> of the reeds and bending them sidewase, each reed end will lock the next
> reed end flat under the next reed and so on.  These reeds now become your
> uprights for the basket sides.  You continue soaking your reeds and weaving
> them in and out of your upright reeds until you reach the height you want.
> Then you have to soak the top of your basket so your upright reeds become
> flexable again and then you can bend them over and weave them into the top
> of your basket which wil give it the finished top.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Basket Weaving
>
>
>>I had checked out that website Susan that you sent to the list.  Man  there
>> was a lot of interesting things there I would love to get kits and give a
>> try.
>>
>> What would be a beginners reed basket to start with.
>>
>> I know when I was up at Girl Scout Camp they had a basket that had a solid
>> base disk and I don't remember exactly what we did, but we put the reed
>> into the  base and then wove reed in and out of the reed sticking up
>> Maybe
>> that wasn't quite it, but the kids and I caught on.  I did not finish the
>> one I was working on.  I took it apart and put the supplies back.
>>
>> I might have to do some investigating and find a simple kit for us to try
>> out here on Krafters Korner.
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/22/2011 12:18:29 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> magkisa83 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Thanks  so much!  Don't worry about the subject lines.  I'm just  behind
>> on the list, that's all.  I'm glad to finally be getting  somewhere.
>> This is exactly the kind of training that I'm seeking and it's  truly a
>> shame that almost no one provides it today.  These used to be  the
>> so-called blind trades, and here I am, a totally blind person, with  no
>> support from most of the blind/visually-impaired community (most  are
>> annoyed that I'm interested in these things as a career) and no  one
>> who has the necessary skills to teach me.  I'm glad to have  finally
>> found the exceptions.  I'd be interested in learning the  differences
>> between the traditional reed weaving and coiling and to get a  start on
>> something.  Any help you can give me, on or offline, would  be
>> wonderful.  Feel free to e-mail me offlist as well.
>>
>> With  appreciation,
>> Eleni
>>
>> On 1/22/11, Susan Roe  <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Eleni,
>>>
>>> Sorry  if the subject lines through you off.  It is sometimes difficult
>> to
>>> remember to change the subject line when you are answering other's  post.
>>> I'll try harder from now on.
>>>
>>> Basket weaving of  almost any kind is not impossible for the blind to
>> learn.
>>> Some  tecniques are easier than others, of course, but styles and
>> materials
>>>  are endless once you master a few different basic tecniques.
>>>
>>>  Coil baskets are the easiest for a beginner because you learn how to
>> shape
>>> the materials you are using with your hands as you slowly build  your
>> basket.
>>> It has been mentioned that in the two basket classes I  taught for
>> Krafters
>>> Korner, that no two baskets were alike.  I  can almost garuntee that none
>> of
>>> them were.  Materials were  different to a degree and even everyone's
>> mental
>>> picture of their  basket is different as they shape and turn their basket
>> in
>>> their  hands.
>>>
>>> Standard reed baskets and coil baskets are not done the  same way;
>> however,
>>> you can use reeds in coil basketry.
>>>
>>>  I have never used a kit to do either kind of basket weaving.  I was
>> taught
>>> in highschool after I lost my sight over 30 years ago.  I  was
>> mainstreamed
>>> in school and never went to a school specifically  geared for the blind.
>> I
>>> had summer adjustment training, now  called transitional training when I
>> was
>>> 18 and was taught several  other crafting methods.
>>>
>>> I have another basket weaveing sight  that I'll send to you that is in
>>> Kentucky, I think, and you can take a  look at what they have.  I have
>> baught
>>> my reeds in a local shop,  but I can't tell you the gauge because I go by
>>> feel.
>>>
>>>  If you have any questions, contact me off line and I'll give you my
>>> home
>>> number.  That goes for anyone else who is interested.   I'll answer
>> whatever
>>> I can on list, but sometimes it is just easier on  the phone.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>>  dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>>
>>>
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