"Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 37 Date Sent: August 14, 1999 Web Page: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/ Subscribers: 1129 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 317-899-5747 davidc@iei.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Do You Like Weavers Words? Click Below To "Recommend-It" To A Friend! http://recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=210339 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The Basket Bookstore Stop by "Weavers Words Basketry Bookstore" for a great selection of basketry literature & save up to 40%. Over 40 titles to choose from. The address is: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/book.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Attention New Subscribers You can search Weaver's Words web page and back issues by going to Weaver's Words web page (http://www.iei.net/~davidc/) and entering your search criteria into the PinPoint search box. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Attention AOL Subscribers For some reason some AOL subscribers haven't been receiving Weaver's Words through email. If you are one of these subscribers, or know one of someone who has not been receiving Weaver's Words, you can get all of the issues of the Weaver's Words web page. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Rae's away Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:48:37 -0600 From: "Rae Hunter" To: "David Collins (Weavers words)" CC: "james" I won't be ignoring you for the next week and a half, I will be away teaching at Naramata in sunny BC (I hope it is sunny, it's pouring here) I will feel like I am really missing something when I am gone. However just think how busy I will be when I return on the 25th. and all the information I can absorb. Cheers Rae %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Need Basket Show Info. Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:53:02 -0400 From: "Judy Mullins" To: Hello fellow weavers, I am hoping that some of you can help. A friend and I are getting prepared to do some craft shows between now and Christmas. The only shows that I have done in a long while, are at my own place. We would like to know, what baskets are the best sellers now? Big ones, small ones, natural materials, original designs, colorful, or natural color??? I realize that it may vary from state to state. But would be curious to know what has been the best sellers for WW artists. Thanks for your time. I appreciate any and all suggestions. Judy Mullins from hot and dry Ky. http://members.tripod.com/~logcabin1999/ logcabin@fuse.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Poor Lois! Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:45:04 -0500 (CDT) From: mdcamcd@ix.netcom.com To: davidc@iei.net Hello, all! Just a short (well, kinda!) note to Lois! I had a similar situation years ago. A co-worker called in and quit over the phone, then called me and asked me to pack her personal belongings for her. Since she (at the time she quit) lived near me, she said she would pick her things up from my house. She made three appointments to come pick the stuff up over a four-month period. Never showed or called. She ended up calling me 18 months after the last failed appointment (by which time I had gotten rid of her stuff) and wanted me to BRING the stuff to her at her new home, a 3 hour drive. She then had the nerve to raise bloody murder with me for getting rid of the stuff! In your situation, I think I would call the friend and tell her nicely that the matter is between you and the basket owner. As the basket owner didn't even have the decency to contact you directly, I wouldn't lose sleep over it. And if she DOES have the nerve to call you, I would remind the dear sweet lady of how long ago she left the baskets with you, that you finally assumed she no longer wanted them and so you gave them away! It is absurd to think that you can abandon property with someone for years and then expect to get it back. I think holding onto the baskets for even a year was above and beyond the call of duty! She had already abused your friendship by asking you to stain/repair baskets for her without offering to pay you for your materials and time. Even if you would not have accepted it, courtesy requires that she at least offer! Personally, I don't think you owe her anything, especially not an apology! Hope this helps! Cass McDonald %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Fwd: Free chocolate....(hmmm .. we'll see!!!) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:18:08 PDT From: "AnnaMarie DiBucci" To: davidc@iei.net I DON'T USUALLY DO THIS, BUT ANYTHING FOR CHOCOLATE!!! Hi David, Would you mind posting this on WW. Thanks and enjoy your chocolate! Hi. My name is Jeffrey Newieb I am a marketing analyst for M & Ms chocolate candies based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. As the year 2000 approaches, we want to be the candy of the millenium. As you may already know, the Roman numeral for Y2K is MM. We are asking you to pass on this e-mail to 5 friends. Our tracking device is calculating how many e-mails you send out. Every time it reaches 2000 people, you will receive a free case (100 individual 55 gram packs) of delicious M & M candies. That means the more people it reaches, the more candy you're going to get. Mmmmmm... yummy M & Ms for the year 2000!! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WAXED LINEN & EGG BASKETS ETC Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:25:14 -0400 From: Esther Grigsby Organization: The NorEsta Cane & Reed To: davidc@iei.net Happy Weaving Everyone, On the previous WW a question was asked about waxed linen egg baskets. Here is some info from our store: We have 3 ply and 5 ply PURE BEESWAX FLAX LINEN in 6 different colors. Also available are 3 patterns: a miniature 1" diameter waxed linen egg basket necklace pattern; two twined pouches, one a Mexican design and the other an African design. You can get a complete picture pattern catalog along with a color chart of our PURE BEESWAX FLAX LINEN by sending us a #10 SASE to: The NorEsta Cane & Reed 320-B Western Ave Allegan MI 49010 PH: 1-800-667-3782 email: sales@noresta.com site: www.noresta.com Thank you for your interest in our products. Send in your request before the end of August and let us know you are writing in from Weavers Words and we'll even include a free pattern! You're the best! Happy Weaving from The NorEsta Cane & Reed AUGUST '99 SPECIAL: Free NorEsta pattern included with every order!!!! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:52:03 -0400 From: John Dorris To: "Weavers Words" Well gang-if the note from me in the last issue is a little off the current topics it is because I wrote it quite a while back. Tried to search for when I really wrote it but can't find it. It has been in cyberspace somewhere all this time. Don't know how it managed to show up now. Yes I'm sometimes not totally with it but this is a bit much even for me. Having been weaving like crazy getting ready for the next two shows, one next weekend indoors and the following outdoors. Just hope the weather is cooperative and that it rains the weekend of the indoor show so the tourists have nothing else to do and that it doesn't the weekend of the outdoor one but also that it isn't stifling. Recently ordered the molds for making your own handles from Nate's. It is an interesting process and think I will like it when I become more experienced. The ideal of course is that this winter when I have extra time on my hands is to make a lot so I will have them when I need them. Don't count on it though' that would mean thinking ahead. Also finally got around to weaving the large Marquis Nant. from Perkins. Have on had the mold 18 months. Got the set of three for Christmas a couple of years ago. Made the smaller ones but for some reason wasn't all that crazy about them. Well the large is super. Think maybe it takes that size to show the shape. Don't know how to describe it other than a squared oval or maybe a rectangle with the corners cut off. Anyway it is really nice. Well must get back to the studio as I have rims to sand and nail. Billie in Va. Beach. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Past swap coordinators Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:31 -0400 From: "Gail Caron" To: "David Collins" I just have to say that in the list of past swap coordinators, Jan Hart keeps getting forgotten. Jan coordinated the third WW basket swap. And it is Joy Moody who should get the credit for starting the swaps. Gail Caron - still waiting for rain %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Swap Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:55:20 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" Pam: Atta girl! You don't owe anyone an explanation. You had a job to do and you did it and anyone who got offended needs to go to a Miss Manners class....May all the swap coordinators be as strong and capable as you. Mary Hooper %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 31 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:56:36 -0500 From: Roberta R Comstock To: davidc@iei.net "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 31 Judy Benner - I think Kiffles must be regional. I'd never heard of them before your post. Cathryn Peters - Was it you who posted an email address for someone to contact about getting into a contemporary basket show that's coming up soon? I tried to get the details, but the email bounced back with a message that there was no such user. I'm still interested, if you (or anyone else) still have information. Bert Comstock, Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 32 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:59:44 -0500 From: Roberta R Comstock To: davidc@iei.net "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 32 Dolores - Was the non-Lyme tick-borne disease Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? That's the 'other' disease commonly carried by ticks around here. There is a vaccine for it - I had the vaccine when I was working in the field a lot back in the 80s. Lisa Carstens - I really enjoyed getting to meet you and the others who took my class at your house last week. (Personal note follows.) Lois Keener - Don't forget to look me up when you get to the Kansas City area. I know you'll probably be really busy, but I'd love to at least drop by some evening (or if you have a break during the day) and meet you. (I'll send you contact info privately.) Bert Comstock, Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 33 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:02:27 -0500 From: Roberta R Comstock To: davidc@iei.net "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 33 Joanne - What a wonderful trip you had on the mainland! Thanks for shares it with us. The basket you found at your father-in-law's must be a real treasure. I'm assuming, since you were able to show it to Lois, that he let you take it home with you. Can you tell what kind of finish, if any, it has? Is it painted? Connie Curran - Enjoyed your tips. Where did they come from? Is David posting them to the recipe page? I hope so! My favorite anti-drip ice cream cone item is a chocolate covered malt ball. Sandi - I hope you meant cornhusks (from around the ear of corn) instead of leaves. The leaves get brittle when dry and aren't very strong. Husks, on the other hand are wonderfully tough and great fun to weave and twine with. They dye easily too. Jan from slightly cooler Indiana - I saw the basket you made for Lisa C. - it's a really good idea and very nice work. She really is delighted with it. Katy Ulrich - To space dye reed in red, orange and yellow, you will need red and yellow dye. Roll the reed into loose coils, small enough to fit into your dye pot. I like to start with the yellow. Dip, hang or prop the coils about 2/3rds of the way into the yellow dye. You can take it out gradually an inch or two at a time at three to five minute intervals if you want more shading. Let the reed drip drain for several minutes when you take it out of the yellow. (If you only have one dye pot, you can let the reed dry before doing the second color.) Then turn the coil and dip the it about 2/3rds of the way into the red dye, overlapping part of the shaded yellow. Again, gradually pull the reed up an inch or two at a time at three to five minute intervals. This will make reed that has shaded orange zones with red and yellow alternating between them. If the colors are brighter than you want, overdye briefly in coffee, tea, or walnut. (If you use yellow and blue dyes, you will get shades of green and teal in between; red and blue will give you shades of purple in between.) Donna L. - Had to chuckle at the milk pie story. It reminds me of the time when I was about 11 or 12 and we had no shortening for the cookies I wanted to make. I substituted bacon grease. Never again! (But Italian seasoned crumbs would have been good in a quiche.) Bert Comstock, trying to catch up again in Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Hello-First post from lil' ole' me! Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:18:35 -0400 From: Mary Berrus To: davidc@iei.net Hi David and everyone else, I have been lurking for a couple of weeks now. I wanted to say, that I really love this list!!!!!!! My name is Mary, and I live in Northern, New York State!! We live on a farm, raising heifers. I LOVEBASKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been making baskets for about three years or so, I just love them. My friend got me into it, when she asked me to take a class with her. Ever since then, I have been nuts! LOL!! I am doing my first craft festival at the end of September. This is a HUGE, juried show, in Naples, NY. I am glad that I got in. But I think that I should have started with a small show, for my first one! LOL!! Anyways, I have been making these pie baskets, and giving them for gifts, I gave one to my aunt, who lives in Naples, and she said that I HAVE to sell these at the Grape Festival. So, that is how it all started. My father-in-law makes all my wood bottoms, all sizes, picnic lids and creel lids for me, he is a sweetheart!!!!!!! He is saving me a lot of money. So, I have been weaving away this summer, but not as much as I should be, I better get moving. I just signed up for the basket swap, can't wait for that!!! Well, that is about it for now, ...if it is raining where you are, please send some our way, our cows are VERY thirsty!! LOL!! Happy Weaving!! Mary Berrus %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Goose Patterns Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:34:48 -0700 From: Pamela Bass Organization: @Home Network To: David Collins References: 1 As I was surfing the web last week, I came across some patterns for geese. They looked like they were twined. Unfortunately, I did not bookmark the site. If anyone can tell me what it was, it would be appreciated. Pam in Phoenix %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:27:44 -0700 From: "Pam Feix" To: "David Collins" Hi all, I just have a quick note. I haven't been able to catch up on my WW, but someone said that there is a person out there looking for the Lazy Susan parts and cannot find them. We make and sell wood bases and a Lazy Susan is one of them. If you would like to know where we order our mechanical parts from, please e-mail me and I will be happy to share this information with you. That's all for now. Take care and Happy Weaving!!! Pam Feix in Southwest OH %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nantucket Booklet Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:33:07 -0400 From: Maggie Silva To: David Collins To Nantucket weavers--My latest booklet, "Tips and Techniques for Nantucket Basketmakers, An Almost Definitive Guide" is finished. After becoming semi-competent with Quark and with help from Tony Stubblefield among others, my booklet will soon be listed in David's classifieds. If any of you buy it, I welcome any and all comments. To Kate Conroy--I just returned from teaching in Toms River, NJ. There is a Penn-Jersey Basketmakers Guild that covers north Jersey. I have some contact names if you wish. To Tony--your booklet is in the mail. Maggie Silva %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap Thank You Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:41:44 EDT From: OwlOmen@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Dear David, I have been subscribing to the list for several months, but this is my first contribution. I want to thank you for your labor of love, which we call our basket list. My swap basket wasn't late going out, but my acknowledgement and "Thank You" are. Even though most of my summer has been occupied with the serious illness and yet unexpected death of my father-in-law, I did manage to get my swap basket completed, dried, and shipped before the first of August. So much for excuses. But, I did not return to my office -- to whence my buddy shipped her basket -- until Wednesday. I apologize to Sue Bajczyk -- who designed, planned, wove, packed tightly and finally shipped a beautiful and beautifully crafted basket. I am fascinated by the wide, elaborately entwined border, dyed in the same deep red which accents the body. Sue, I am sorry you had to wait so long for your confirmation of delivery. That is almost as frustrating as waiting for the basket. And this brings me to a question. I want to know what the basket listers and especially the basket swappers think. I am a beginner and explained that when I signed up. With my husband's encouragement, who said that I did as well with mine as others he had seen. I was told that beginners are welcome and there are no ugly baskets. Thank you. I am now concerned, as I have received my basket, and read of all the beautiful descriptions, that perhaps I need some more experience -- or maybe implement more exotic basket making materials -- than I did this time. What are the expectations from this swap? How big? How expensive if sold? How unusually or magnificently wrapped? I feel that mine was a humble -- if honest -- offering. And I would rather send a small but symmetrical basket than an outrageous one beyond my capabilities. I feel that I was within the rules of the swap. But I doubt that I was within the expectations, and don't know whether to try again for a while or wait a year (and many more yards of sodden & twisted reed). I kept my expectations open and remembered "there are no ugly baskets". Sue's beautiful basket was certainly beyond what I might have hoped for. Beyond what is necessary, what is expected? And thank you, Pam, for running the show. It's always more work than it looks like. Diane somewhere near the Divide %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: aloha Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:50:51 -1000 From: The Keener Clan To: davidc@iei.net Aloha! I thank you all for the neat letters about dealing with the woman who wants her baskets back after 3 years....they were a joy to read. I called the friend who delivered the message and told her the same story I told on WW and she said "Well, I will e-mail my friend and tell her." Which will probably be the end of it. I bought a magazine today that has an interesting pattern. The magazine is GREAT AMERICAN CRAFTS (something I*ve not seen before) and I was thumbing through it to see if there were any interesting painting projects and came across "Coiled Baskets from your Garden" and it is a simple 2 page pattern for making baskets from dried bulb leaves such as daffodil, iris, gladiolus, dried grasses, corn husks or pine needles. Waxed cotton or linen or dental floss is used for "thread" and a tapestry needle, scissors, bowl, and paper towels are the items needed. For someone who hasn*t touched any naturals (ahem, like me) this looks simple, but yet a challenge. However, my iris grows all year, so I*m still looking for dried stuff..I guess I could pull ti leaves off the plants and let them dry or use those brown things on the 5' philodendrenin the corner....yeah, it is definitely a challenge... Lois %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Please fix my boo-boo... Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:01:29 -0400 From: "Ingram" To: On Friday, August 13th, someone sent me a personal e-mail after I had written in to Weaver's Words about waxed linen. It was a web site where I could look at some examples of waxed linen work. Well, before I was able to do so, it was "mysteriously" erased from my email and the deleted bin was also cleaned out before I got back to the computer!! I was so disappointed!! Of course-no one in my family has ANY idea how this could have happened...any way, I'm hoping the thoughtful person who sent this to me to begin with will try once more. I promise to look the minute I get the address!! Thanks so much! Leigh in limbo in Laurinburg %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:30:18 -0400 From: "mkoch" To: Lois, In my opinion, you do not owe the ungrateful lady a thing. She more than enough time to pick up her baskets...................we could go on for ever. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Take care, Dollie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Obligation Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:24:28 -0700 From: karen awong To: David Collins References: 1 I usually sit back and read the WW with a smile. Even when there is a controversy going on I don't jump in. I am one who tries very hard to live up to my commitments. Barring a tragic loss of a loved one I can't imagine not being able to drop a very short line to say something has gone wrong but you will or won't be able to send out your basket. My own personal experience in worrying about an obligation was: I got hit by a car while I was riding my 10 speed bike. I was knocked unconscious (yes I know, I should have had a helmet on but I did not) my head was split open. But as soon as I came to and was able to think straight, the first thing I told my daughter was to call my job and tell them I would not be in. I had her notify people that might have counted on me for one thing or another making sure not to hang anyone up. So, I know that it can be done. Oh yes, they sewed my head back up and I am fine and well some 15 years later :) Karen Awong %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO Pictures Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:46:32 EDT From: Wickrwoman@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone, I am a little slow on the stick to get these four new pictures of Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri's very first basket seminar posted to Weaver's Words homepage. Better late than never though. Hope you all enjoy them. I will be sending some of Weavin' In Winona, that took place in June, in the next few days too. Take care, ~~The Wicker Woman/Cathryn Peters/MN~~ http://www.members.about.com/Wickerwoman %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 36 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 16:01:50 -0700 From: Sharle Osborne To: David Collins When I received my registration packet from The Basketry School for the Basketmaker's Weekend at Lake Cresent they mentioned that many of the participants were from out of state. On the chance that some of you may be on WW I will give you a little weather update. I live near the Strait an hour east of Lake Cresent. We usually run about ten degrees cooler than Seattle, often hitting the low sixties the past few weeks. 75 is considered a very warm day, but we haven't seen many this year. You can type in the zip code for Port Angeles WA, 98363, or any other city at this site and receive a weather report. http://my.weather.com/fcgi-bin/custHome.pl Sharle Osborne sharleo@orca.esd114.wednet.edu http://www.olympus.net/personal/skoehler/bskt.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.