"Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 89 Date Sent: January 19, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1302 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (317) 899-5747 Fax: (520) 222-0391 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://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/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://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/) 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 on the Weaver's Words web page. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Hello Everyone, I need help from all of you. Please go to Weaver's Words bookstore and look at the list of basketry books. If you know of a book not listed that may be of interest to everyone, please let me know the title and I will add it to the list. I would really like to thank everyone who uses the bookstore. It's nice to get the quarterly commission check. Here's the address to the bookstore: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/book.html Take Care, David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Lists of Conventions Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:08:33 EST From: Wickrwoman@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net, Nativewmn@aol.com Nancy, Take a look at all the informational websites I listed in the last newsletter for complete listings of all the various conventions, workshops and classes. Check on Weave Net, Basketry Information, Baskets, Etc., About.com Baskets, here on Weaver's Words website, The Country Seat, Atkinson's Country House, Restoration Products and my own website, each one of these sites have events calendars. Cathryn Peters, Zumbro Falls, Minnesota The Wicker Woman- Wicker Repair, Caning & Antler Basketry! http://www.wickerwoman.com Free Newsletter http://wickerwoman.listbot.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:37:12 -0600 From: "Kim" To: "David Collins" Hi Everyone, Lois -- I'm with you, that handling fee was entirely too much! When I order supplies, the shipping is something I always consider. Occasionally I pay a very minimal handling fee (like $1) but that's it. There are too many other companies who only charge actual shipping fees. That $10 handling fee has cost that company any future orders from anyone your friend knows in Hawaii. Sandra -- I always buy my waxed linen from Royalwood. They have a tremendous selection of colors and sizes. 1-800-526-1630 http://www.bright.net/~roylwood/ Kim .. in windy MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: aloha! Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:09:51 -1000 From: The Keener Clan To: davidc@iei.net Aloha from wet and windy (still) Honolulu, Joanne, my basketroom is sooo clean, I don*t want to mess it up again! I have been looking at it for 2 days just thinking how nice it looks all organized and such...at least until I weave tomorrow. Shirley--the camp underwent an almost year long renovation and is finally open again. I am anxious to see it. Mary Gaber is the one who planted the thorn less lauhala tree and yes, it is still there. In fact, Mary will be teaching there in March, too. I went to the GS National Convention with Mary in October and she surprised us all by getting up at 5 am, hopping on a bus, and riding around Kansas City in search of ripe fruit......Mary is 74. Thanks for the tips on searching for natural "stuff". I rec*d an e-mail from the woman in my class who was charged over $17 for postage for a few basket parts and she called the company to order again, simply to see if someone had made a mistake. She was told the company will only ship to Hawaii UPS Next Day Air ($34.25) and UPS 2ndDay Air ($20.25). So she had the order shipped to her dad (who lives on the mainland) and the cost was $6.80. Her dad can ship it to her here in Hawaii and she will still end up paying a lot less than the $34 or $20. Most companies we deal with (Gratiot Lake, KMC, NC Basketworks, Willowes to name a few) ship Priority Mail which costs a lot less--a whole loftless. I understand, Joy, that it costs to do shipping, but if a company is going to tack on extra fees to ship to Hawaii, they should tack on the same fees to ship to New York or Texas or Florida. Clearly this company doesn*t want to do business with the weavers in Hawaii. So be it. There are many good suppliers who do want to. Bert--your lovely Beachcombers Basket still hangs in my kitchen and when I see it, I think of our brief, but most enjoyable breakfast last October. I have some local bits and pieces to send you if you want them. Sorry about your team, David, but at least they made it this far... aloha nui loa, Lois %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: swap basket Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:02:46 -0600 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi everyone! Attention swap buddy: A swap basket is on it's way to a state that borders Texas! Hi Melissa! Regarding your Girl Scout project: I have made some cute and fun baskets with my daughter (age 8) and her friends from the book called "Basket-Making with Kids" by Vicky Teich. I ordered it from Gratiot Lake Basketry. It has patterns for 12 different baskets, but there is only one that could be woven in one hour. It is called Christine's Scrap Basket. We made a bunch of them to put on the table at my daughter's birthday party to put candy in. They were a big hit! Lisa Carstens in Hartland, WI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nantucket's and stuff.. Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:57:18 -1000 From: Joanne Howard To: "Collins, David" Hi, Before I head off into deep slumber I wanted to thank Mindy Lower, Pam Woodbury, Billie Dorris and Bert Comstock for sharing Nantucket info with me. You all don't realize what a huge help all this info has been. It will allow me to make a good presentation to guild members that want to learn as well as make a sound choice as to what to do. Thanks for all of your input. As for $10. Extra shipping charges, gift catalog places do that too. There are many catalogs, Domestications to name one, that seem to penalize folks out here by tacking on that extra $10 to $15 to ship here. Their explanation is, that they only use UPS and ground service obviously doesn't work here so they add on the extra price for 2-day air. The funny thing about that, is that 2 day air sometimes takes 3 to five days!!!!! The best way to ship here is US Postal service priority mail. Takes just a few days and costs half the price. If the basket supplier used USPS and still over charged for shipping to Hawaii then maybe they need to have a geography lesson and find out that we are part of the United States and not our own country and they should get with the shipping program. Sorry.... shipping costs is one of my pet peeves....second pet peeve.....advertising free shipping BUT only to continental US!!!! Ackkkkkk!! Can't win or lose. The price to pay living in paradise.... I will be doing my first double wall basket in class this week. I am really anxious to do it. I know it will be fun. Right Lois? Anyone know of a good fruit basket pattern? I am looking for a round, about 9 1/2 inches in diameter basket? I am about to mail out my basket swap. All I can say is, it is someone in the United States! Narrows it down, doesn't it! Off to bed, thanks again for all the advice, Joanne %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:11:57 -0600 From: "Jay Fullerton" To: "David Collins" References: 1 "It is called Basketmaker's Baskets by Lyn Siler." Pam, Does that book have a pattern in it called "French Chain"? I have been looking for that pattern for a while. I remember being shown the pattern in a book, and I could have sworn it was Lyn Siler, but it wasn't in any of the books I have and I didn't know there were any others. If anyone has a source for the book, let me know. Thanks Kathy Fullerton Fort Polk, LA %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weavers Words Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 08:12:21 -0500 From: ESTHER GRIGSBY Reply-To: sales@noresta.com Organization: The NorEsta Cane & Reed To: davidc@iei.net See the "Millennium Basket" now at http://www.noresta.com Available in basic or kit form, you will love this project for the New Year! Happy Weaving from The NorEsta Cane & Reed %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Wire Baskets Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:11:59 EST From: Karitamus@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Thank you, Kathy at Royalwood and Bert. You both came up with the same publication for info. A day or so after I had written to WW my sister gave me that very book! Talk about coincidence! Anyway, thanks for the feedback! Karita, In cold & icy Bloomington, Indiana %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: AOL Chat Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:19:11 EST From: Wickrwoman@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net I think there might have been some confusion regarding the AOL basket chat room, in one of the last few newsletters. It's not that we won't let anyone outside of AOL participate, it's that we can't due to the AOL structure of it's boards, chats and newsgroups. One of the perks of having AOL as your server, is the community of AOL members on the boards, chats and newsgroups. Try as we might, we are not allowed to invite others to these groups. If you want basket chats and you are not on AOL, check out the forum on David's site, Weaver's Words and Susi Nuss' on About.com Basketry, they are both excellent and open to all computer users. Happy Weaving! Cathryn Peters, Zumbro Falls, Minnesota The Wicker Woman- Wicker Repair, Caning & Antler Basketry! http://www.wickerwoman.com Free Newsletter http://wickerwoman.listbot.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:17:49 -0800 From: Sharle Osborne To: David Collins Sandra, I made these pouches by graphing an animal on graph paper. For the green one, I had been given two charms and duplicated their shapes. By twining and twisting on extra time, I kept one color in the front, and the other behind the spokes. The green pouch has a brown and sage dragonfly on green background on one side and a green and sage crab on brown background on the other side. I was careful to make the areas with three colors lineup so I wouldn't have to carry that extra color any longer than needed. I used finely split cedar branches for the spokes, but even a heavier waxed linen will work. You don't need a pattern to try this, I had been making baskets for a year when I came up with this as a portable project. A friend of a friend of mine just made a new commercial site for selling baskets. Perhaps some interest from this group could get it going. It is at . It is brand new, and last I checked had no baskets listed as of yet. Sharle Osborne sharleo@orca.esd114.wednet.edu http://www.olympus.net/personal/skoehler/bskt.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:43:10 EST From: SUSANRDGRS@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi to all, Have finished my basket & it's on it's way. Very strange to be in 20 below zero weaving for someone in warm weather! Lots of fun and family & c0-workers had LOTS of ideas as to how to send a MAINE basket. Thanks to all who wrote regarding what to put IN the basket. I'm looking for small, single stencils for 1" - 1 1/4" ash weaver. I have several from Baskets of Joy, but am looking for Celtic themes, blue heron. hummingbird, dogs, flamingo etc. Any ideas? Thanks to all, Suzi O'Brien Rodgers West Bath, ME %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:11:14 -0800 From: "Susie Billingsley" To: Hello everyone. I've been a reader for a year now, and really enjoy the forum. Thank you David, for taking the time to do this for us. And I saw you on TV last week, and can now in my mind see you hard at work on your computer. And yes, I'm heartbroken over the Colt's loss also. We'll look ahead to next year. I'm writing in answer to Karen Griffith's question about dying seagrass. I'm currently in the process of dying sixty pounds of seagrass for the IBA convention in March. I'm a little over half done, so pray for warm days. I highly recommend doing all dying outside as the fumes are not a good thing to be breathing and subjecting to others. I usually use Rit, and have been satisfied with the colors, although I usually mix most of my colors. The water should be near to boiling. Add your dye and don't be cheap with it as seagrass will really soak it up. You could test the color with a piece of seagrass or reed. I dye a three-pound bundle at a time, but realize that most folks wouldn't be doing that. All the ends will fray about five inches so don't have too many or you will end up losing a lot. Add the seagrass and keep an eye on it. Keep your heat on as the heat helps it absorb well. When someone asks...how long?...I usually tell them to just watch closely. Maybe ten minutes, but that depends on how dark you would like it. I always dunk my newly dyed reed and seagrass in cold water and hang it to dry. One really important thing about the seagrass is to be very certain that it is really dry. I've had a couple of real messes with it molding. I like to put it near our woodstove to complete the process. Don't even store it on abasement floor. So now do you all know more than you ever wanted to? Susie Billingsley %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Hearth Basket Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:29:59 -0500 From: "Mary Berrus" To: Hi There everyone, I have a question about a hearth basket. I want to make one, but I need a little help from you :) I don't have a pattern, but I know how to weave it up until the rim. That part is confusing to me. I am using a D handle. I know how to do the rows at an angle, but after that I can't figure it out?? Can someone help me?? perrrty please????? Thanks Mary Berrus %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: baskets and more baskets Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:12:38 -0800 From: "mjbasket" To: Dear David, I get the Weavers Word and I love it. Several issues back it was mentioned that one can view pictured baskets from what other basket weavers are making. I still cannot get to those pictures. I am not that computer smart like everyone else. Could someone send detailed steps on how to get to the pictures of baskets? What I enter and click etc, etc. I would appreciate it very much. My email address is mjbasket@gateway.net. Thanks very much. I wish I was computer smart like everyone else, I am hoping that someday I will get it. MaryJeanne--West St.Paul, MN %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: hello..... Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:16:37 -0500 From: "Jennifer Mulcare-Sullivan" To: "David Collins" Hello & Happy New Year everyone! I had a great time w/ all of the fairs & festivals this holiday season. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions & support! I'm on my way to pick up a new scanner. Then I'll be able to update my web page & finally put my baskets on it! A friend of mine recently moved to Virginia & is looking for a basketry class there. any suggestion or guild info? I am going to try Cathryn Peters links today too! (Thanks for the info!) Angie in OH: about the dye running. We soak it in cold & w/ really "runny" dye colors we throw in a little vinegar & I sometimes use a small amount of castille soap (lavender or mint are personal favorites ). This has worked well in class & @ home. Well I'm off to put the finishing touches on my swap basket. Destined for a place much warmer than MA (where it is about 20* in the sunshine & still feels like-8* ----very windy, no snow, and lots of ice ugh!) Happy Weaving! Jennifer Mulcare-Sullivan %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Molds and bases Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:01:20 -0600 From: "Marlys Sowers" To: Just wanted to let the weavers know about a site that sells Nantucket bases and molds very reasonably priced. I have used all of her supplies and they are a very high quality and she has good serve. Check it out. http://www.Basketclass.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:59:06 -0500 From: "Deleana A. Adams" To: David Collins References: 1 To Darleena, I too am a quilter and weaver and have a hard time making equal time for both. When I'm doing either, the house suffers from an over abundance of basket hairs and thread clippings mixed in with a few million dog hairs. My ideal workroom would be one with a floor that vacuums itself. Albeit that I have the most colorful dust bunnies around. Deleana %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nantuckets in a day Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:52:44 -0600 From: Tony Stubblefield or Dean Meredith To: David Collins CC: jonan@hawaii.rr.com References: 1 Joanne - about Nantucket's in one day - I have been out of town, so this is a little late but here you go anyway. I teach a 5" shallow Nantucket in a one-day class, but I have to do some of the prep work myself and I only take 6 students. The penny basket is quite a bit smaller I believe so it would probably be do-able in a 9-5 class. For the class I do, I have all of the staves cut and shaped, the rims shaped and scarfed, and the handles pre-drilled. In class they do all of the sanding of the wood parts; insert/space the staves; weave the body of the basket; fit/mark the rims; glue the rims with super glue; sand rims and handle; I place the first 4rim pins to assure the rim is level; they crimp the rim cover and lash the rim; I drill the holes in the rim for the handle; and they screw the brass bolt in. Besides doing the staves and scarfing you could also crimp the rim cover ahead of time as well. The weaving time on the small Nantucket's is really pretty minimal, it is all the finishing up that takes all of the time. One basket you might consider doing is the coaster basket, which I believe, doesn't require any tapering of staves (because of the large size base and the little slope the sides of the mold has) and it doesn't have a handle. This may not seem as exciting to your students, but if you add a bone shell or dolphin to the inside base you could call it a trinket or a ring basket. Tool-wise you are going to need a few special/different ones for the students to use. I use a wood scraper to thin the tips of my weavers, but you can use a knife and pull the tip across the blade like you are curling ribbon or you and put the tip through a folded over piece of sand paper. Angled nippers are also really handy for cutting off the staves level, but if you are careful good scissors would work. Now for attaching the rims you are really going to need a Dremel. I get along fine with 2cordless models in class, if you only have one you will probably have to do everybody's for them. I also have 2 pinsetters I use to push the e-pins in, with a small basket I don't know how successful in class you would be with a hammer. I would definitely suggest you use bolts instead of pins for the handle as trying to cut and peen the ends of the pins is going to be too difficult. If you don't like the look of the bolt head you can always file off the slot with a rat-tail file. I hope I have helped a little, if you need anymore details please let me know. Good luck. Tony Stubblefield St. Louis, MO http://www.tetranet.net/users/deanandtony/baskets.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: The welping process..... Date: 19 Jan 2000 05:23:10 -0000 From: "J. Choate Basketry List" To: List Member J. Choate Basketry List - http://www.corecom.net/~choatepp Just like a pup getting weaned from it's Mother I'm on my own now with no mushing partner. I've been dragging my husband out with me but he's mourning his mules (they are in Montana) and I haven't been able to get his enthusiasm to cross over to the dogs. But today I drug him and my daughter Jennah along with me. What a family outing! Twelve dogs, two sleds and a kid for cargo. Jennah and I switch off driving the team by jumping in and out of the basket as the team tools down the trail. She bit the dust a couple of times learning how to swing the sled around but luckily the snow didn't bite back. It's amazing what some time in the woods will do for you. Cleans your soul right out and gets you fired up for the next project. Speaking of, how'd you like to come to Alaska and spend some time on the back of my sled? Iditarod, March 2001 (which is always the first Saturday in March) the first annual "Alaska Bush Basketry Retreat" will beheld in Talkeetna, Alaska. A panoramic view of Mt. McKinley surrounds you while you learn Native Alaskan basketry. Take a ride behind a dog team, or a trip on your skis and end the Retreat by viewing "The Last Great Race" in Anchorage on Fourth Avenue and then again in Wasilla at the Restart. Alaska in March is Alaska at it's finest! If your interested, please let me know and when our plans get finalized I'll be sure to get a brochure out to you. Well I'd better get at it since I'm off to Anchorage on Thursday to make the Antler Wall Pocket Video. If you're interested in obtaining one give mea hoot and I'll get you on the list! Until we meet in ALASKA...... Jill Choate Talkeetna, Alaska %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:05:43 -0500 From: "Steve Catsos" To: "David Collins" David- I am forwarding this request I received. Hi. I am beginning a gift basket company here outside of Durham and going to sell these baskets on the web. However, I am in need of a basket supplier. Are there any names you can furnish me for people that would be interested in wholesaling to me? I would like to use NC vendors, if possible. Thank you for your time Ryan Pogue VP Vendor Relations AromaBaskets.com 603 Joseph Rd. Hillsborough, NC 27278 919/643-7500 919/643-7600 fax odysseydesign@mindspring.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: dyeing seagrass Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:24:39 -0500 From: "Angie Wagner" To: "David" Hi all! Karen-Farmers' Wives - re: dyeing seagrass - make sure that you use a good dye (such as Basketree brand basketry dye - I've found that this brand works best for me) and boil the seagrass in the dye water. If I don't boil the water, I don't get a good color. Tie the ends of the seagrass with twist ties or rubber bands or they will unravel in the water. Don't try to dye too much seagrass at the same time, it kinks and twists up and will be a mess. I found that small loosely coiled bundles held together with long twist ties works best. Make sure to flip and dunk the coils so they are completely covered with the dye water. Soak until you have the color desired. Anyone in the South want to swap places with me until Summer comes? Angie in PA The Country Seat http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Tatting Baskets Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:53:21 -0500 From: David Morningstar To: Hi everyone, Kay H - A "tatting" Basket is an enclosed (it has a top and bottom) small round basket that attaches to the tatter's wrist. It holds their thread and gives them mobility. There is a picture of it in the book "Price Guideto Baskets" by Frances Thompson-Johnson on Page 171. Published by Wallace Homestead Book Company, copyrighted 1987. Not sure it's still in print -ISBN # 0-87069-489-8. I 've had mine for years. The pictured Tatting basket is made of ash, size 4 1/2" diameter and 5 1/2" high and has ash curls. It sold in an Alabama Antique shop in 1986 for $17.00. The description reads: Tatting was fancy stitchery work enjoyed by many ladies over the years. It was tedious work, but the ladies could take it with them when visiting neighbors or traveling by train, or they could tatas they sat around on the porches of resort hotels during the summer. Nearly every lady did some sort of fancy needlework in those days - it was like the badge of a good homemaker. Naturally, the ladies were delighted with the small tatting baskets they could carry on their arms - baskets that would hold their tatting shuttle and thread. I have an antique "Tatting" basket made out of sweet grass in excellent condition. Mine is 3 1/2" in diameter and 3 1/2" high. Can't remember where I bought it, years ago, or where or even how much I paid for it. My husband has a scanner at work. I'll ask him to send a picture to David so all who want to can see what it looks like. Sandra Najjar - I'm sure you'll get lots of answers regarding waxed linen thread. Royalwood has the largest selection I know of. Different plies and good choice of color. 800 526-1630, Web site: http://www.bright.net/~royalwood/ e-mail: roybilkat@worldnet.att.net Kay Kibbel - Good luck on your egg basket class. Let me know how it goes! Basket Bash 2000 - Is planned for April 7, 8 and 9th. The brochures will be mailed out by the end of January. I've been sick for more than three months with a respiratory problem and things haven't gotten done quite so quickly. But, I think I'm on the road to recovery. At least I can breathe now and things are getting in place. Basket Bash 2000 is three days of basketweaving, companionship, campfires, and just hanging out with fellow weavers. It's lots of fun. Anyone wanting a brochure, just e-mail me your snail address and I'll put your name on one and get it out to you. Take care all. Ruthanne Morningstar from Dryden, Michigan where it's cold and you have to fight with the dogs for your space in front of the wood stove with more snow coming tonight! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bonnie Gale Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:45:48 -0600 From: "Marlys Sowers" To: Just to let you know Bonnie Gale's e-mail address and web site. It's bonwillow@ascent.net http://www.msu.edu/user/shermanh/galeb/welcome.htm I hope I didn't miss a letter. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:39:32 EST From: PBWEAVE@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net To Melissa regarding teaching a large group of young girls. You might try a wicker circle. Basically, weave the bottom of a wicker basket, add some extra stakes, and finish simply after weaving a few inches. This would be similar to the Cherokee honeysuckle wicker mat or plaque. Twinning in two colors would add interest. You could start the basket so they would only have to go under and over and have more time for learning control and pattern. Email me if you have questions. Peggy Brennan %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.