"Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 90 Date Sent: January 22, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1306 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. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Info. on the "Dogbane" plant Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:30:30 -0800 (PST) From: Judy Mullins To: davidc@iei.net Someone recently mentioned the dogbane plant. I thought I would add my two cents worth. This plant is also called "Indian Hemp". It grows wild on my farm. The plant is also an herbal "Ipecac", and will make you vomit if swallowed, actually poisonous. The Native Americans used this for the strings in their bows. When the plant is mature in the fall, the inner part of the stem can be used for string, weaving, & sewing. I understand the fibers were also used to sew moccasins. The material is very strong, and can be separated into small threads. I have used it as accents on baskets. The inner stem of the milkweed plant has very similar fibers. I have a lot of herbal books, but cannot find the one that lists the Dogbane plant. There is an herbal link from my website. If anyone would like more information about dogbane or any other plant, you can find it on this site. Go to my website, then click on the herbal site. Hope this helps. Judy in Ky. http://logcabin1999.tripod.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 01:34:13 -0500 From: "Donna L" To: "David Collins" Regarding shipping costs - UPS in AGAIN raising their rates - another 3% effective Feb. 7. Doesn't sound like much, but it really adds up. What they don't tell you is, that it is for "Commercial" delivery only. They have renigged on their definition of a "commercial" address. "Commercial" not longer applies to a home business. It has to be in a commercially designated area of a town (seems like it is at their delivery person's discretion!). Residential delivery - add $1.00 to the cost. The "hidden" charge is the ADDITIONAL $1.00 surcharge for rural deliveries - as per a book we have to look EVERY zip code up in. We have one major request for all our customers - PLEASE, if you have a PO Box, make sure we know about it. We evaluate each package to see which is cheaper, BUT, we also take the time factor into consideration. EX: a UPS zone 2 package may cost $.15 more by UPS than mail, but we know you will get it the next day rather than 2 - 3 days (at least) by mail so we will go for UPS. A zone 8 (west coast) may cost a few cents more by mail, but you will get it in 2 -3 days rather than 6-8 days by UPS. All packages sent to AK or HI are sent priority mail (actual cost) unless the customer requests otherwise (rare). It's not easy being green (sorry, being a shipper), but we do try our best. You all see the ads on TV - we cringe at them. Priority mail does NOT always deliver in 2 -3 days, sometimes up to 5 days on the mainland. UPS driver will NOT take your outgoing package when they deliver one to you-no matter what their "cute" ads may say. OK, off my soap box. Donna bordlong@fast.net http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 02:06:20 -0500 From: "Donna L" To: "David Collins" Kathy - The "French Chain" pattern I know about was by Sharon Wright. She's no longer publishing patterns and we have sold out of her pattern by that name. Possibly one of the other suppliers may have some copies left in their inventory. Suzi - Stencils for basketmakers seem to be very limited. We do have "rub-on's" in those sizes, including dogs at: https://secure.rnci.com/countryseat/product.asp?tempprimary=Dyes+%26+Stencil s&tempsecondary=Accents+on+Everything+%2D+Rub+on+Paints Maybe one of them may be what your are looking for. Mary - re: rim for Hearth basket - your rim piece is actually 4 pieces - 2inside and 2 outside miter cut to fit at the handle. By making a slice in the rim pieces at the handle, it will fit nicely to the slope of the basket. Donna in Pa where it is WAY tooo cold for me bordlong@fast.net http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:07:15 -1000 From: Joanne Howard To: "Collins, David" Aloha from windy and rainy Hawaii...but hearing about some of the temperatures. I am not complaining!! I was so excited when I received my basket swap today. Suzi O'Brien Rodgers sent me a beautiful oval basket with the most unusual handle. She painted lighted houses on a strip in the center, which just adds a beautiful touch to an already awesome basket. She included wonderful Stonewall Kitchen Jam from Maine, with some pretty note cards and candles. I was so overwhelmed I was speechless. My husband Steve was here when the basket arrived and couldn't believe I was at a loss for words. Usually I can talk a blue streak!! Suzi, I can't thank you enough for all the hard work and effort you put into making this basket. It is most certainly appreciated!! Painting class was fun although I can't float to save my life. Tole painters can appreciate that. I had a super time in my basket class today. We are doing a double wall basket with a neat twill base. I just finished the base and wove inside basket at class. I started to weave the outside basket. I never knew how double walls were done and so glad I had the opportunity to weave this with Lois today. If I get one more box of Girl Scout cookies I am going to explode. I bought a bunch from every little girl that came to my door. I just can't turn down a girl scout! Thanks again Suzi, you are No Ka Oi (the best!). Aloha oe, Joanne %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89, List of Conventions Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:32:08 EST From: Luman4804@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David! For us easterners, another addition to the list of conventions is the North Carolina Basketmakers Assoc. (NCBA). Thanks! Sherry Dial (Luman4804@aol.com) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89, Heart Basket Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:43:37 EST From: Luman4804@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi Mary! I'm probably not much help, but. I have made the Heart Basket several times and it can be found in Lyn Seiler's book, "Handmade Baskets." Hopefully, you may have access to book. if not e-mail me. Love & Blessings, Sherry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: RE: Your request for help...... Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:20:30 EST From: Luman4804@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David!! Really am enjoying all the information in Weaver's Words & find many items helpful in my weaving. Checked out the bookstore and the two books that I use quite a bit and are not on the list are: "The Basket Book" and "Handmade Baskets" by Lyn Siler. Excellent pictures and clear, concise directions for beginners, intermediate or advanced weavers. Something for everyone!! Love & Blessings, Sherry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Shipping/Dye/Stowe! Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:35:06 -0500 From: "Susan Tripp" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Just a note on shipping to HI and AK. The company I work for (webclothes.com - not basket related) uses UPS 3-day select for our standard shipping. For any customer from HI, AK, Guam or having a PO Box, we ship through the post office using priority mail. It does not cost one cent more if we ship to NY using 3-day UPS or to HI using Priority Mail. Priority Mail usually reaches these places within 5 days and customers are happy. There is no excuse for these outrageous handling fees - other than it takes time for the company to drive the packages to the post office - as we do. We consider it the cost of doing business and do not penalize the customer. I'd find a new basket supplier! Did everyone see Stowe's convention is posted on the web? It's exciting and I've registered already. Can't wait till May! You can see the brochure online at: www.roundhearth.com I dye my seagrass the same way I dye regular reed. I use basketree dies and soak the reed for much longer and in smaller hunks. It works great. Make sure you dry it good before storing. I get an quite a few requests from gift basket companies wanting hand woven baskets at wholesale prices. If anyone is interested, please let me know and I will send you these requests. Susan from FREEZING (-10 and no wind chill!) upstate NY %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:02:27 EST From: Derbyweave@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, I have written you several times about Derby Basket Guild in Louisville, KY. Well, after trying 2 software programs, got Claris Home Page to do what I wanted. Know I have a lot to learn and the address is ridiculously long, we have a web page for the guild. For a future issue and even a link on your web site, please include our address (I will get it shortened) and hope folks can cut and paste this one. HA! Below is a link. Critique me if you like...I value your opinion. http://members.xoom.com/DBGuild/DBGwebsite/dbg.htm dbg.htm Sincerely in snowy Louisville, Cindy Johnson (Derbyweave@aol.com) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: The Official Price Guide to Crafts Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:40:23 EST From: Wickrwoman@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Cathryn Peters is one of many crafters featured as a basketmaker and seat weaver in a upcoming craft pricing book called The Official Guide to Pricing Your Crafts by Sylvia Langman. The following information was taken from Sylvia's website, http://users.rcn.com/sylvias-studio Crafters! Here is the information you have been waiting for! Setting prices fair to both maker and buyer bedevils nearly every artisan in all media. The price must be high enough to cover costs and make a profit yet low enough to attract buyers. Every crafter wants to know how much others charge and to how increase their own profit but this is the very information they usually withhold from others. The Official Guide to Pricing Your Crafts provides professional crafters all they need to know to price their goods and services. Included: 14 in-depth interviews with successful crafters plus 14 artisans provide their individual Pricing Templates--specific pricing schedules which led to their craft pricing and professional success. Publish date: February, 2000. Autographed copies available from author: Price to be announced. For more information: E-mail: sylvias-studio@rcn.com Fax: (415) 883-4546. Address: 1090 Cambridge St., Novato, CA, 94947 Available in book & craft shops and websites soon. Cathryn Peters, Zumbro Falls, Minnesota The Wicker Woman- Wicker Repair, Caning & Antler Basketry! http://www.wickerwoman.com http://wickerwoman.listbot.com/ Free Newsletter %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nantucket's Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:48:21 -0500 From: "K Traub" To: "David Collins" Hi David and fellow WW's. My mode is mostly "lurk" mode, but i was reading Tony Stubblefield's description of helpful hints for teaching Nantucket's. Tony, you mention crimping the rim cover. I've made just a few Nantucket's and I'm stumped by what you mean. As Ricky Ricardo would say, "splain" please. Karen, from PA where's its snowing and beautiful. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:02:28 -0800 From: Sharle Osborne To: David Collins Thanks to Carol Miller of Huson. MT I have a beautiful new basket on my table. It is called 'hot crossed buns basket' with a red twill design worked into the base that comes up the outside of the basket, crossing over and making a design on the exterior. Thank you Carol for participating in this seventh swap so I could be the benefactor! Sharle Osborne sharleo@orca.esd114.wednet.edu http://www.olympus.net/personal/skoehler/bskt.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:05:24 EST From: BODBASK@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net This is the easiest way and fastest way to get word to all fellow NCBA basketmakers attending conference this year in March. Due to personal and financial circumstances, for the first time in 15 years I will not be at conference. It simply is not in the cards for me this year and I will really really miss all my basket buddies that I hang with each year. You will have to drop me lines and let me know how much fun you had and what you did! I will miss each of you....and I will see you next year. Jill from sunny, windy Orlando, Fla. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:29:27 -0500 From: John Dorris To: "Weavers Words" Well gang, guess it's time for me to jump in again. About the postage - my pet peeve is a retailer (what ever they sell). Who charges postage on the amount of $'s spent. This can be a really good deal for them. I don't mind paying postage and a bit for handling but something's that cost a group don't weigh very much. Another thing-I used to almost always ship things UPS. But now that I've been buying stuff on Ebay I've discovered that most of the folks use the post office. I've decided that it really is cheaper. Esp since most baskets are fairly light weight. You can even use their boxes if you ship priority mail. I sent quite a large box to Colorado at Christmas with 2 baskets in it and insure for $250 for less than $5.00. Plus they deliver on Sat. so keep that in mind the next time you have something to ship and check it out. UPS can be expensive if you don't have one of their stores nearby and have to use a middle man (shipping store) as they also add on their charge. We had our first "snow" of the season on Tues. and what chaos. First of all it wasn't enough to even talk about but it came at rush hour and there were hundreds of accidents. Mostly involving people that don't understand that you need to slow down and not tailgate in that kind of weather. The roads were extremely slick. Also people who drive 4 wheeler's need to understand that they are no better on ice than anything else. They are made to travel in snow not ice. Today we once again have snow but it has already turned to rain. Maybe a mess again tonight when the temps drop and everything freezes. I treated myself after the holidays to a new tool chest. I had been using type of thing you see in beauty shops with all the little drawers. It was to the point I couldn't find anything. Of course that may be because I have every tool known to man. As I was coming out of Lowes I saw this mechanics tool chest that made me stop for another look. It is wonderful. 43" tall with a flat top that is set up as a work/storage area and at least 6 drawers of various depths. It had wheels so you can move it around, which is a good thing as it weighs a ton. It differs from the red type chest that you see in the flat top, not the kind that lifts up as most do. No it wasn't cheap but it fits right next to my work space to I can reach most everything without getting up (when I learn where I have put things). Those of you who have the space might take a look at this type as it's super. Guess that's enough for now. Billie in Va. Beach where the snow is already mush. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Traditional Weaver Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:52:25 -0800 From: "Ames, Kay H" To: "'Weaver's Words'" Hi, I don't have a chance to "visit" much with you all anymore, but I wanted to share this site with you. Pat Courtney Gold is a Wasco weaver, and member of one of the guilds I belong to. She recently traveled to the Smithsonian to be an Artist in Residence basketmaker, with the opportunity to study historical baskets made by her ancestors. This website is full of pictures, and tells her story, in her own words. I can't do it justice by paraphrasing, so I invite you to visit, see her beautiful baskets, and hear her tale. http://www.conexus.si.edu/gold_p/toc/index.htm Enjoy! Tis the eve of the second annual WWW.calm (Winter Weaving Weekend) hosted by me, for about three dozen basketmakers. Last year was a blast, and if we have as much fun this year, I will be sure to post pictures. Wish us fair weather. happy weaving to you. Kay Harradine %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Basket swap Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:24:01 -0500 From: jbenner@juno.com To: davidc@iei.net HI All, Just taking a moment to let a fellow weaver know her basket is on the way! It's going to a very cold place, (even colder than here?) so keep a lookout. I hope you enjoy it! Judy Benner (where it's supposed to be 3 degrees tonight with a wind-chill of -30 but then there ARE colder places) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Whitewashing Baskets Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:58:00 EST From: KSLERB@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Good chilly morning from Missouri! Does anyone have a recipe for a whitewash for baskets?? I generally leave mine unstained because I like the look and because I still haven't found a stain I am happy with. Any whitewash recipes or tea stain recipes would be welcome! Thanks!! Sue in Webster Groves, who is extremely nervous about sending her beginner basket to an experienced weaver!!! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Hawaii vacation Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:13:58 EST From: AIMJ2131@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net This is my first time writing to this board although I have read it for sometime now. We are thinking about going to Hawaii this August on vacation and noticed quite a bit of members from there. I wanted to know the best island to go to do things with kids (7 and 13). Also where I could enjoy some things to do with basket weaving. You could email me with info if you like. Thanks, AMY %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: re:mini stencils Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:39:50 -0500 From: "Angie Wagner" To: "David" Hi all, Suzi O'Brien - we carry 27 mini stencils that would fit on 1" to 1-1/2" stencil strips (there are more that are slightly larger). Unfortunately, we don't have any of the specific designs that you mentioned. We do have many different types of flowers, Christmas themes, shamrocks, ladybugs, acorns, fall leaves, pigs, etc. They are all pictured with sizes in our secure online catalog. Hope there's something that works for you. Just had our first snow in eastern PA, Angie The Country Seat http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Bound Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:00:20 -0500 (EST) From: IBWEAVIN@webtv.net (Juanita Gulden) To: davidc@iei.net Just wanted to let my swap partner know that her basket is on its way. I shipped priority mail and it should be there Tues or Wed. This is my first swap and I hope my swap partner enjoys her basket as much as I enjoyed weaving it for her. Keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Juanita Gulden Baltimore MD where to snow and temperatures are falling %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 88 Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 23:17:21 -0600 From: Roberta R Comstock To: davidc@iei.net "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 88 Jan, Annette, and Carol - Regarding the unknown plant 'colombain': The nearest to that spelling I have found is columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) of the Buttercup Family. I have no idea whether it is useful for basketweaving. The nearest thing to 'dogbain' is dogbane, or hemp dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) of the Dogbane Family, which is closely related to the Milkweed Family. It has strong bast fibers in the outer layer of the stems that make good cordage and are used in Native American basketry. The word bane means poison, and when used in a plant name, such as dogbane, usually indicates that the plant was believed to be specifically poisonous. True hemp (Cannabis sativa) is in the Mulberry Family (along with hops, and Osage orange) and has long been an important source of rope fiber. It is native to Asia, but common as a weed in the US. 'Palumbang', probably Palembang is a type of rattan (a vining palm). I don't know of a source for it. Shirley in Monterey - Your post about collecting natural weaving materials in Hawaii has me longing to go back there. (My last - and only - trip was when my then husband had R&R there during the Viet Nam war.) Cathryn Peters - Your list of Internet basketry sites that post guild information has just saved me hours of searching! As the new Chairperson for Membership & Newsletter, updating the information about our local guild (Woven Circle, Kansas City, MO metro area) is high on my list of tasks. Many thanks! Nancy Basket - You might want to check the schedules on the websites Cathryn Peters listed. Many basketry events are listed at one or more of those sites. The MO Basketweavers Guild convention will be June 2, 3 & 4, 2000, in St. Louis. Joy Moody - While I agree with you that shipping and handling costs must cover more than just the postage or carrier charge, I also agree with Lois that $10 beyond the actual shipping charge seems excessive. Tony Figurilli - Welcome to Weavers Words! Bert Comstock, Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 89 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:33:55 -0600 From: Roberta R Comstock To: davidc@iei.net "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 89 Well, I just have to insert this announcement at the beginning of this post: Barbara Holt of Bristol, TN, sent me an elegant basket of her own design for WW Swap #7! It's a Tin Scroll Storage Basket that will look wonderful with the antique furniture in our guest room. She also included her patterns for the basket and its variations and information about the tinsmith who makes her tin scroll handles, M.C. Felk of Yadkinville, NC; plus a big coil of cattail leaves braided by basketmaker John Robbins of Bristol, TN. And just for good measure, she added an introductory letter about herself and samples of the newsletters for her basket business and her guild. Needless to say, I am amazed and delighted. Thanks Again, Barbara! Lois - If I had known you were traveling with someone who wanted fresh Missouri fruit last October, I could have brought you apples from Stephenson's Orchard, and some locally grown pecans. And, Yes, please, I'd dearly love to get my hands on some Hawaiian goodies to work into my baskets. Mary Berrus - The secret to the rim on a hearth basket is that there are two outer pieces and two inner pieces. You overlap the ends at the handle and cut them at an angle. MaryJeanne - We all started out as computer illiterates in the beginning. It'll get easier if you just keep at it. To see the pictures, go to the Weavers Words website. If your email arrives via your Internet server, any web site address (and sometimes any email address) will show up in blue while the rest of the text is black. Davis lists the website at the beginning of each issue. So if it is blue, just point to it and click your mouse once or twice. If it is not blue, mark it with your email Edit command (click edit on menu bar, go to beginning of address with cursor, click down on mouse and hold it while you go the end of the address; let up on mouse button and go back to edit menu and click on Copy. Then get out of email and go to your web searcher (mine is Netscape Navigator). Put the cursor in the blank space near the top of the screen for where you want to go, click once to make it stay there, go up to the Edit menu, click on it, then clock on Paste. The address should appear in the space where the cursor was. Then you can hit your enter key and the website should show up on your screen. It takes a couple of minutes to load.) Then scroll down to the menu boxes and click on the one that says pictures or photos. That will give you a list of weavers and their photos. Click on what you want to see. Then click on the Back logo on the menu bar to return to the list and select another picture. To go back to the main menu, click back until you get there. Have fun! Bert Comstock, in cold clear Independence, Mo, under the eerie red eclipsed moon. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Bash 2000 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:50:55 -0500 From: martyhln@juno.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David and World Basketmakers, I have seen a couple of post about Basket Bash 2000, and just wanted to tell everyone I attended the Basket Bash 1999. What a great time we all had, weaving until our heart was content. The best part I got to pester everyone as all that attended last year will tell you. Well I need a few others this year to pick on. I hope the ladies who are putting this on will do as great a job as they did last year. It is so nice to have a small basket weave, you get to talk to everyone. I am really looking forward, to seeing friends from the past, and making new friends. 3 days of weaving no meals to cook, the food is prepared for you, the bed is furnished all for one extremely low price, what more can a person ask for? I hope everyone who wants to weave with no worries, will show up, and will like it as much as I did last year. Good food, good company, good weaving, great baskets, join the fun. Oh, have some fun, go weave a basket. I send you love. Marty Holihan---Flint, Michigan---martyhln@juno.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Weavers' Song Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:09:47 -0500 (EST) From: mdcamcd@ix.netcom.com To: davidc@iei.net For all my basketweaving friends who are snowbound....or would like to be~ Pull up a mug of hot chocolate and sing along! LET ME WEAVE! (Sung to the tune of "Let It Snow") Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the reed is so delightful And since I can't go nowhere Let me weave, Let me weave, Let me weave! It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've got some spokes for cropping The reed is now perfectly damp Let me weave, Let me weave, Let me weave! When I finally wrap the rim How I'll hate finishing the last one But if I order some more reed All the daylong I can weave! The bundle is slowly dwindling And the handles I'm still whittling But as long as I get more reed I can weave, I can weave, I can weave! (With apologies to Jule Styne!) Cass McDonald %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: swap basket Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:28:51 -0600 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi everyone! I just received my swap baskets today from Linda Carson in Ames, IA. I was so excited because she made me 2 baskets, both of which were on my list of "baskets I like". One is a little egg basket (about 3 1/2"diameter) that has braided God's eyes! It has been stained with walnut hull stain. The other is a beautiful cedar and waxed linen amulet necklace that has a kokopelli charm and a bead hanging on the front of it. It has a pretty smooth stone inside for good luck! My baskets came just a week past my 40th birthday! Thank you so much Linda! I will try to get a photo sent in to WW of my baskets once I figure out how to do this with the new digital camera I got for my birthday from my husband. This week I am going to attempt to make a couple of cat's head bowls for my mother-in-law for her birthday. I hope I will be able to do them as I have never made a cat's head before. I may have to contact a friend who knows what they're doing ("Hello, Dianne?") to help me with the first one. Wish me luck! Take care everyone! Lisa Carstens in Hartland, WI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.