"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 76 Compiled By: David Collins Snail Mail: 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Owned By: Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: December 24, 1997 Subscribers: 372 Back Issues: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5998/ Basket Biddin' Auction: http://members.tripod.com/~Basket_Biddin/ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hi Everyone, ***IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** ***PLEASE READ BEFORE PRINTING*** The program that I use to get each issue to print properly wigged out on me. So until I fix it, follow these steps: 1.) Highlight entire issue. 2.) Click cut or copy. 3.) Paste issue into a word processor of your choosing. 4.) Now Print. Sorry for the inconvenience :-{. Thanks for all of Christmas cards :-}. A sad Christmas story ;-). 'Twas the night before Christmas the house was quite dark the only sound heard was the neighbor dog's bark I went upstairs to get ready for bed not knowing by morning Santa would be dead So this is what happened that cold winter night the story is true and the facts are right As I came down the stairs to check out a noise I saw an intruder near my kids' toys. I crept up the stairs and got my gun my only intent was to stop that guy's fun I worked all year long to bring my kids joy so no fat man was going to take one little toy I raised up my hand then the shot rang out the man grabbed his stomach and fell with a shout When I turned on the lights I saw the red suit the red on his white whiskers and the red on his black boot When the police arrived they asked "What have you done? You've killed the spirit of Christmas and everyone's fun!" So now I tell this story from my jail cell because I am the man who shot Santa Claus Inmate #97605 Take Care & Happy Holiday, David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Merry Christmas! Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 19:40:19 +0000 From: webfoot1@together.net To: "davidc@iei.net" Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to David and all the rest of the Basketmakers on this list! Here in Vt., it is about 15 degrees and the lake is making ice as fast as possible! It sounds like the call of the whales!!! I love to listen to it at night! Enjoy the Holidays! Jack and Karen Rothmann @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weavers Words Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 20:59:58 -0500 (EST) From: Linda Braun To: David Collins Patty -- I heartily support your message about Lash Savers! They are available from The Mark It Place run by Anita and LuReign Brown. Their e-mail address is browneng@noblecan.org The snail mail address is P.O. Box 546, Kendallville, IN 46755. They are expecting a new order of savers to be produced very soon; they are well worth waiting for. I've found them handy for uses other than just rims too!! Linda - Baskets, Etc. Ashland, Ohio Linda J. Braun e-mail: lbraun@ashland.edu Ashland University Phone: 419/289-5730 Ashland, OH 44805 FAX: 419/289-5949 Baskets, Etc. website -- http://www.ashland.edu/~lbraun/baskets.html @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 75 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:51:25 -0700 From: jfish@pyramid.net To: David Collins References: 1 Just one more word about the lemon juice, whiskey and honey "cure." Many years ago we were planning to travel to Tucson from our home in Iowa for the holidays. I came down with one of my famous cases of bronchitis. The doctor wrote a prescription for the cough syrup so if anyone on the train asked about my being tipsy I could prove that I was following doctor's orders. I don't know about my husband and three children, but a very long trip was made tolerable by the use of this "medication." @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: basket magazines Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:07:22 -0800 From: Vicki Schmidt To: David Collins Happy Holidays to All, Someone requested basket magazines, here are the two I take: BASKET BITS, P>O> Box 8 Loudonville, OHIO 44842-0008. $16 for four issues and you must be patient on receiving them. They do arrive and are enjoyable. It is worth subscribing to for at least a year to see if you would enjoy them. A sample issue is @5.00. The other is a phamplet: THE BASKET TREE, 6 Timberland Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 I do not remember the cost but it is fairly in expensive. It is full of patterns. Most of the baskets I make but I still enjoy receiving THE BASKET TREE. She has quick craft ideas as well. I have another magazine but can't get to it right now. It is also very good. When I can I will post it as well. It contains at least 4 patterns and comes out four times a year. I know I am a bit late a responding but I have been busy with Christmas Shows. I usually do 2-3 craft shows. Basket making is my enjoyment and pasttime. I make and sell to support my habit. The best sellers this year was the stairstep, market and napkin baskets. The Lamp basket was also good but I hate to make too many of those. The odd or different, wall hanging, wire handle did not fair as well. I know that in my area basket buying and making is in down swing. Have a great holiday, Vicki in Purdue Country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 74 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:38:11 EST From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Darleena Jones - The Portuguese option occurred to me after I posted my Acores question. It sounds wonderful! When do you go? Joy Moody - I drink a toast to your well said remarks about freedom! Lois Keener - My guild doesn't have the problem with unruly children, but another group I belong to has. Various chapters have used different solutions. One is to rotate child control responsibility among the parents who bring children with them. They don't much like that, but can't really argue with the fairness of it. Another is to hire someone from outside the group to come and 'babysit' on site, for a fee. That one makes a bigger difference, as many parents suddenly found it easier/cheaper to find someone to babysit at home. Good luck finding a solution! Mary Lynn Fry - Are you a teacher yourself? Do you have a friend or relative who is? What I'm wondering is how you got your wonderful connection to such a receptive group of customers. It's always good to learn about new options! I really enjoyed hearing about you bassinet project. It sounds like a future family heirloom, fo sure. You should write the story of when and how you made it to pass along wherever it goes - or at least sign and date the bottom so its history won't be forgotten. I once repaired a bassinet-style baby carrying basket where the open ornamental border had been broken in several places. It took a long time to work in new reeds in figure-8 loops to reinforce the edge and keep the basket functional. Mary Fulton - Good luck finding a buyer for your loom. If you were closer to me I could probably find you one. I know a lot more textile weavers than basket weavers. (A situation that is changing, thanks to Weavers Words!) Ann H. Ridgeway - Thanks for telling us about your time with Vladimir. It is always interesting to meet someone with a different perspective. Kathleen Jespersen - Thanks for the warning about latex allergies. It isn't among the ones I already have, but I try to keep up with possibilities so I can try to figure out the new ones as they appear. Allergies are SO Strange! I've been doing some repairs on handles of imported commercial baskets. It all started when I fixed one of my own (a gift). I usually don't have materials to match the original basket, but the friends who have come to me when they found out I could fix their baskets are more concerned with function than visual effect. They have been watching prices rise and don't want to have to find replacements for their favorite workbaskets and totes. At least these aren't taking very long, and I'm getting some good experience and nice trade-offs out of it. Last week I actually got around to ordering the HGA's basketweaving certification of excellence package. I can hardly wait for it to arrive! I'm really excited about it! Thanks again to Deb Curtis for posting descriptive information here! I wish you all safe travels as you celebrate the holidays this season! Back to the dyeing and weaving now. Bert Comstock Independence, MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 75 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 22:54:48 -0800 From: basketma@juno.com (Mary a Gullo) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Happy Holidays and thanks to David for the greatest gift I got this year-this basket list for all of us basket cases. Thanks for the info on that rim tool thing, I am going to be looking for it hard! Also loved that cute door idea for x-mas, I am a bit tired of my "stockings" and have felt the need for something new, but just couldn't get with it. I have gotten many good ideas and suggestions from the list and hope I gave out a few good ones. I am going to be taking a class on something new this year-who knows where -but definitely in April or may if not right in January. I feel stale if I don't learn at least something new every so often. Thank you all for the fan suggestions-still no patterns as of yet, but there is one out there, I am sure. I may have to buy some and take them apart. Won't be the first time I have done that! Have a happy. Mary, in wind blown California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: WW posting Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 13:45:48 -0500 From: Linda Marshall Organization: High Plains To: davidc@iei.net Greetings David and fellow weavers, Just wanted to say happy holidays to everyone! I have absolutely nothing done for Christmas yet - not even a tree put up. I did 2 Christmas shows where I decorated and did a tree for the booth, etc., so don't really miss it at the house. One of my hens was nice & laid an egg for my holiday baking yesterday. Now I have no excuse to put it off any longer - just one more day! Hope you all enjoy the season and get all your wishes! Linda Cold/warm, sunny/rainy, southern Ohio, where the weather can't decide what to do! @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: lidded baskets Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 17:02:02 -0500 From: "The Rigterinks" To: Hello Everyone and Christmas Blessings to all! I have a question that I hope someone will be able to help me with. I've just completed the Mother's Day Lamp from Willowes and just love it! BUT I am having trouble getting the lid to fit just right. I followed the directions and made and inside weaving guide and everything went just find until I lashed the rim and them all of a sudden no way would it fit! I have taken out the lashing and am ready to try again, but would appreciate any hints or suggestions before trying this too many times! Happy Holidays and thanks again Diane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 75 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 20:29:47 EST From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Nancy Hedberg and Lois - Re: Spokes, Staves, Ribs. I don't know the conventional uses of these terms in basketry, but I think of spokes as round pieces radiating from a center (as in a bicycle wheel), staves as flat pieces making the vertical elements of a sidewall (such as barrel staves), and ribs as arched pieces attached to a frame at both ends to shape a structure. Each of these provides a framework which is then filled in by weaving or twining. It probably doesn't matter a lot what you call the parts of a basket, as long as you are able to convey the meaning you want and the reader of your pattern or description can interpret it effectively. I look forward to hearing how you more experienced weavers define and use these terms. Melissa in Colorado. - Thanks for the tip about 'Krazy Glue'. I sometimes use it on split fingernails, but hadn't thought about using it on skin. I just got 3 nasty finger splits healed up after nearly a week of antibiotic ointment and 'Band-Aids'. They drive me crazy because I'm always getting my hands wet and having to change the 'Band-Aids' to prevent prune-finger. Billie Dorris - thanks for explaining your color changing technique for the twined linen baskets. It is much as I had imagined. I think of it as doing a single twist between spokes to bring the opposite color forward or a double twist to keep the front color unchanged. I agree with your approach to living in different places. For most of my life, I moved nearly every year. There were always people who became good friends everywhere I went. Some were easier to find than others, but there was always someone with some common interests. I've finally settled down and have been in the same house since 1983. Never expected that to happen, but am glad it did! And I still keep in touch with some of those friends who are scattered all over the country. Marva Goodman - Can you tell us what kinds of basketry activity will take place at convergence? Will there be displays? Lectures? Classes? Patty from Sunny San Diego - I'm glad to hear about using the 'Lash Saver'. I didn't buy one when I saw them, but am thinking maybe I will next time. Merry Christmas (and/or whatever holidays you celebrate)! Bert Comstock Independence, MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ms. Comstock, I tried to include the picture that you sent with your message, but it was all scrambled for some reason. I tried and tried to get it to line up to no avail. I'm sorry :-(. Take Care & Happy Holiday, David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.