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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. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ATTENTION ONLINE AUCTION USERS Make Auction Payments Thru PayPal Plus Get $5 - FAST, FREE & SECURE: https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=ka9zre%40yahoo.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Picture('s) Added To Web Page Since The Last Issue NONE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 24 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:04:56 -0700 (PDT) From: sweetchips To: David Collins Tony, I wish you were in my area. I'd love to take a class with you. What great info you just shared about Nantucket's. I've never tried them, but now I'd like to. I'm keeping that post. Thank you for all the great info you share. Shari in MS Visit my websites at www.geocities.com/sweetchips and www.geocities.com/longleafms And my web office at: www.webex.com/office/sweetchips %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket swap Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:06:51 -0500 From: shontz To: David Collins I would like everyone to know that I received from Pam White a beautiful basket. It's just a good size for lots of things and has blueberries painted all around it. I was very pleased when I opened it and my little cat, who always checks out any basket (I also have a BIG cat) decided that it was perfect for a nap. Pam thank you very much. The weaving and the colors are very nice. I'm glad that you got my name. Vicky Shontz %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 24 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:14:39 EDT From: NanoAnd@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Mona Campbell, OH MY GOSH you are exactly right!!! I'm going straight out to my room and uncoil all my reed unbind my patterns and unstack all my baskets! Maybe there's a shop in my future? Bert, I know others have mentioned this but I think you mentioned it last... I really like the idea of putting the date that you weave a basket on the pattern somewhere. How easy it would be then to find your favorites and the best sellers! I think I'll start that with my very next basket. I'm only sorry I didn't hear that tip at the beginning of my basket making adventures. Nan Anderson, South Haven, MI where the Big Blue Water is supposed to rumble tonight! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Gretchen Border Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:19:51 -0500 From: shontz To: David Collins I have a question for all you weavers out there. I recently took a basket class and some of the others there were talking about putting a Gretchen border on the side of a basket. It sounded like it made an undulating pattern around the basket. Has anyone done this or know of a pattern? It sounds really pretty and I would like to try it. Margie - you mentioned smoking your baskets in an unused outhouse. I have an outhouse that is just being decorative and the idea intrigued me. How did you make the smoker and what keeps the outhouse from burning down? Vicky Shontz in Iowa where it is HOT and HUMID %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap #9 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:05:11 -0400 From: CLARICE E WEATHERS To: davidc@iei.net Received a lovely red - white and blue basket recently from Carolyn Miller of Bay City MI. It is styled like a market basket with the handle going the long way on the basket. The workmanship is great, and it was a nice surprise to find that big box on my front porch when I came home from being on the road with frustrating drivers. These swaps are fun. Thanks Carolyn, a snail mail is on the way to you. I finally got my swap basket in the mail to someone who lives in Apt # 1., somewhere out West... Clarice Weathers from Florida (where it is always hot) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 22 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 00:22:05 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 22 Lisa Carstens - Your description of the tapestry woven gourd was excellent. Katy Ulrich - Waxed linen is one of the most cooperative of the fibers to work with, least likely to tangle. You might want to try a project of 7 ply or 12 ply before getting into the finer stuff (4 or fewer plys). Mary Hooper - I have an Alaskan birch bark basket from nearly 20 years ago that still has a lichen on it. They are generally pretty difficult to remove because they grow into the bark. If yours has projections that may be in danger of breaking, maybe you could wrap it gently in soft foam rubber or bubble wrap while you do the weaving. Joy Moody - Hello! It's always good to hear what you have to say here. I still haven't made time to do a huge basket. Maybe later this year. Be sure to let us know how your classes turn out. I'm envious. Sue Bakken - If the texture of the palm baskets you saw was nubbly and zig-zaggy, they were probably the stems of the inflorescence (the stalk that held the flowers/fruits). Kay Janke - Wow! You Really have things organized! I use clear juice bottles for left over dye baths. But have made storage containers from 2-liter soda bottles with the tops cut off. The cut-off soda tops are pretty decent funnels for filling the larger bottles. Angie - Thanks for the NBO information post! It's so exciting to be involved in something this big and important! Bonnie Hauser - I also noticed the baskets in "The Patriot". Can't watch a movie or TV any more without noticing baskets, especially anything historical. Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, Missouri (east side of Kansas City) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:13:58 -0500 From: Dave Plourde To: davidc@iei.net First of all, let me say "thanks" to all of you who have been telling us your storage solutions. I love to hear everyone's great ideas! I have taken a few ideas and combined them with a good result. I bought a couple of pairs of plastic hooks from Wal-mart the other day. These look sort of like the metal variety that you hang coats on. I hung them on the wall right next to the ceiling (about 1" away) and about 16" apart. I then took (opened) coils of reed-right now, #2 RR, and 11/64 FF and FO- and fastened one end to the (upper) hooks with kid's ponytail holders-the ones with big beads. To have less reed dragging on the floor, I took the reed horizontally to the next hook on the right and looped it over the lower hook and then down the wall. Now the wall looks somewhat "messy" but oh how easy it is to pull just one of those long skinny reeds at a time and just the right length. I want to get the 1/4" FF and FO up next, beyond that size I have no trouble keeping opened coils "tidy" in my (labeled) rectangular laundry baskets. Basket swaps for kids: Just to put my 2 cents in- I have 2 daughters that have each made 5 baskets. They are 9 and 13 years old. Although I have no problem with any age in a swap, when I mentioned the idea of a kids swap to them, their comment was that kids would make baskets that other kids would like and use. They may have a point there, plus they both felt that it would be more "special" if it was just by kids for kids. Leslie in western Wisconsin eagerly awaiting my first basket event- the Southern MN Basketry Workshop %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 24 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 06:23:59 -0400 From: Pamela Woodbury To: David Collins References: 1 Hi Weavers, Mindy, this very thing has happened to me before with the reed turning pink and breaking off. The reed seem really flimsy. I too would be very interested in finding out what caused this. I think of all the years I have been weaving it has only happened once or twice. I was asked to be the featured artist for my local newspaper for the upcoming art show being held. Well as I was thrilled to be asked it posed a problem. I couldn't let people come into my house and most importantly my basket room without cleaning it so I got the basket room as clean as I can possibly get it. Now here is the funny part the photographer said it didn't look weaved in and had me throw some things around a little bit so it looked more realistic. Anyhow it just takes some major motivation for me to clean it up and now it is, so back to the job of seeing just how long I can keep it this way. As far as organization I do just about the same as all the tips that have been sent in to WW the last few issues. It just gets out of hand because even though I have containers for everything it doesn't always mean I put things back where they should be. Pam %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap basket Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 07:20:25 EDT From: Weavink@aol.com To: Davidc@iei.net Hi David, Someone in New Paris Ohio will be receiving their swap basket shortly. I hope it arrives by the weekend so they can enjoy a nice glass of wine when it arrives. Hope you enjoy it. Kay Kibbel, Hampden ME %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:28:06 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" After reading about the number of spokes needed in a Nantucket thought I'd toss in my two cents. Since I a mathematically disabled (can't add 2 + 2) and learned Pi so long ago it's ancient history I took the easy way out!! There is a calculator called the Pocket Handyman III by Calulated Industries, Inc. It does all the figuring for you. You enter the diameter then push circ. so you end up with the circumference without straining your brain. Then you can push conv. and mm and it tells you the circumference in mm. then divide as you would normally. I've had mine for years so there may be a newer version. It cost about $50 but I have certainly gotten my money's worth. Have even had other weavers calling to ask me to figure something out for them. Trust me they certainly wouldn't be doing that if I had to do it the old fashioned way. It does all sorts of other interesting things too, such as figure out how many linear feet you need for window trim and how much concrete you need to fill a certain area. I have certainly gotten my money's worth out of it. Keep it always handy by my workbench. Also I agree with Tony about having less spokes until you are more comfortable with what you are doing. When I took a class from Kathleen Myers last year she said that the spacing was more important than the number of spokes so don't try to force something in. As for the taper that is individual not just to each mold but to each base. A smaller base will call for a lot of taper where on a larger base the taper doesn't need to be as much as you have more space to fit the same number of spokes as on the smaller base. Think I just confused myself as well as everyone else. Don't think there is anything much nicer than receiving a gift you weren't expecting. Whenever I would send a package to my daughter in law in Japan. (They are now in Hawaii) I would include some small cooking "toy" for her friend Meg who liked to cook. No big thing. Well Meg sent me a gift in return. First of all some "washi eggs" blown out eggs, which are covered in colorful paper. They look great in my neutral baskets. But the major thing was an absolutely wonderful teapot from China. It is about 4" tall and 6" long, made of clay but the outside looks as if it is woven from clay. The inside is smooth but I think the outside is actually woven. The size is around a # 0 round reed or less. It has all the overs and unders as it should and the foot of the pot even looks like a wrapped border. I can't imagine weaving something not just that small but as flimsy as clay is. It is great. Ok now a computer question? The phrase in the last paragraph that is in bold type, what have I done- when I proofed it I saw that I had left the "h" out of the so I went back to insert it and it typed the "H" but it ate the E. when I tried to type in e it ate the o. Confused?? Last bold should be "ate the" the more I type something the more it gets messed up. So what I am asking is what button have I pushed to cause this. I can't insert anything without it eating the next letter. I know this paragraph is confusing but I can't go back to correct it or I will have to type it all over again. I can backspace the last letter I typed but to go further back is a disaster. Help!!!!!!!! Enough for now, must return a movie before noon. Billie in warm summery Va. Beach. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap #9 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:42:27 EDT From: Krenkes@aol.com To: This message is to let P.W. in Maine know that I'm mailing her basket today so be on the lookout for the Red, White & Blue truck. Kathy - In Beautiful South Western Wisconsin %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Potato Masher Basket Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:02:00 -0400 From: Nancy Skinner To: davidc@iei.net Hi - For those looking for the potato masher pattern. It is the Antique Masher Basket by Pat Symanski of Grand Rapids MI. 616/459-2635. Sorry I do not have her email. It is a fun basket to make and brings many comments at shows. Also, want to thank all for their inputs on organizing workrooms and patterns. Great ideas! Nancy Skinner from Marietta, GA where it has been hot and dry - need rain. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap #9 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:49:26 -0600 From: "Faye Stukey" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Hi Everybody! First of all, I'd like to let somebody who lives close to Lake Michigan know that their swap basket is on its way! Watch for a little red, white and blue truck to deliver it soon! Secondly, I'd like to thank all the readers who responded to my question about my daughter participating in a basket swap. I had several people write who thought that a kid's swap would be fun... but so many of you encouraged me to allow her to participate in our swap. I think, between now and Basket Swap #10, I'll get her to reading Weavers Words, and encourage her to practice, and most importantly, to slow down! Speaking of Basket Swap #10... we have a coordinator all set up... although I hesitate to mention her name until Swap #9 is completed. I recently noticed a post from a new reader who was looking for information about the swaps, so I'd just like to say at this time that the swaps are open to all subscribers of Weavers Words. Every few months a coordinator will organize a swap in which you send a basket you have woven to one person and receive a basket woven by someone else. Depending on how quickly Swap #9 wraps up, I would imagine that Swap #10 will start up within the next few weeks! Watch Weavers Words for more information. So far Swap #9 is moving along smoothly! Just a reminder that all baskets need to be mailed out by July 21! Talk to you'all later! Faye Kalispell, Montana %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Free Pattern Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:20:12 -0400 From: Jacqueline Carlson To: Weavers Words Where has the first half of the summer gone?? Besides the usual summer activities, I have been busy experimenting coiling with different materials, collecting spruce roots, and anxiously waiting for my morning glories to grow (another experiment....weaving with their vines...........has anyone woven with morning glory vines?). The Free Pattern on our website has been changed and I hope weavers will enjoy. The basket is woven with all those "scraps" of dyed reed we all have laying around. We have added a few new items to our catalog.........coils of peeled, split willow and 2mm vine rattan with bark. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer Jackie Summer Meadow Basketry www.summermeadow.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 23 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:05:32 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 23 Julie Shanks - Yes, when I get the pattern finished for my belt basket, I will have copies for sale. I'll probably list it in David's classified ads at the WW website. Mary Hooper - You aren't the only one who has klutzy spells. On my night to cook the household dinner for the 'war' last month, I dropped the pan from my turkey roaster and spilled about a third of the roast pork & spaetzles that were the main course. Bob came to the rescue before I lost it completely and cleaned up my mess for me. Bless his heart! Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Milk paint Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:14:49 -1000 From: The Keener Clan To: davidc@iei.net Aloha, I saw those baskets in the new COUNTRY LIVING and they are beautiful--and now I*d like to paint a basket, so does anyone have a recipe for making milk paint? I know Delta or Tulip (forget which) sold milk paint in very country colors a few years ago but since I can*t find it here, I don*t know if they still sell it. It seems it would be simple to make, but I don*t know where to start. I think I*m the next coordinator for the basket swap... Joanne came into class with her tote basket from the week before*s class--and she had perfected making her own leather handles! They looked great and I*m attempting to do the same this week. I*m getting ready to sell baskets on the mainland. My sister-in-law, without any encouragement on my part, found 2 shops who want my stuff (scary since she showed them baskets I made for my MIL 8 years ago when I was a way beginner) and I*m excited, though a bit apprehensive, about this venture. aloha nui loa, Lois (who spent last weekend reading the new Harry Potter book instead of weaving) in quite warm, semi-sunny Honolulu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: re: swap basket Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:27:21 -0500 From: "Eve Sumsky/Paul Sumsky" To: davidc@iei.net Hi from Northern Minnesota! Thanks to the basket swap I am no longer a lurker. Yesterday I received a box in the mail and I think my father-in-law was just as excited about what was inside as I was. There was a beautiful casserole basket with a twill pattern on the sides. My swap partner, Janice McNutt, learned this useful basket in a class with Patti Hawkins. I can't wait for the weather to cool off so I can use the oven and make a casserole to put into it!! And the lovely napkins that Janice sent with it will look nice hanging out at each corner when it's filled! Thanks so much Janice!!! A fun thing about my first swap basket is that in my kitchen area I keep two twill patterned baskets that I made in classes with Tressa Sularz. They are the same dark navy color as the lovely basket Janice sent!!! How did you know???!!! Janice also sent me a lavender wand that she made and directions to make one. This summer I've tried growing lavender in a pot and it's not getting very tall. Guess I'll have to get to it and do some digging somewhere in the yard to plant the lavender. I've really enjoyed reading weaver's words this summer since I've signed up. Great work David! And I do have a topic that I'd love to learn more about from all you weavers out there. I live on a lake and have cattails growing practically in my yard. I've heard that you can dry them and then later soak and weave with them. Does anyone have an advice for me before I start cutting and stacking piles of cattails in my garage? (I know my husband will just love this, especially since my reed & supplies took over half the laundry room last summer!) Eve Sumsky From Gull Lake in Tenstrike, MN...where this year's baby geese will soon be flying! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:24:30 -0400 From: "Joy Moody" To: Hi, I'd like to respond to Brenda's question about where to get time to weave. I do not mean this to sound flip in any way: Available weaving time increases in direct proportion to how high you place this activity on your priority list. Now, that obviously varies for each of us. For me, I had to make it way up there, & I now weave full time. I don't feel "right" if I am not actively working in the studio every day- it doesn't just have to do with a career choice, for me it's a spiritual activity as well as a fulfilling means to earn a living! Mary H.: Forget about getting old; we won't think about that!!!!!! I think you made a great choice to throw out the scraps. Another idea which I've had fun with is this: once a year I gather up any scraps &/or "aging" reed, dyed piles etc. & send them to a teacher or camp counselor. They are so grateful & the kids have fun discovering new materials. This year, I found a wonderful woman who has made her "vision" of a children's art camp a reality, & she was thrilled to have the "extras" from my big art closet clean out. Heidi: Yes, I also have several large baskets in the studio, which serve a double purpose: I use them for visual/design stimulation, and I also stores supplies in them. In the closet, I also have several of those indestructible twined baskets they sell as purses.... not sure where they are woven, but I have them chuck full of (heavy) beads, leather, etc. Lois: If you're looking more at the baskets than at Mel Gibson no one can help you! Ha ha. Joy Moody Sign of the Crow http://www.signofthecrow.com In Hampden, Maine where it is hotter than H-H-H- today! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 24 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:07:12 -0500 From: kderrick@swbell.net To: David Collins References: 1 Carolyn from Lawton, I'm sure you'll hear from the St. Louis area folks about St. Louis Basket Supply, but in case you don't... St. Louis Basket Supply is a wonderful little shop at 11420A Gravois Rd, in St. Louis. Their phone is 1-800-370-0664 or 314-843-5005. Gravois is a major thoroughfare and is easy to find on a map. I'm directionally impaired and I found it! St. Louis has a lot to offer in general. I'm from the Kansas City area and have recently had job duties in Oklahoma City added to my usual and will be driving or flying back every few weeks or so for several days. I was wondering what sort of things you have for basket weavers in Oklahoma! Like many of you, I have my patterns in three ring binders. I do assign numbers as I get them and have an index that shows all numbers in my first binder. I have it on my PC so I usually just look up patterns there. Just a sign of my eccentricity, though... I have been working on setting up a database that will also allow me to look up by material, type of weaving, type of base, etc. I started with the index, then went to a spreadsheet and had columns for size of reed so I could look really quickly to see if I had everything to make a certain basket. I have my reed separated by smaller sizes of round, larger round, smaller flat, etc., in clear plastic totes, but drill holes around the lower part of the totes so there is air circulation. I live in a small apartment and have a small sunroom that I have my sewing table, my floor loom and my crafty and basket stuff. It's only 8 X 10' so I have to be pretty organized if I ever want to find anything. I have invested in some rather expensive 60-quart clear totes made by Iris. They are very sturdy, have good locks on the lids so they stack really well. I make 8 1/2 X 11" signs that I place inside the tote showing what is in each one. I have a couple of hooks in my ceiling that I hang reed from when I need to. I finished my swap basket last night about 11:00 PM and will get in the mail tomorrow. After reading about everyone else's, I always get a deep feeling of inferiority. Thank you, David, for doing all you do. Thanks to everybody for all your wonderful tips. I don't usually feel like I have a lot to offer so usually keep pretty quiet, but I learn so much from everybody I thought I would tell you how much I appreciate everyone else's expertise. Kathy in Hot and Humid Parkville, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: history of backpack Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 22:19:26 -0700 From: "judy mccabe" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Hello, I'm looking for historical documentation of the woven backpack that was used by trappers and Indian tribes. I'm trying to trace it as far back as the mid 18th century for re-enacting purposes. Thank you for any help. Judy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Potato masher baskets Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 00:33:37 -0500 From: "Ruth Shroyer" To: When my sister and I made potato masher baskets we used the pattern for a cracker basket (long and narrow). We had to do some minor adjusting but it worked just fine. Really like reading all the things that are ask and answered on WW. Have had some questions answered and didn't even have to ask. Ruth Shroyer in Columbus Indiana %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Leather handles Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:12:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Joanne Howard To: David Collins Aloha All, I have used some leather as straps on a basket that Lois gave me from Tandy Leather Co. The leather is light tan in color. I was wondering if any of you have ever changed the color of leather. I stained my basket in Weaver Stain Walnut (Thanks Dollie!!!) and I would like to darken the leather handles to a nice deep brown. I have tried, on a scrap, weaver stain, leather conditioner, water soaking, scuffing up and then staining and I am not achieving the results I want. Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated. I am looking forward to attending Southern Basketry Conference in September in Tampa, Florida. Is anyone going? Aloha, Joanne Howard Honolulu, Hawaii %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:03:23 -0500 From: "Cynthia G. Robbins" To: "David Collins" Hi ya'll, First, let me thank all of you who responded to my questions about the best directions for the Gretchen Border. I appreciate your hints, suggestions, and diagrams. And, as was suggested to me, I would recommend Braided Border Baskets by Genie Jackson. Not only does it contain very clear instructions for the Gretchen Border, it also helped me get Arrow Weaving down pat. Another of my "Maine" reasons for writing is to let my Swap Buddy know her basket is on its way. I've got a feeling she's the literary type. Thanks to David for his work with WW and to Faye Stukey for coordinating Swap #9. Cindy in NE AL where it's HOT, HOT, HOT and HUMID, HUMID, HUMID :-P %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 23 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:39:09 -0500 From: kderrick@swbell.net To: David Collins References: 1 Just received my swap basket! I received a beautiful birdhouse woven from round reed, corn husks (I think) and palm inflorescence. It is fantastic. Thank you, Clarice Weathers! Clarice also sent me some natural materials from Florida, so now I have my own palm inflorescence, philodendron sheaths, and seed pods. And I had so much planned today...all I want to do now is play with my new stuff. I didn't get my basket in the mail until today, although I finished it last weekend. I had to be in out of town meetings all week and left early Monday before the post office opened. It is in the mail now, though! I love basket swaps! Kathy in Parkville, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Seattle in September Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:55:15 -0500 From: "Diane Hermann" Organization: Woodland Weavings To: I will be vacationing in the Seattle area, September 1-11. I've been searching the web for basket shops, basket classes, etc. with little success. Can anyone help? Our plans aren't firm yet...only the flights have been booked. We're looking at the San Juan Islands and Victoria, BC (possibly Vancouver, BC also). Besides being a basketmaker, I'm also a freelance writer. I'll be working on a travel piece, so if you have a shop or studio or teach classes and would like to be made famous in Wisconsin let me know! Diane in scenic Mount Horeb, just west of Madison, WI, where the trolls have been let out of the trees and the mustard flows like honey. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.