"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 57 Compiled By: David Collins Owned By: Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: October 19, 1997 Subscribers 343 Back Issues: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5998/ Basket Biddin' Auction: http://members.tripod.com/~Basket_Biddin/ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 56 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:33:15 +0900 From: Vic & Darleena Jones Organization: USAF, Okinawa, Japan To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Hey Fellow Weavers, I took a few minutes from my hectic schedule to read WW. A nice break with my morning coffee. The military is moving us to a renovated house so that they can renovate mine. L is moving to the same building. The main malfunction is that we have a weekend show at the same time and another sign up for another show on Sat. morning. I'm whining!!! Then we have a show the following weekend. This is why you haven't heard from me in the last few WW's. I'm determined to get my house back in working order by 1 Nov. I can't imagine going through the holidays with boxes everywhere and nothing on the walls.. no baskets hung... no reed in the corner. Lois, that's great that hubby has joined in. I've been waiting for mine to join me. He's kind of hyper... wiggling a foot, chewing a lip or fingernail, eating everything and not gaining an ounce (she says bitterly), all while watching TV. I've been thinking that if I could harness that energy and have it weaving... man! I'd always be ready for a show! Cheri, thanks for the tips on the advertising and shows. I was with you in Vermont in spirit.. the car wasn't crowded was it? Joanne, your dialect was perfect! You guys sound as crazy as we are. Maybe it's a reed thing. Gotta run. I have 5 projects that have to be complete TODAY! UGH (as she has a kicking and screaming fit on the floor) I need to abbreviate that one! Happy weaving everyone. I'll see you in about a week.. or so. Darleena in Okinawa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Autumn Greetings Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 19:30:43 -0700 From: Ralph/Annetta Kraayeveld To: "davidc@iei.net" Dear David and fellow weavers, It has been a wonderful autumn. The weather has been spectacular. I just wish that I had more time to just relish the season. Now I know this, but someone remind me that, though these child rearing years are incredibly busy, they are the best years of my life! ( I am enjoying this chaos, but sometimes I do wonder if I am coming or going!) Its because of the chaos that I haven't had time to respond to WW, although I do read every one! So here goes on a few things I have wanted to get back to you all on. First off to the person who wanted the St.Francis of Assisi' quote: "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head, is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is an artist." Fitting for us weavers isn't it! Darleena: You asked about packaging. I send off a lot of stuff, including many baskets. Often, if it is really a treasure, my husband will cut a piece of wood that fits into the basket right under the handle. This protects the handle from cracking. Last year, UPS told me that boxes are stacked 10 high and that there is no way to guarantee that your box will not be on the bottom :^( SCARY!! They suggest that you use two boxes. Carefully packing items in Box 1 and then putting Box 1 into a slightly larger Box 2. They said this gives the box strength to with stand possibly 9 other boxes on top of it....I say Yikes!! but I haven't had any broken items since I started doing it their way. To everyone who sent me information about plastic liners for baskets THANK YOU. Its late, but I really did appreciate the info. Now if I can just find time to weave I will put that good information to use!!!!!! I know there were about 20 other things I wanted to respond to but...I can't seem to pull them up in my memory (I have a great memory, it is just very short if it isn't written on paper!!) So I guess I'llquit responding and throw out my questions instead! How do you clean mildew off of an OLD oak basket? A friend of mine, found one of her mother's old laundry baskets in the attic and wants to clean it up for use. can she use a mild bleach solution to clean it? And next: I love reading about everyone's conference experiences (someday I hope to have one!!) And I know that ALL basket weaving conferences are awesome, but I was wondering if people might be willing to tell all of us about your favorite conference experience and/or maybe your favorite conference to attend each year. It would be nice for us conference 'wanna-be attenders' to hear about! Well back to reality. I have to send a note to my brother, I have been fighting for computer time all week, Now that I have it I have to make the best of it!! in colorful WI, annetta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 52 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 01:06:17 EDT From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 From: David Collins "Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 52 Susan Slaven and Kay Ames - Welcome aboard! It's good to have Weavers Words continue to grow. Pamela Woodbury - As one of the first helpful people I met on this list, and one of the few I've had the pleasure of meeting face to face, I certainly hope you'll eventually join back in. You'll be missed. Nancy Hedberg - Good luck with your Nantucket bridesmaids' baskets! Let us know how they turn out. Lois Keener - Thanks for the elbow ornament basket directions! I knew I'd find a use for all those assorted scraps of colored reed. Bert Comstock Independence MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Knotless Netting Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:37:45 -0400 (EDT) From: DKallner@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net For Pat Steinmetz: You were asking about knotless netting. I've been doing quite a bit of knotless netting as well as knotted netting and needle laces the past couple of years. I would say all of these are forms of looping, which is an ancient art with many variations and design possibilities. Many of the knotless netting patterns I've seen look like buttonhole stitch (a.k.a. blanket stitch). Basically, you create a series of loops, each loop catching the previous row of stitching. When I work knotless netting, I work from right to left (I'm right-handed) because this seems to give me the best tension control. When I work knotted netting, I work from left to right for the same reason (the stitch is formed a little differently). However, I find when I'm doing certain types of shaping I may work either direction. I've been doing a lot of netting and needle lace with my gourd vessels lately, but also do pouches to wear in waxed linen, silk ribbon and other materials. If you're going to be at Michigan next week and would have time, I'd be happy to show you some stitches. Donna Kallner White Lake, WI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 56 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:05:21 -0700 From: rae hunter To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Hi all For those of you who have been growing willows and asked a few questions along the way I finally located a resource I wanted to share. I sent for it some time ago and I'm not sure hoe. It is a great little pamphlet on willow culture and since most of you are in the U.s. it should be easy to get. It gives you all you need to know in 32 51/2 x 8" pages. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARMERS' BULLETIN 622 Issued December 10, 1914 Revised April 1925 BASKET WILLOW CULTURE by George N. Lamb, formerly Scientific Assistant, Forest Serivce Cheers Rae Hunter, Lindbrook Alberta, Canada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 53 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 16:49:08 EDT From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 From: David Collins "Weavers Words" V.1 I.53 Hi David - Thanks for the tips on printing back issues of WW from the web page, and again for keeping this list up and running. I hope you are feeling well these days. You're certainly getting a lot done with the web sites! Wow! Hi Basketeers - I'm so glad Fall has finally fallen upon us. Either I'm getting creakier as I age or this summer was especially nasty. But at last it's over & we're into my favorite time of year. Today I actually get to weave on my root basket! I'm using mulberry for the spokes and will twine with the roots. Hope I have enough. The array seems so much smaller since I finished stripping the bark off & many of them are too fine for this project. Something to remember next time I gather roots. Darleena - Hope your move went well and things are settling down a bit. I know how long it takes to get things reorganized, even after a short move. I don't envy you that. Your bag & newspaper packing pillows are a good idea. Thanks. Marcia Balleweg - I hope you're still with us. Maybe I'm naturally thick-skinned. Maybe I'm making unfair comparisons with another list (one that has REALLY Nasty flame wars). But it seems to me that many of the people on this list have been pretty thin-skinned. I haven't encountered anything personally that felt like flames, nor do I want to. I certainly hope none of my posts have been perceived that way. Things are calming down now, and I'm looking forward to future discussions of many sides of many topics in a civilized and considerate mode. Stick around. And do speak up once in a while. Judith Olney - I agree with your points about discussions on Weavers words. And thanks for sharing so many of your technical approaches with us. I look forward to the day I'll actually be able to take one of your classes. Sharle Osborne - Your trip to the Makah museum was most interesting. I love seeing baskets and textile related things from archeological sites. There's something almost magical about these little physical links with the distant past. And being able to handle modern replicas makes it even better! How did your Skokomish coiled grass basket turn out? Karen Mitchell - Thanks for the report on the Nebraska Convention. Did anyone say why they may not do one next year? Maybe they'll go with every other year. Yes, convention shopping IS wonderful! I think the shopping would make it worthwhile to attend, even if there weren't any classes available. Lori Osmond - Even if you can't get to a regular class, maybe you can have an occasional day or evening of weaving with one or more friends. I know that is always inspiring for me. You don't even have to be working on the same thing for it to raise your spirits and renew your enthusiasm. Lora Khoury - I got into Toastmasters with some of my office mates about 20 years ago. It was a sociable thing to do at the time and I had always felt a bit odd about not having taken any speech or debate courses when I was in school. It really is a great program and Very effective. It teaches all sorts of valuable speaking skills, including thinking on your feet, fielding questions, constructive critique and how to know when to quit talking. But I didn't notice you having that problem when I took your 'Welcome Home' basket class in Kansas City this summer. Bert Comstock Independence MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Basket Bits Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:18:35 -0400 From: "The Rigterinks" To: Hi Everyone At least 4 months ago(probably more) I subscribed to Basket Bits and have not heard a thing from them. Are they still publishing? Does Jim R. have an e-mail address that anyone can share? I suppose I can wait until next week at the AMB convention and talk to him there, but as always, I'm impatient. Thanks for your help Diane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Intoduction and subscription Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 21:35:22 -0700 From: jfish@pyramid.net To: david@putertutor.com My name is Joyce Fisher. I am a retired kindergarten and first grade teacher. I think retirement is wonderful. I was afraid to retire because I thought I wouldn't be able to keep myself busy. Then I discovered basketmaking, gourds and handmade paper. My friend and I decided to start a little business to sell some of the things we make. Our goal is to make expenses and to, hopefully, make enough to attend some of the wonderful basketmaking conventions across the country. I live in Reno, Nevada where I am a member of The Great Basin Basketmakers--the friendliest and most helpful group I've ever been associated with. I do wish to subscribe to Weavers Words and look forward to meeting more of you via wonderful e-mail. My address is jfish@pyramid.net @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 50 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:14:35 -0400 From: "Gretchen Hautzinger" To: "Weavenet" Hi, Since I didn't get flamed I'll post again. Just wanted to let everyone know I tried the pumpkin basket out of Country Woman, I think Lori H's, Anyway the basket turned out just beautiful. We have a group of friends that get together to weave about 14 times a year and we have been doing this for over 3 years, anyway we did the Pumpkin Basket and it was great. Glad only 4 of us showed up as I had just enough dyed reed. the chase weave took a lot of 1/4". I guess more than I anticipated. But that doesn't matter. We also pinned the faces on because we all want to use this without the face for Thanksgiving. It looks great on my cherry dining room table. I have just started using the Rit dyes and am having a bit of trouble keeping them from bleeding. Any suggestions, I add salt, rinse in vinegar etc. Also which are everyone's favorite basket dyes, colors, new colors, good fall colors? I love when I get new patterns with color pictures, but wish some would include which kind and color of dye they used. I know this isn't always possible since everyone gets different results. Just a thought. Gretchen "The Cat Basket" @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 56 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 12:48:57 +0000 From: Pamela Woodbury To: davidc@iei.net Hi, Just wanted to let anyone going to MI's convention next week that I will be there from Tuesday until Sunday afternoon. I'll be pretty busy as I am co-chairs with Jodi Shebester for the reception and banquet decorations and am taking a Nantucket with Joyce Gardner at Pre Convention. I will be wearing a convention committee vest or shirt so please introduce yourself if you happen to see me. During regular convention I will be in a vending booth with Jodi Shebester and Ronda Brugh, both of them belong to WW, but have been lurking. If you come into our booth, please introduce yourself. I don't know if I will have a chance to get away, but if you plan a meeting I'll try to make it. Of course all 3 of us can't leave. I need a volunteer or two at around noon on Friday if anyone has Friday afternoon open. We need some help with putting the last minute touches on the table decorations. I cannot say what it is over the WW as it is supposed to be a surprise until the banquet, but if you e-mail me privately I'll let you know what it is. It is nothing very hard, just something that needs doing there and I cannot do here. Pam Woodbury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 56 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:31:21 -0500 From: Tom Freebairn To: davidc@iei.net I taught a basket class last night. In my class I had a high school guidance councilor, a preacher, a computer programmer, a museum curator, an air traffic controller, and a university professor among some other people. These people's days are so different from each others, but they have one single link that brings them together in the evening and that is baskets. I think that is so cool. I have never enjoyed anything in my life as much as I enjoy teaching people how to make baskets. Oh well, I just needed to say that to some people that would probably understand. I have a question. Does anyone know anything about the Certificate of Excellence one can earn from the Handweavers Guild of America? I hear it's kind of like getting a masters in basketry. I have sent away for some information, but I was wondering if anyone out there has actually gone through the program. This is for Sharle Osborne: I have birch bark that I would love to trade for cedar. To everyone going to Michigan Convention: Have fun, and I'll be home being real jealous. Janet Freebairn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.