"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 91 Compiled By: David Collins Snail Mail: 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Owned By: Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: February 11, 1998 Subscribers: 440 Back Issues: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/ Basket Biddin' Auction: http://members.tripod.com/~Basket_Biddin/ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ***IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** ***PLEASE READ BEFORE PRINTING*** 1.) Highlight entire issue. 2.) Click copy. 3.) Paste issue into a word processor of your choosing. 4.) Now Print. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pictures Sent In By You!!! 1.) Ms. Brenda Johnson's Vacation Stop At Royalwood. http://www.iei.net/~davidc/basketshop.jpg 2.) Ms. Judy Mullins' Log Cabin Getaway. http://www.iei.net/~davidc/cabin1.jpg 3.) Ms. Joy Moody's Basket Sign. http://www.iei.net/~davidc/medusasignclose.gif If anyone else has a picture, you can send it to me through email or snail mail. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hi Everyone, Ms. Judith Richmond Spates has added two baskets to the auction page. To see the descriptions go to: http://members.tripod.com/~Basket_Biddin/ If you have any questions about the baskets, email Ms. Spates at JSPATES@hope.gordonc.edu. If you have any questions about how to bid read the instructions on the auction page. Take Care, David davidc@iei.net P.S. I have left everyone a Valentine's surprise. To see it go to: http://www.ohmygoodness.com/cgi-bin/g-card.pl?980211DADAKKBTGAMS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 15:51:00 PST From: "Bird Paradise" To: davidc@iei.net A question...{Lois K. so graciously did at Christmas with a miniature basket.} Lois, would you email me privately with your e-address so I can order this pattern from you? Thanks, Deborah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 90 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 20:16:06, -0500 From: CRAJ51A@prodigy.com (MRS MYRA J STUTLER) To: davidc@iei.net Joy: You asked where you could view Judy Richmond's New England Quilt Basket. Go to: http://www.basketpatterns.com -- click on the pattern store and go to Judy Richmond's name and click on it. All the baskets she has listed on this site will come up including the NEQB. Myra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:01:12 -0600 From: mlower@mail1.aeroinc.net (Mindy Lower) To: David Collins Hi everyone, It feels like spring in northern Illinois, but I have to keep reminding myself that it is only February. For us it has been a warm, gentle winter. I almost feel guilty after hearing about everyone else's heavy snows, ice storms, etc. I noticed that Joy had listed my site as a place to look at Nantuckets. I have recently had to move to a new provider, so my new address is: www.aeroinc.net/~users/nantucket The new site was working fine until the past three days. We are in the process of finding out what is wrong. So if it doesn't come up when you get this latest Weaver's Words, try again in a few days. Hopefully this is the last time I have to change providers. Mindy Lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: new to list Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:31:41, -0500 From: MUPZ62A@prodigy.com (MRS ROBIN J GRIFFIN) To: davidc@iei.net Hi I am fairly new to the list. I enjoy it very much. I can't wait to find it on my e-mail, I print it off make a cup of tea and sit down and ENJOY. I have learned so much from it and everyone is so nice. does anyone do cedar bark baskets. I have done 2 and I really enjoy making them . Does anyone ever have patterns to share or to buy? If so could you please e-mail me. I live in the TACOMA, WASHINGTOM area and would love to meet some basket makers close to me, if you are out there please e-mail me. Thanks, Robin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: alternate bases for Nantuckets Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 07:10:25 -0500 From: Winnie Organization: @Home Network Member To: David Collins References: 1 Greetings fellow weavers, Judy Mullins asked about less expensive molds for Nantuckets. I have been making Nantuckets for about 5 years. My first one was made on a plastic mold that was part of a kit that was purchased on Nantucket as a gift. I purchased 2 oval molds from a local supplier, but use round Rubbermaid containers for round baskets. I drill a hole in the center of the bottom so the base can be screwed into the mold and use a very sharp pair of scissors to cut off the rim around the top. Using a hollow mold instead of the solid wooden ones makes doing the rim easier. I cut and shave down the inside and outside rims, soak them really well, and attach them to the mold with clothes pins and let them dry. This forces the rim to conform to the size and shape of the basket. Rubbermaid also makes a colander that is about 11" across and 4" high. I use that as a mold and put small Nantucket Heart handles on each side, it makes a beautiful bread basket. Hope this helps. Have fun and good luck. Winnie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 90 Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 10:16:39 -0500 From: "Carty's" Organization: Pinelands Folk Music Center To: David Collins References: 1 Hi everyone: I have sent some of the weavers on this list some packages with walnuts in them. So I am going to let you all know how I go about mixing my stain. As some of you already know I have a basket shop in NJ. It is a big shop so I have a lot of room. First I clean the walnuts, I try to remover all of the nuts. The only thing I use is the outer pulp around the shell. My son loves to use the meat of the nuts in some of our traditional cooking. (Warning the walnut taste is very strong.) If a few whole nuts get mixed in it is alright. I get a pair of panty hose and cut off the legs. Next we stuff all the nuts in the leg then double cover it. Next I take a rubber-maid rough neck container. One of the really big ones, the ones with a lid. Put the panty hose in the bottom of the container and cover it with boiling water.( I use a 40 cup coffee pot) I quickly put the cover on and let it step just like if you were making tea. Later you can add more water if you want the color a little lighter. It will last a long very long time. When it is done stepping remover the panty hose. I found out that if you leave the walnuts in ,it will start to smell. Now remember I do this in a back of my shop so if it were to smell really bad I would not be able to keep it. We have not had to many problems. One time we kept getting little flies coming out of the mix very time we opened the container. I offer it to my customers, we will dip a basket for them for a small charge. I also sell the black walnuts to my students if they want to try it on their own. This mix can also be put into a spray bottle and used that way. This is just our way of doing this but I am sure there are other ways. Remember there is no basket bible to doing things. I really like the look of the natural walnut and you don't have to worry about if food is put into the basket that a treated this way. Hope this helps some of you. Joy I don't use ammonia in mine and never will. I can't wait until spring. If anyone is passing threw NJ don't forget to stop in a say hello. The coffee is always on at the shop. Check out our web site for the shop hours. http://www.imagegfx.com/users/pinelands/ Mary Carty (njweaver) Baskets & Dulcimers (Basket Exhibit April 17th & 18th) David you can add my site to your list, thanks for all the hard work you do to keep this list going. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: ammonia Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 07:29:05 -0800 From: Mandy To: davidc@iei.net Hello fellow weavers, Joy Moody....you asked a question about using ammonia and how animals would react. Well, I have 2 dogs that I can't let roam the house because of this problem. They have to be kept in the kitchen or outside. The few times they have gotten out they hit a basket that I have on the floor which I used ammonia and tea bags to make the stain. So, I think it would cause a problem if you have animals. I also want to thank all of you for the suggestions for a small basket to do with my girl scout troop. Now I need to look up some history of basket making for them and will be ready to go. David, thanks so much for this list. I look forward to it every week. Happy Valentines Day, Mandy ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() Mandy's Hopechest mandy@cin.net http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lights/7358 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: RE: WW v.1 #90 Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:27:39 -0500 From: Ellen Dewkett Organization: Greenwood Genetic Center To: davidc@iei.net Kathi Calvert--I have done a number of footstools and chairs with Shaker tape, and I always use foam. I haven't ever heard of using cardboard, so I can't really comment on how well that would work. The foam does make for a firmer seat and keeps the shaker tape from stretching. As far as splicing goes, I haven't had to do that because the lengths of tape I have used have always been long enough to do the whole chair. If I did have to splice, though, I would probably hand sew it at a point where it would hide under a weaver on the bottom of the chair. When I use reed or cane on a chair bottom, I do just overlap as I would on a basket--on the bottom of the chair, of course. I have seen oak split bottomed chairs with holes on the ends of the spliced pieces and a small piece of of the oak used to tie the pieces together. It's the same way as I've seen oak handles put together at the bottom by the old time basketmakers. If this doesn't make any sense, e-mail me, and I'll try to give you a better explanation. It sounds like we are going to get more rain here this week. Just what we need! We are totally soggy. The lake I live by has encroached into the yard enough that I have ducks swimming in my yard. On a brighter note, though, I also have daffodils blooming. Spring's not far away. Ellen Ninety Six, SC red@ggc.ggc.org @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 14:09:25 -0500 From: "Dan Moody" To: Hi all you basketmakers! I'm attaching my Basket Sign for David to post at the WW webpage. I'm one of the lucky ones with a scanner. Enjoyed Brenda's and Judy's pictures. Judy Olney: Glad you finally found out why your system was freezing up, and glad it was not a problem specific to my chat site! Has Netscape fixed it yet? About Nantuckets: I can't believe any self respecting sailor on the Nantucket LightShip used flat oval rattan for their staves, though this may be a more modern use of materials! And, I have never seen a traditionally made Nantucket with round reed staves either. Both John McGuire's & Martha Lawrence's books give good historical notes, lots of pictures, & an explanation of the making of Nantucket baskets. "Reavelys", sorry to address you as such! What is your first name? You can find a list of guilds on Linda Braun's Baskets Etc. site: ashland.edu/~lbraun/ Kathi Calvert: I am so glad you came out to talk to us! I know you are VERY busy with your new basket supply business, but it's good to see you take a break once in a while! A Longaberger party, however?.....Oh come now! Twenty lashes & I don't mean around the basket! Judy Mulllins: you can purchase relatively inexpensive plastic molds from John McGuire. His Nantucket Creel Purse book also tells how to make a foam mold that is reusable. It's also possible to drill a hole in the bottom of a plastic bowl or other shape container & use a nut & bolt to hold your basket's base. Jayna, if '78 is the blizzard I am thinking about, I had just left weather in the '80's on Grand Bahama & come home to snow up to my waist! We got out of work early & on the way home I had to abandon my car & walk the last mile & a half through waist high drifts! I was not a happy camper, & certainly was in culture shock! Back to weaving. Hope everyone is thinking SPRING! Joy Moody Sign of the Crow www.signofthecrow.com Hampden, Maine where we moved our website last night & are getting it running again today. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 90 Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 20:02:18 -0500 From: Ernest C and Julie C Kleinlein To: David Collins References: 1 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! Darleena: The weather is a little better, but more sunshine would be nice. Thanks for thinking about us down here in TN. Bert: Will look up Marcia & Wanda at NCBA Convention and check out there classes. I just can't wait to go! Nancy: What are we going to do with you? The saying about "If it wasn't for bad luck, you'd have no luck at all" Is very true for you. I hope you do try the lotto, you need a little fun in your life!!!! Kathi: O the L word!!! Shame! Shame! Just kidding! I love all baskets, no matter were they come from, some are always more special than others, but just enjoy them all! Joy: I have to say, you almost always make me laugh! I do make my stain from ammonia and black walnuts. The smell goes out of it as soon as it dries. Once dry, I spray mine lightly, with Scotts Liquid Gold. It keeps the basket supple and brings out the color. I also make it with acorns, which is my favorite color, it makes a beautiful basket! Also, I have a cat and a dog and they show very little interest in my baskets. I do not heat the ammonia, all a do is wrap the nut in an old diaper, tie it up put it in a bucket, pour enough ammonia over it to cover the nut, and let it set over night. When it starts to get low I just add more ammonia. After awhile it might get stuff (mold or slime) in it, you might want to strain it. It does not keep that strong smell to it. I go to our local grocery store, to the fresh bakery, and buy these great buckets that they get frosting in. They usually charge a $1.00. They have lids and handles, and work great for any stains. Keep making us laugh, we all love and need laughter in our lives. Off I go to watch the Olympics! JULIE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: "Weaver's Words" Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:42:46 -0800 From: cpk3@juno.com (L. Kotarba) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 Hi Weavers, I'm new to the list and would like to introduce myself... Linda Kotarba from Farmington Hills, Michigan. I have been a member of the Mill Race Basket Guild since 1987. There are 18 members and we meet monthly at the historical Mill Race Village in Northville, Michigan. I appreciate all the information shared back and forth in Weaver's Words and look forward to contributing something.. For now, I have to say thank you for the coffee/tea stain recipe. I had two baskets waiting for stain and I didn't want fumes in the house or garage and our weather (until recently), wasn't permitting me to go outside and stain. I like the coffee/tea color, nice and natural. The baskets looked a little dry after they were naturally stained, so I rubbed a little lemon oil on with my hands and the end result is fabulous. Thank you so much. I wonder if I will ever use an oil stain again. Also, I find the alcohol torch discussion interesting. I am a long time propane burner, knock on wood... I haven't had a bad experience. But you opened my eyes and I have a new respect for my burner. Does anyone know of a pattern for a newspaper basket? I keep saying I'm going to design one and never do, as I realize the bottom has to have stability and I'm not sure I know how to provide that. Warm regards, Linda cpk3@juno.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 19:18:48 PST From: "Alice Edwards" To: davidc@iei.net Hello, Nancy - What is "purple-heart"? I've never heard of it. Sorry to hear about all the illnesses, remember you are in our thoughts and prayers. I have singed a chicken, but it was years ago and I am in no hurry to ever do it again. We just stretched them out very briefly over the burners of my folks old gas stove. Definitely smelly! Judith - I agree that baskets would look better without the 'fuzz', I just haven't got up enough nerve to singe them yet. But, what exactly is a hemostat. My ignorance is showing this week. Mandy - I've never taught, but if you don't want to do rims with the girls, perhaps you could do small baskets and use flat reed instead of flat oval. (Like the rim on a hearth basket). Bert - Yes, I finally got the rim on the Chinese cookie cooler basket Friday night. I used a tea stain and really like it. I will definitely be using the tea stain again. This time, I mixed 1/4 cup of instant tea and 2 cups of water and just poured it from a quart jar over the basket with a cake pan in the sink underneath to catch the stain. I couldn't wait to show off the basket. Marcy - Welcome. Do go through the back issues and find the occasional pattern and other great tips such as Judith Olney's information about making round baskets. I'm still learning myself and have found lots of other neat stuff on the web. Do check out the justpatterns.com web site for the "Just Patterns" magazine. I has some neat free patterns available when you click on 'weavers exchange'. Also, while you are there, check out the tips and how-to information and the links. Take the link to the "Baskets, etc." web site for more tips, ideas and links. Don't forget to try the basket links from David's link page. Two of the those basket sites have a free pattern also. And check out basket books from the library, then if you find some you like, think about buying one or two. David - Thanks for all the time and effort you spend on us 'basket cases'! The web site is neat and so are all the links. You asked for ideas and I have one small suggestion. Have you considered changing the way the back issues are organized. I am one of those who has a problem with the way the lines wrap in my e-mail and I frequently copy the list from the web page into my word processor to print it. This means I have to page down past all the other issues each time. If this is the way it needs to be, I won't complain, but I thought I would mention it. Also, I have a question, can we go to the pictures from the web page (and I don't know how) or do we have to type the location of the pictures in to see them the way I did today. Alice - in Kansas, where the weather changes constantly. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: business cards Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 12:42:47 -0500 From: "Begeman" To: I couldn't remember if someone was looking for business cards here or not. I was looking through an old catalog and came across a pattern for business card baskets. It's by Barnes. It was in a catalog from "The NorEsta Cane and Reed". I hope this helps. I have enjoyed this site. Diane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Conventions Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:21:45 -0800 From: edwinb@erols.com To: "\"Weavers Words\"" Hi everyone; I know the N.C. Convention is coming up soon, but since I cant go to this one , I am already thinking about 99; Is it true that in order to attend , one must be a member of the guild by September ? Or is this just ot take classes? I hope some of you who go this year write us ALL the details. Did anyone else see the minature egg basket shown on Antiques Roadshow t.v. program? It was adorable, of course, and valued at $1,000. This episode was filned in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nancy in Glen Arm, Md. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 87 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 01:53:27 EST From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 "Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 87 Carolyn Megginson - How nice it is to hear about your 3- generation students in the same class. It's a wise Mamma & Grandma who can back off and let the kid learn from the teacher. Alice Edwards - Thanks for posting the sites for out of print book searches! Now I have to save some money so I can afford to go searching. I've got a looooonnnnng list! We had a beautiful weekend! Got to show my twined linen work to some fellow historic recreationists at our clothing seminar Saturday. Several people have asked about taking a class. Guess I'd better order some extra supplies and do a bit of research to fine something appropriate to the Medieval and Renaissance scene. There were lots of little pouches used for amulets, sachets and relics. Shouldn't be difficult to come up with a good shape. Bert Comstock Independence, MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 88 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 01:53:27 EST From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 "Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 88 Sad News - I know that some of you have taken classes or bought patterns from Barbara Morton. For those of you who haven't heard via other grapevines, Barbara's husband, Jack Morton, passed away in late January after a prolonged illness. Cards may be sent to Barbara at 1600 N.E. Willowbrook Dr., Blue Springs, MO 64015. Jack Rothmann - My late father-in-law was safety officer at the power plant where he did engineering design work. He wore the SO hat all the time, on the job And at home, so I'm still aware of safety in a lot of situations where many people seem to be oblivious. I try not to get preachy about it, but I also try to make helpful suggestions when I see somebody doing something dangerous. Mandy - I've had good results with young beginners twining round reed baskets. We start with 6 or 8 spokes of #5 RR about 14 inches long, crossed at the center in two groups and bound with a finer round reed 'god's eye' twined lashing for two or three rounds. (I often use vine rattan wreaths or smoked reed to add variety in the twining material.) Then we separate the spokes to pairs for two or three rounds and then to singles. Twining with 2 colors on an even number of spokes will make vertical stripes up the sides of the basket. Twining with 2 colors on an odd number of spokes will make a spiral up the sides. (Either add 1 extra half spoke or cut one off to get an odd number.) Or they can twine solid color and use double colored twiner to make horizontal stripes. I have them work a flat base at least as big as the palm of their hand. Bigger, if they want it to be a flat shallow bread basket shape. For the larger base, we add a set of half length spokes between the beginning spokes. When the base is big enough, they begin turning up the sides and work to about 4 inches from the top of the spokes. Wet the spokes and tuck each one down next to the second spoke over. This makes a simple scalloped edge. If the bottom bulges out and the basket doesn't want to sit flat, soak the base a bit and then press the bulge from the underside so that it bumps upward inside the basket. These may turn out to be bowl or birdnest shapes (good on a desk or for holding potpourri), straight-sided cylinders (good for holding wooden spoons or pencils), bucket flared, or the wide shallow serving basket shape. Since there's no exact criteria, each weaver can decide for themselves when it is enough and how they want it to look. If someone gets carried away and weaves all the way to the top of their spokes, you can make the edge from short pieces of spoke, soaked and bent over like a hairpin and tucked alongside the spokes. Fran Steidel - Thanks for the information about your linen egg baskets. I seldom work with patterns, if I can help it, but will keep you in mind if someone I know wants one. Dollie "mkoch" - I like your suggestion for making a spray booth out of an appliance box. Thanks! Deb Curtis - I vote for you to visit Taiwan while you have family there! What an opportunity! Nancy Hedberg - Glad you're back. Sorry to hear about your husband's mother and sister having cancer. My thoughts are with you all - I know how difficult it can be to get through these things. I hope your mother's shoulder is getting better. My local best friend's mom shattered her left shoulder in August. They finally did the replacement/repair surgery in October. She has since had a mini-stroke and her Alzheimer's has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The good news is that her arm is healing well and she is now in a nursing home that can handle the necessary PT and constant watching and assistance she requires. It has been difficult for her family to accept the limits on what they were able to do for her at home. Be sure to take a picture of your stepdaughter and her bridesmaid baskets! Maybe you could get yourself in there too and send a copy to David to post for us to see? Just a thought. I realize you may not have time to do that. Let us know how your picnic basket turns out, too, please. Purple heart is such beautiful wood! What will the rest of the basket be made of? Deborah - Good luck with your first teaching. I think the thing I find most helpful is to remind people frequently that you are there to answer their questions (if you can) and help them with their basket. I try to demonstrate on a basket I make along with them and never do anything to the students' baskets unless they specifically ask me to and are unable to get it on their own by watching me. When I do help them, I try to do it by guiding their hands through the steps of what they need to do next. Let us know how it went. Bert Comstock, Independence, MO (Warm & Rainy. Feels more like April than February.) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:43:19 EST From: LBADRA@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net David, Hi there!!! Just wondered if you noticed the score of the IU - PU game last night??? If I recall you called it a behind the shed thumping when we last played??? GO BOILERS!!!! Lynn in IN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: moving to Charlotte Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:40:41 -0500 From: "Debra Davis Lymburner" To: "David Collins" Hello David and fellow weavers. I continue to enjoy your company via the computer. It gives me a good excuse to sit down with a cup of tea and ignore the chaos around here for a few minutes. My husband's cancer is gone (for good we pray), so we're transferring to Charlotte, North Carolina this spring. Can't say I'll miss the Michigan winters but will miss having my family nearby. I was just wondering if any of you live in Charlotte and could give me an idea of good schools (my son will start kindergarten next year). I'm also anxious to find some fellow weavers I can keep in touch with when things settle down after the move. My best to all of you, Debra. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Cookie Cooler basket Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:53:46 PST From: "Alice Edwards" To: davidc@iei.net Hello again, Joy - the Chinese Cookie Cooler basket is a really neat round basket with a D handle in the center that does not go all the way out to the sides. Barbara Morton, a Woven Circle guild member, developed the pattern using notes about a basket she saw in a museum during a visit to China. It also comes with a Chinese legend involving cookies, a concubine and an Emperor in the Forbidden City many centuries ago. I assume you cool cookies only enough to eat them. Since I haven't actually baked any cookies in a lonnnng time, perhaps I've only forgotten other reasons. In response to an earlier question to the group at large, I have several partial baskets. But, fewer this week than last week since I completed 3 of them last weekend. I still have 2 or 3 that need rims. I like to wait a day or so before the final packing, the cut and tuck. But, I since rims take more work, I put them off until I had several. Then, I discovered I didn't have enough reed to finish them. Only, I was in the mood to make baskets. In fact, I had promised myself I would, so I made 2 or 3 more baskets. Except, of course, for the rims. This weekend I have promised myself I will finish all the rims. I don't usually let them stack up and wait that way. But I do cut the stakes sometimes for a basket I plan to make later. Occasionally, quite a bit later! However, I tend to think of these as mini-kits, instead of unfinished baskets. In fact, I still have a small kit I ordered and never got made. Alice - In the Kansas City area, where it is spitting snow today. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.