[Nfb-krafters-korner] aNY HELP FOR BASKET WEAVING

[Susan Roe]

Terry K.

Please feel free to do so and If you need to call me, let me know and I'll 
send you my phone number.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] aNY HELP FOR BASKET WEAVING


> Susan,
> Thank you for this help and as I get into the weaving I might again call 
> on
> you for help.
> Terry K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Susan Roe
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:09 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] aNY HELP FOR BASKET WEAVING
>
> Yes, you will need to soak your reeds before you work with them or they 
> will
> definitely brake.  With the amount your kit provides, your kitchen sink
> would probably be big enough.  Soak them in warm to slightly tepid water
> until they feel pliable, but not limp.  Start with 30 minutes and see what
> happens.  The reeds should be easy enough to work with.  Depending on the
> size of your basket, you most likely will finish it in one setting,
> although, I don't know about leaving the reeds in the water over night.
>
> There may also be a chance that for the finishing off of your basket, you
> may have to soak the upper portion of your basket in order to make your
> virtical support reeds pliable to weave those reeds along the top edges of
> your basket.
>
> If you have further questions, let me know.  If there are specific parts 
> to
> the directions you don't understand, you may have to tell me exactly what 
> it
> tells you to do.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:16 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] aNY HELP FOR BASKET WEAVING
>
>
>> Joyce or Everyone,
>>
>> Has anyone worked with basket weaving that might be able to answer a
>> question for me. I am trying to learn this craft and have purchased a 
>> kit,
>> with instructions. The instructions are clear but they tell me be careful
>> in
>> working with the material not to break the pieces or I will have to
>> reattach
>> if broken. My question is: Is it better to soak the material in water
>> before
>> weaving to make it easier to weave. The kit instruction does not mention
>> that but it seems better if I did soak it to make it easier to work with.
>> Does anyone know and can make any suggestions. Thanks.
>> Terry KnoxY
>>
>>
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