"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 6 Compiled By David Collins Owned By Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: May 16, 1997 Subscribers: 142 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hi Friends, Sorry for the delay. My computer's power supply burnt out yesterday and I just now got it back. We have had a great response to list. Please feel free to mention "Weavers Words" in any newsletters, guilds or clubs that you participate in. Any and all weavers may join. The more the merrier. For all of the new subscribers: Simply send in an introduction with any of your experiences or questions. Happy Weaving, David Collins davidc@iei.net @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: INTRO Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 20:00:12 -0400 (EDT) From: DDuvall576@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net I also belonged to shirleys basket list, have missed it since she stopped. David just wanted to thank you for taking on this task as large. My name is Debbie Duvall from St. Charles, Mo. I have only been weaving for almost 2 years and I like many of you, just can't get enough. I have taken quite a few classes and made a lot on my own also, my husband built me a room in the basement with a slop sink and all, so I could keep it all in one area and not have it dragged across the house, we all know what that is like. I would love to meet anyone out there in the St. Charles/St. Louis area, I am also going to the Mo. Convention in June. I am so excited I can't wait. Happy Weaving, Debbie Duvall DDUVALL576@AOL.COM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Subscribe Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 16:11:39 -1000 From: Joanne Howard To: davidc@iei.net, coltsfan@usa.net Aloha, By my greeting some people will be able to tell that I am from the former digest. Please add my name to you list as a new subscriber!! Hi to a lot of the old gang of people from the former list. It's good to have you all back. Lori Hopkins, did you make it to Stowe? What classes did you take? Just received Martha Lawrence Nantucket Catalog from GH Productions. Just great!! I'll get that basket done yet!!! Aloha nui loa, Joanne Howard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: various topics Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:20:17 -0700 From: "Forrest Davis" To: "Weaver's Words" Hi David, Want you to know I really appreciate all the time you must spend on this list. It always makes my day to find a Weaver's Words in our Inbox. To Marie Nerdahl, About that laundry basket...a friend of mine made Grace Kabel's Harvest Storage Basket which is a very big, very sturdy basket made from flat reed. Every spoke and weaver is doubled, that is, two pieces of flat reed acting as one. Her method would be a great alternative for the flat oval. If you have any Longaberger baskets around, check them out. They are woven in this manner. To Cheri Branca, I saw your version of Joan Moore's Swirling Star Bowl on Baskets, etc. Just Beautiful! It's my next project. My biggest problem is always deciding on what colors to use. So far I've dyed a salmon color for the center. a denim blue to surround that, with the third color still undetermined...probably black. Did you weave from the inside, outside, or a combination of both? I'd prefer to weave from the side that is most visible for better aesthetic control if that makes sense. To Gail Johnson, Your smoked reed basket on Baskets, etc. is wonderful. I have never used smoked reed before but it is definitely on my next reed order. I never look forward to staining a finished basket because of what it does to dyed reed, but I love color intensive baskets. This may solve my problem. That's all for now, Grace Davis Ft Huachuca, AZ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: Twill Trinket Bowls Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 11:04:58 EDT From: phawkins1@juno.com (Patricia P. Hawkins) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 For Avis and Andrea and whoever else asked: I am Patti Hawkins and the Twill Trinket Bowl pattern that Judy Olney so kindly mentioned is one of mine. I have written about 2 dozen patterns and they are all available through the Basketpatterns.com web site, at Gratiot Lake Basketry, and from a number of other basket supply shops. I am a self-confessed twill addict, as I discovered that the challenge of twills can temporarily transport me away from the challenges of raising four sons! I designed the twill trinket bowls to be a good pattern for twill beginners or those who have never woven twill bowls. Please email me if you have more questions about the pattern. I just got back from teaching back-to-back weekends for the Lake Country Basket Guild in Wisconsin ( a WONDERFUL small conference) and the larger Indiana Convention. Next on the docket is Winona, Minnesota in June! In between I will sandwich a kid's baseball season and another's graduation....It never seems to end, but what a great kind of life! Patti Hawkins Moline, IL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Comments for Neighbors and weavers Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:17:13 -0700 From: Ralph/Annetta Kraayeveld To: "davidc@iei.net" Hello to all It is so nice to get this list ... in this form ...so personal again. Thank you David!! I had a crazy April! A month of several speaking engagements so my weaving was seriously put on hold. I started back to weaving in May with 21 special orders and 2 classes to teach. With only a few more baskets to make and the classes behind me I can get in a note to you all. (I only teach if someone asks me. I still have to be Mom first, which is my first love :^) I also only sell at a few places locally and then special orders. This selling and teaching is only to support my habit ... hobby) I wanted to pass on a hint that some of you may already have discovered, but I have found extremely helpful. When I am shaving rim ends I hold the FO or 1/2R with one of those synthetic rubber jar opener/grippers. It doesn't slip out of my control any more!! Hello to Wanda and Ann. Nice to see two fellow Canucks on the list :^) I am Canadian, always will be, but I do live stateside ... married an American. Lois: I am so sorry that you had to deal with that 'birdhouse lady" It takes all kinds, but I am sure we could do with out that kind!! As so many have said, at least YOU can sleep at night. Life will catch up with her! Char in Madison: You said that you teach painting classes. You are only 45 minutes from me ... could you zap me your schedule ... maybe you would be willing to come to our guild and do a class? Talk to me... Christina in Rockford area: You are in my back yard, in fact I go to church in Rockford! There is a small guild that meets in Beloit which you may be interested in, depending on which side of Rockford you live. Love to get in touch with you!! Time to go Kids are waiting on me ... as usual!! ##at home Annetta Beloit, WI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: weavers words Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 06:54:09 -0400 From: susan waite To: davidc@iei.net Dear David, Just wanted to take a minute this morning to say thank you for all of your hard work on making weavers everywhere happy and giving us a place where we can relate to others who a "hooked". I got a pattern the other day to make a basket using deer antlers as the handle. I can't wait to get started on it. We have a farm it Tennessee, in a very small community, and we have found a set there. I am excited to see how it will turn out. Most of the baskets I have made have been out of reed or oak. I love to make Nantuckets too. My mother's carport is full of bundles of reed as I have no where else to store it right now. Every time I go anywhere and I see reed, especially if it is on sale, I buy it. Found a sale one time where the store was going out of business and I bought all the reed that they had for $1.00 per pound!!! Great deal, don't you think??? Wish I could do that more often. I use quite a bit of reed in chair restoration work too. It takes ,on average, one pound of reed per chair. Sometimes more, but usually not unless it is a large chair. Had one a week or so ago that took three pounds to do it. Turned out real pretty though. thanks again. Susan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: nantucket wallpaper Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 07:21:10 -0400 From: susan waite To: davidc@iei.net Dear David, was reading my mail and ran across a letter from Larry Ridgeway about nantucket wallpaper. Larry, where did you find it??? We are building a new house and I would love to put that border in my work room. PLEASEEEE tell me where you found it Susan Waite slw@aeneas.net @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weavers Words Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:59:45 -0700 From: "LORI HOPKINS" To: "David Collins" Hi All, I was out visiting my Grandparents this week . They both are always so busy. My Grandfather , a retired lumberman, makes bird feeders and bird houses or wooden tulips anything that he can do . My Grandmother is always baking or crocheting. She is the one who taught me to cane which got me interested in basket making. You may think this sounds very ordinary but when I tell you that I too am a grandmother and my grandparents are both 92 and living in there own home and stay busy everyday it makes you want to get out there and create more . Lois---sorry to hear about your purchase. You did say the wind blew it over right? Wind is an act of god and it's nobody's fault . In our park if an act of god happens ----- it falls on that person to use his own insurance.... I know your incident was under $300. so an insurance co. won't touch it but that is how they rule who pays.It wasn't your fault so it would have been up to the birdhouse owner to collect from there own ins. People are a funny lot. Please let us folks who couldn't go to Stowe know how it went ----I am very jealous and wishing I was there... I ordered the pattern for the outside basket around the pole -thank you-to the person who mentioned it. I can't wait to get started on it.... Thanks again David. May The Weave Be With You, Lori Hopkins,Lake Wallenpaupack, Pa. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 18:00:38 -0500 From: David Collins To: davidc@iei.net Hello Again, In my first message I forgot to mention the @ meeting at the IBA Convention. I did meet a few of you there but I am not very good with names. If you were also there drop me a line and say "hi". I'm sure with a little info from you my memory will be jolted. Kristin, I do remember you as you had previously been a "Morning Weavers" member and you were excited over the fact that David was going to do this for us. I was very glad that he had decided to do this and that I would be able to give the information out to those that attended the meeting. Chris Coghill, I saw you at Convention but didn't really have the opportunity to say much to you. I did not realize that you had moved to IL. I had heard that they needed a replacement for Secretary for the Earthweavers guild but did not realize why. We will miss you. I hope you and your family will like IL and that you will be able to meet some weavers there also. Keep in touch with us. E-mail your mailing address to me so that I can send future Morning Weavers newsletters to you. Joy Moody, waxed linen is used in making miniatures and jewelry. It may also be used for other things but that is what I am familiar with. It does come in several colors and it comes in at least 2 ply, 4 ply and 7 ply. It is thread like and very strong. It kind of reminds me of waxed dental floss in different plies. You can basically do anything with it that you can do with round reed. It is normally on a much smaller scale, of course. It is hard to tell you how it compares in thickness to round reed. I would say that even the 7 ply would be less thin than 00 round. I have seen it used to lash regular size baskets and it really looks quite nice. I hope this description has helped somewhat. Are you familiar with Judy Wilson (Georgia) or Mary Hettsmanperger (Indiana)? They both do a lot of work with waxed linen and have several patterns. If you would like their addresses just let me know. I have not done any weaving since convention and I have baskets to finish and so many others that I am wanting to make. Corresponding with all of you really makes me want to weave. Until next time, happy weaving to all of you. Norma Collins Indianapolis, IN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:55:19 -0500 From: Roberta Huisman To: davidc@iei.net I learned so much from the last two issues. I am in awe of what a lot of you are weaving. I am pretty much self-taught and in my area there are few classes, patterns, or books so am so thrilled with this list. Basically, I make up my own patterns so am anxious to find and try some of the patterns you suggested...like the laundry baskets, etc. I do alot of stamping on my baskets...my problem is I cannot find wider reed than 1". I have seen baskets on the internet where there is a strip woven in wider than this. What is this material...and where can I get it? I have a couple suppliers, but they do not carry anything like this that I can see. Carolyn Megginson: You said you were having a hard time finding Rit dye. Restoration Products, Indiana sells them and they have a website: http://ww1.comteck.com/~baskets or 1-800-562-5291. I have not thoroughly explored their website, but they have sent me Rit flyers. Avis Richard & Andrea Okeefe: I just ordered the pattern for the twill trinket bowls by Patti Hawkins off basketpatterns.com. I have never done twill or even seen any so am excited to get this and try it. Kathy Fullerton: About a year ago my mom found two large coffee cans full of those beaded car seat beads that my grandmother had cut apart and saved for what she didn't know. Mom gave them to me and I have been using them ever since (one man's junk is another man's gold). My tip is....most of them dye up nicely in rit dye or could also be painted. Linda Benson: Could you please let me know the title of the book by Robin Taylor Daugherty? I have purchased the only two books offered in my area "Handmade Baskets" and "The Basket Book" by Lyn Siler and would like to expand my library. Thanks! It's been fun....looking forward to the next issue. Roberta Huisman Berta's Baskets Parkersburg, Iowa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Help Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:35:45 -0700 From: "Susan Cochran" To: I'm trying to find the address for Jadvick Basket Supply or Jadvick Basketry or Jadvick "something". My aunt teaches a basket class and saw the name on a kit in our local craft store, but we couldn't find the address. Can someone help? @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weavers Words Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:59:49 -0400 From: "Jayna L. Glemby" To: davidc@iei.net Hello everyone. What a great time of year...tulips and daffys and flowering trees all in bloom! Makes you feel so happy about life....then you hear a story like Lois Keener's ( Hi Lois!) and it makes you wonder about some people. Lois, now that you say you'll probably be staying in Hawaii a while, you know you will encounter this 'lady' again and again so you did the right thing by buying the birdhouse. I wonder if you could request a booth away from hers at future fairs? Linda Boyle Gibson's story about the gal who took her jumbo clamps shows that unfortunately those kinds of people are out there and can spoil otherwise nice events. Linda..you showed a lot of class by not taking your clamps back..I like your style! In fact, both you gals showed a lot of class!!! Thanks to Twig and Cheri for recommending Grace Kabel's book...I'll look today at the library and then at Barnes & Nobles.I have yet to find basket books available in the craft sections of local stores...everything under the sun but baskets. I made a wall basket last night...no pattern. Long and narrow to hold 3 bunches of silk violets. Have a new border in my bedroom with bunches of violets, so the basket really looks good. Dipped it in dark walnut and put some Spanish moss trailing out of the basket, around the violets. Just felt good to weave again, and discovered that I did indeed absorb something in all those years of classes. Having had a teacher for 9 years, felt so adrift without one. But she is available to chat with, do some dyeing for me and give advise..just not teaching while she is back in college. Happy weaving dear friends! Jayna, Charlton, MA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.