"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 02 Date Sent: May 17, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1402 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. 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Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 19:54:15 PDT From: "Susan Barkley" To: davidc@iei.net Hi all, I'm wondering if there is a source or recipe for silver dye. I looked at the Rit chart but didn't see silver. Thanks in advance from sunny Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Susan %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 01 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 06:48:16 EDT From: Linhebert@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Re: Price Slashing Thank you to Esther G. from NorEsta for your eloquent and thoughtful response to price-slashing. All of the points you mentioned were absolutely so correct. I'd like to add that those of us who specialize in Basket weaving supplies are more than just dealers in a commodity. Because we are also weavers and designers, our customers know that they can ask us questions about any aspect of their weaving, and we'll do our best to help them solve their problem. Our companies are also personal enough to know the customers by name when they call or email. Additionally, because we focus on quality, not quantity, we're able to provide the freshest basket weaving materials, which in turn provide the best results in your weaving. Thanks again, Esther. I wish that we could meet you at the St. Louis get-together in June. - We can't make it. Maybe next year. Sincerely, Linda Hebert V. I. Reed & Cane www.basketweaving.com "Big Enough to Serve You- Small Enough to Know You" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Sea Shells Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 06:19:19 -0500 From: "Bunga & Bunka" To: Hi everyone, Hope you all had a great Mother's Day! My son surprised me by coming all the way home from Colorado! My grandkids sent me a bunch of seashells from their trip to Florida. My question is, how do I clean them so I can use them on baskets. Do you drill holes with a Dremel tool? Any suggestions on how to use. I would like to make by granddaughter a basket and use some of the shells she found for me. She just turned 15 and I think she would like that as a memento of her trip to Florida. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sandi %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 01 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:30:49 EDT From: LMBAUCH@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi All, Arlene - the Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild meets in different parts of NJ and eastern PA. The membership fee is $15 and the address for membership and info is PJBG Membership, PO Box 398, Bedminster, PA 18910. The Annual Meeting will be on Sept 24 in Clinton, NJ. There will be meetings and classes over the summer, too. There's also a Central PA guild but I don't have the info handy but I'm pretty sure their president is in this group somewhere!! :^) Jenn, I have a flyer that I found in a bargain bin called 'De-Light-ful Basketry Lampshade", published in 1984(!) by Plaid Enterprises and (#7841), Norcrosse GA written by Sue Brewer. I don't know if it's still out there or not. She uses the metal frame for lampshades and weaves thought them. Hope that helps. Take care Laurie from Easton, PA where we got power back after a 'not -tornado' knocked trees every which way! The neighbor's pines looked like they were gonna be shot from a power line Bow and arrow! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: RE: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 01 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:36:39 -0500 From: Dianne Gleixner To: "'David Collins'" Hi everyone. A couple of posts ago someone asked about a rain stick pattern and I replied that I knew of someone who had written one, but would contact her first before posting her name and contact information. Those of you who e-mailed me privately should have already received the following post but I'd like to share it with all of you in case anyone else is interested. I talked to the author and she said it's OK to give out her name, phone number and address, so here it is. Ann Snider 2009 Laura Lane Waukesha, WI 53186-2809 262-544-0751 She does not have an e-mail address. She is very nice, and has taught the smaller rain stick at local basket shops and guilds. She is full of wonderful ideas for completing them. I have made the small one from her kit, and am currently working on the large one. I'll give descriptions below. Small - Ann actually has two small kits avail, both are about 5/8" wide, one is about 5 or 6" long, the other is a couple inches longer. These are availin full kits, complete with patterns with color pictures, the tube you weave around, and everything else you will need to weave and complete it. Weaving materials include waxed linen, thin ash strips, and birch bark. Large - This is a partial kit, includes the pattern with color picture, tube, and everything needed to finish, EXCEPT the weaving materials. I bought some waxed linen, and had lots of other things to use to weave with. This one is about 1 1/2" wide and about 19" long. I'm about 1/3 done with mine and it's so nice. I'm not going to quote prices, since Ann may have changed them since I bought mine. Also, she may need to add shipping costs. When you call, you may get their voice mail. I believe it says you've reached a furniture business, but don't worry, you have the right number. Ann's husband has his own business. I hope you all give it a try, they are really nice. I love to just keep tipping them to hear the "rain". If anyone has problems getting in touch with Ann, let me know. Thank you everyone for your willingness to share ideas and thoughts with the rest of us. I sure know that this forum keeps me motivated! And a great big THANK YOU, and a hug, for David for making this possible. Dianne - in cool but sunny SE Wisconsin where we were down in the 30s last night. Maybe I'll wait another week of so to plant my flowers. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Guilds & bamboo Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:55:34 -0400 From: "Angie Wagner-Country Seat" To: "David" Hi all, Arlene Katris - Please see our Guild Page at http://www.countryseat.com/guilds.htm for information on guilds and their classes and/or conventions. The Delaware Basket Guild will be having a mini convention on Sept 9th - contact person is Joni-Dee Ross - hncbjdr@aol.com or phone: 302-698-1639 or fax: 302-698-1638. The Central PA Guild is looking at starting a mini convention some time in Fall 2001 (they have classes every month - see our Guild page for the class list). The Penn-Jersey Guild also holds classes every month. There are contact persons listed for each guild. Mona Campbell - bamboo - You might want to check this site - http://www.bamboo.org/abs/ it's the American Bamboo Society. Sallie Moore - you're welcome glad to be warm again! Angie The Country Seat, PA http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Jennifer's virus" Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:20:30 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" Below is site that tells how to get kakworm out of your system. Click on the address; type the name of the virus in the search box. You will eventually get to the instructions for wiping it out of your machine. Check for this one before the first of the month, according to this site. The question for the day: Have you all installed an anti-virus program??? Baskets of innoculant to you all. Mary Hooper mjhooper@mitchell.main.nc.us http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html (The site listing viruses that DON'T exist) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 01 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:08:11 EDT From: Linhebert@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Re: Smithsonian Bugfest 2000 If you'd like to see a really neat application of Basketweaving to the Art of Costume-making (and get some real inspiration for next Halloween...), do check out page 50 of the May 2000 issue of Smithsonian magazine. There's a listing describing their May 20 Bugfest, but the real treat is a photo of a human masquerading as a giant grasshopper with a beautiful headdress of flat and round reed. Wonderful! This issue, coincidentally, also features a number of artists from the Smithsonian Craft Show 2000. Very first class artistry. Linda Hebert V. I. Reed & Cane www.basketweaving.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 01 Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:16:01 EDT From: Pweaver246@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi, Weavers, The recent comments about the Monkey Business Twill basket have prompted me to write & tell you about our latest AOL Basket Weaver's Bulletin Board swap. This was our 17th swap. To honor Peggy Koch we chose the theme of "Celebrating Peggy" & most of the participants wove the Monkey Business Twill basket. Our usual routine is to enclose tuck-ins with the basket in the amount of $10. In lieu of those tuck-ins this time we collected a donation to Helping Hands. Peggy Koch was the very devoted Monkey Mom to Davey. We all felt as if we'd met Peggy & Davey as she frequently shared tales of his antics & sent us photographs. We didn't have as many weavers for this swap as we have for some in the past, but we collected an impressive $400 for Helping Hands. We purchased a brick inscribed with Peggy & Davey's names for the Breeding & Educational Facility and designated the balance ($300) for Davey's education. It costs about $8000 to train a monkey for his life with a handicapped individual. This training is done after the monkey has spent 4 to 6 years living with a foster family & being socialized. The average life span of a monkey is 30 to 40 years. Peggy was so devoted to Davey, her family & friends. Those of us who knew her through the AOL Basket Weaver's Bulletin Board & her Monkey Mom friends have been so pleased to see the sales of the Monkey Business Twill pattern be such a success. The money from those sales continues to go to Helping Hands to support their program and in turn is a living tribute to Peggy's memory. Thanks again to all who have helped us to honor Peggy Koch. Our bulletin board is open to all who are AOL members. If you are interested, let me know & I'll send you the link. We'd love to have you join us. Pat Wilson Albuquerque %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Fancy Baskets Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:36:33 -0400 From: Roman Monastyrski To: David Collins In cleaning out my files, I ran across an article about Fancy Baskets woven by Maine Indians (known collectively as the Wabanaki). One in particular that I would like to see a pattern of is called a handkerchief basket. Does anyone have information? Kristin in rainy (GOOD!) Midland MI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 18:31:25 -0500 From: mlower@mail1.aeroinc.net To: David Collins Hi Everyone, I have a story about a basket that keeps on giving. I had made a rather large 16" oval Nantucket basket with double swing handles a year or so ago. In March my 17 year old son with a couple of other friends put on a breakfast benefit for a farmer in our area who was in a propane gas accident last Thanksgiving. He had 3rd degree burns over 90% of his body and has been in a drug-induced coma since the accident in Madison, Wisconsin undergoing skin grafts over all of his body. As you can imagine it has been a traumatic time for the whole family. It's a miracle he is still alive. We used the Nantucket basket at the door to collect all donations at the benefit. That day they served 1300 people and collected $14,000 which was exciting for all of the high school kids who put it on. A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a lady in Florida looking for a large oval Nantucket. She bought the basket and we told her it had quite a history that as a matter of fact, it was once worth $14,000. After hearing the story this customer was so moved by the plight of the farmer and his family that she went to her friends and collected $400 for them. So this week, I received a check from her to give to the family. So you never know where basket making will take you. An update on the farmer--they are in the process of bringing him out of his coma so this is a very critical time for him. Please keep him in your prayers. Mindy in northwest Illinois http://www.aeroinc.net/~users/nantucket %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: RE - Nantucket holes Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:47:47 -0400 From: "Nancy Carlson" To: Hi Margie A little bit concerned about all the information regarding the hole in the Nantucket basket. Yes, a penny can be used but that does not eliminate the necessity to plug the hole from the underside. A short plug can be used - it does not need to go all the way through the base if you are gluing something over the hole. If worse comes to worse, a regular dowel can be used - just stain the end that will be exposed. While I am on - just how many members were involved in the basket swap? Nancy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 126 Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:39:11 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins Hello, "Weavers Words" Readers! I am finally getting back to catching up on my email and writing about a zillion thank-you notes. I can't begin to tell you how much it has meant to me to have all your kind sympathies and condolences after my son, Chuck, died last month. I am writing to WW first because so many of you had offered such generous emotional support. I will be thanking each of you who wrote to me privately in individual messages, but am beginning this way because I know it will get to you faster. In the days when I was having a lot of trouble concentrating on anything for long, I began reading LITTLE HOUSE IN THE OZARKS, a book of collected newspaper columns by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This quote is from a piece she wrote in 1916: "..... Kinfolks! It is such a homey sounding word and strong, too, and sweet. Folks who are akin - why they need not even be relatives or 'blood kin!' What a vista that opens up! They are scattered all over the world, these kinfolks of ours, and we will find them wherever we go, folks who are akin to us in thought and belief, in aspirations and ideas,....." I am fortunate that my family are truely kinfolks, and doubly so to have so many kinfolks beyond the limits of blood and legal ties. THANK YOU all for being Kinfolks through this time of sorrow. On the brighter side of things, as life goes on, please also share my joy!: After nearly 18 years of togetherness, Bob Lauderdale and I were married on Mother's Day, May 14, 2000. It was an official formalization of a relationship, which has already stood the test of time and continues to grow more fulfilling as the years go by. And now, for some responses to some of the WW issues that have accumulated in my inbox over the past six weeks.... "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 126: Judy Mitchell - I'm involved in historical re-creation in the Society for Creative Anachronism. We deal with the period from about 600-1600 AD in the world that was known to Europe in those times. I have woven several willow baskets, but don't consider myself to be a willow weaver yet. I believe there are some good book recommendations that people have been posting, here and perhaps on the Willow & Naturals list as well. Sharle Osborne can give you more information about the W&N list. Nancy in Glen Arm - Wanda Graham has a good pattern for a rectangular casserole basket with leather handles on each end. Her email address is BSK816@aol.com. "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 127: Daniel Nye - Where will you be having your black ash pounding workshop in August? I'd like more information, please. "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 128: Barbara 10-thumbs - Welcome back! 'Those funny, prickly thingamabobs' from your sweet gum tree are the fruits. They're not exactly a pod and not exactly a nut, but have many interesting craft applications, including dye source. Your new home sounds like an ideal place for you. Hope you have great times there. Tony - It's more up north than out east, but I see that John McGuire is teaching a week-long session "Having a Bash With Black Ash" in late August at Sievers School of Fiber Arts on Washington Island, WI. Looks like I'll be in Luke Block's oak class with you on Friday at MO convention. I really enjoyed his handle carving session last year. Anna in Tassie - The Museum of Natural History will be a good place to go in New York City - I believe they have quite a bit of anthropological material displayed. One of my other favorite places there isn't specifically a basket place, but is absolutely wonderful and worth considering: The Cloisters - the major Medieval Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) - is located in a park at the far northern end of Manhattan Island. The building is composed of rooms and parts from numerous European structures that were brought to the US in pieces and reassembled into an integrated whole. The several cloistered gardens are planted with all manner of historic varieties of flowers and herbs and fruit trees. The main building of MOMA is on the opposite side of Central Park from Natural History. We didn't have nearly enough time there either. "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 131: Kathy Swendner - There are several types of sweetgrass. Where will you be living? What kind of climate do you have there? Gina Poths - This may be obsolete by the time I send it, but as of WW V3 I131, the next swap had not yet been announced. Watch for a message from the new coordinator soon. WW Swap #8 has just finished. Marianne Barnes - Congratulations on getting into a juried show. "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 132: Mary Hooper - I keep my website addresses in my browser (Netscape Navigator). When I visit a website and like it, I click on 'Bookmarks' from the menu bar at the top of the screen, then click on 'Add Bookmark' and that saves it to my list. When I am in the web browser but not at a website, I go to 'Bookmarks' and then click on 'Edit Bookmarks.' Then I can highlight and move the bookmarks (which are sort of nicknames for the various site) to put them in alphabetical order or sort them into files by category, such as 'Basketry', 'Dyes', 'Herbalism', 'Fiber Arts', Science Fiction', 'Humor', etc. For email addresses, I keep a word processing text file for each one in a subdirectory called 'address'. Ones I use often are also in the address book of my email software, but the separate text address file can also contain things like street addresses, phone numbers, names of family members, names of organizations, common interests and such. "Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 133: Peg Weston Brondyke - You will probably have that degree in hand by the time this arrives. Congratulations! Jayne Spooner & Andi - Have faith. The next swap will probably begin before long. We usually let the coordinator of the previous swap track down any strays and make sure their swap is completed satisfactorily. Then they will send the working files to the new coordinator who will announce the rules and dates for the next swap. (I am a former coordinator.) 10 Thumbs Blythe Barbara - Honeysuckle properly prepared is both beautiful and tough. It is certainly not just for show and will undoubtedly be more durable than round reed of equivalent size. Kathy Renkes - I generally use shells and parts of broken shells as ornaments on my Beachcomber Wall Pouch baskets. It's a flat backed rib pattern on a driftwood 'handle'. Email me privately if you are interested. Pamela Bass - The MO Basketweavers Guild convention is 2, 3 & 4in St. Louis. If nobody else has given you details by the time you get this, send me a private email & I'll look up the contact info for you. Renee Scherr - Hope your broken arm is healing rapidly so you can get back to weaving! Well, I'de better stop for now & get started on some individual messages. More later. Thanks, again. Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: National Basketry Organization Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:14:41 -0400 From: "Angie Wagner-Country Seat" To: "David" Hi all, I don't know how everyone else feels, but I'm excited! The 2nd newsletter has arrived for the National Basketry Organization. I think it's about time that we had our own voice. I'm tired of filling out forms and having to list basketry in the other category because there is no category listed for basketry. I would like to see basketry recognized. We posted info about the NBO and their mission statement on our Web site . We also still have the Davis/Meyer survey up, this is a survey to let the NBO know how you feel and what you's like it to do for you as a weaver. NBO has already secured a domain name and a Web site is coming. Right now they need volunteers to contribute time and money. As soon as the incorporation process is completed, membership information will be available. I hope everyone joins to help further basketry as a recognized art form! Angie The Country Seat in PA http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Need an e-mail address Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 17:57:41 -0400 From: "Tom Rigterink" To: Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had Pat Levitte's e-mail address. I'm currently finishing up her Morel Mushroom Stix and would like to order a couple more bases and stix, but I don't know how to get in touch with her. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you David...for just being YOU! Happy Weaving, Diane %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.