"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 32 Date Sent: July 25, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1439 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (317) 899-5747 davidc@iei.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Do You Like Weavers Words? Click Below To "Recommend-It" To A Friend! http://recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=210339 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% THE BASKET BOOKSTORE Stop by "Weavers Words Basketry Bookstore" for a great selection of basketry literature & save up to 40%. Over 40 titles to choose from. The address is: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/book.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS 1.) 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 search box. 2.) If you have recently subscribed, more than likely you will read messages about a basket swap in progress. Basket swaps are organized by other weavers approximately every 2-3 months. So if a swap is in progress when you subscribe, be patient and a new swap will begin before you know it. Every subscriber is eligible for each swap as long as you fulfill you obligation from the previous swap. 3.) If you are looking for basket shops across the country, there is an extensive list on Weaver's Words web page. The shops are listed alphabetically. If you know of a shop that isn't listed, send me the shop's information for addition. Include all of the following if applicable: Shop's Name; Web Page Address; E-Mail Address; Street Address; City, State, Zip Code; Phone Number. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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: Aloha Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:55:47 -1000 From: The Keener Clan To: davidc@iei.net Aloha, Re: weaving a Williamsburg Basket--when I was a student (but then, I am still a student--there always seems to be something new to learn in this art), I took classes with Linda Scoggins and we did a W*burg on a 7 x 14W*burg handle and she stressed that the sides without the handle had to flare out the same as the sides with the handle, so she had us weave the basket from the inside and it worked perfectly. (When you weave from the inside of the basket, you are putting pressure on your spokes to go "out" rather than straight up) It was hard on the cuticles, however, but I still have that beautiful, well-shaped basket. Billie--how is the weather? My hubby is at the Virginia Beach Convention Center this week--probably not far from your house. If I could have found the time, I would have tagged along and given you a call. I*m not a hunter--not married to one--wouldn*t weave anything on antlers, but I certainly wouldn*t boo and hiss anyone who does. I don*t think anyone should pass judgment over those who do weave on antlers. Pam, did you ask those ladies who said "oh, poor deer" if they were vegetarians? I have the Harry Potter books on audio and I so enjoy sitting in the basket room listening to them while I weave---what a treat. Lois (In humid Honolulu who is keeping an eye on a tropical storm inching this way) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap #9 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:49:50 -0500 From: "margmac" To: I had just gotten home today from some shopping to find a package from Jeannette Loutsch who is from Metuirie, La. Jeannette made me a beautiful Apple basket that she filled with some very colorful Mardi Gras Beads, Jambalaya Mix and a beautiful cookbook from her home parish. I wasted no time in finding a home for my new basket, it has spot in my kitchen where I can constantly admire it, and it is right near my new cookbook, which I have already picked out some new recipes to try out this week. Thank you so very much Jeannette. Now I can't wait for Basket Swap # 10 to start, this is my second swap, and I do believe you meet the nicest people this way. Thank you David and Faye for all the work you have put into this. Happy Weaving, Margaret McCarthy Duluth, MN %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: This and That Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:59:31 -0500 From: Tony Stubblefield To: David Collins/Weavers Words Elizabeth - about 1/8" reed - When I first started weaving over 15 years ago you could find 1/8" flat reed from a few places, but I haven't seen it in a dozen years. I used to use it for all of my ribbed baskets. I think the closest thing available today is going to be 11/64" flat, which is virtually the same, being only 3/64" wider than 1/8". Leigh - about Williamsburg handles - It is challenging to make a perfectly round basket with evenly flared sides so I just simply things and make my baskets on a Williamsburg with a rectangular base. By default the top is oval and I find it much easier to get a shape I am happy with. I usually don't make them "too" rectangular/oval, maybe just a few inches longer. Maybe that is cheating or giving up, but I like the path of least resistance some times. Billie - about sticky rubber bands - I haven't had this problem before. Do you dry your baskets in the oven or dryer? I do this and haven't had a problem, but the heat is all I can think of that would cause this problem. On larger baskets I have used elastic waistband from the fabric store. It is really nice to use as you can tie it shorter if need be and it is nice and wide. You might give that a try if you are still having the sticky problem. Vicky - about my mom's store - Glad you found the shop. Did you see the big rubble pile next to her building? That is what is left of the building that was formerly attached to hers. For you shop owners out there you might want to check your building insurance to see how you are covered in case a building next to yours is condemned and demolished. The owner of the building next to my mother's shop didn't carry enough insurance to cover all the damage his building collapse caused and while you would think that her own insurance would cover the balance it didn't. I think the loophole her insurance company used was called a "named peril". It may be something for you to look into. OK, sorry Vicky, I kind of got off track there. Mom is finally getting things back in order and after all of the bad stuff I think the shop is going to be even nicer now. Isn't Dad's furniture great. He made me a worktable for my basket room and it is wonderful. I am going to ask him to make me something for Christmas again this year. You will have to stop back in after Thanksgiving when the shop is all decorated for Christmas. Char - about trip to Nate's Nantucket - Be sure and visit the Handcock Shaker Village is Mass. and the Canterbury Shaker Village in NH. They are both great places to tour and have antique Shaker baskets on display. Canterbury is not far from the basket shop at all. I had a great time in Ann Arbor. My friends and I hit every booth at all 3 art fairs that totaled about 1300! Disappointedly out off all those artists there were only about 6 basket makers. Two were in the juried Street Art Fair, Stephen Zeh - brown ash and Mary Jackson - coiled sweet grass. Both create exquisite baskets, but unfortunately they are priced from almost $1,000.00 to $4,000.00. I don't have a problem spending a good deal of money on a truly unique piece, but both of these makers produce very traditional baskets. It is hard for me to justify spending almost $1,000 on a basket that someone else has an exact copy of sitting on their shelf. Don't get me wrong these baskets are beautiful, but for that kind of money I could buy multiple antique baskets that I could turn around and sell at the same price or at a profit. Even with all that said I was ready to buy a basket from Stephen Zeh for $650 when I realized he was only taking orders and the basket he had at the show were only display samples. So, I didn't come home with a basket, but I did get a couple of Christmas gifts and a really cool 4" arts-and-craft ceramic tile in a wide quarter sawed oak frame. I had waited until the very end to decide on the basket and if I had known I wasn't going to get one I would have bought some other things. Oh well, there is always next year. Take care, Tony Stubblefield St. Louis http://www.JASkets.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap basket Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:00:46 -0400 From: "Jayna Glemby" To: "David Collins" Wow! What a wonderful basket I received today! My swap basket was waiting when I arrived home from work today and my partner was Barb Stillson of Elkhart, Ind. She made a lovely tortoise cane cathead basket. The cane is dyed and the result does look like a tortoise pattern. Very unusual. The basket is just wonderful, I am absolutely thrilled! It will hold a place of honor in my home. Now, here is the really neat part...we were partners before! I sent her a basket for swap #7! I'm still grinning from ear to ear over how lucky I am to have received such a wonderful basket. Thanks again Barb! Re: pounded ash baskets and Native Americans. I think I recall a ? a while back about whether the Native Americans used pounded, split ash. When we toured the Indian Museum in Warner, NH, they had a display of split ash baskets and showed a felled tree and strips of ash. Our guide was not well versed about the baskets...how she could remember and tell us as much as she did about all of the other exhibits was remarkable. But it was obvious that the display was meant to inform the visitor how the basket material was gathered. Hope this helps. Jayna in central Massachusetts. (I just picked a lovely bouquet from the garden of yarrow, cosmos, lilies and coral bells!) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:28:30 -0500 From: "Bunga & Bunka" To: Hi everyone. I just had to write and tell you all about the beautiful basket I received from my swap buddy. Lynn Sherlock sent me a "Tulip Roll Basket" by Sue Canafax. It is absolutely gorgeous and looks lovely in my home. Inside she had tucked a doily she made, which also goes well in our 1909 home. Then, as if that weren't enough, she also included an angel! That is pretty amazing since I didn't tell anyone I collect angels! I just love these swaps! Thank you so much, David, and to all the swap coordinators. Sandi from very nice weather right now, Iowa! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 31 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:28:04 -0400 From: "Donna L" To: "David Collins" Char - and anyone else traveling this summer, assuming you will be coming across Rt. 80, if you e-mail us at ctryseat@fast.net at the office, we can give you directions to our shop from the north. As long as you are adventurous, the roads are good two lane highways, no lights, only you have to follow the directions really well. At the most, we are only an hour south of I-80. We can then send you back on your way NE without having to backtrack back up to 80 again. Glad to have everyone stop by on their travels. Donna bordlong@fast.net http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: When we go to the great beyond Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:54:29 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" It's interesting to read the ideas and problems we face when planning the fate of our "stuff" when we die. Here's a little story. I have a couple of friends who weave and one day went to their shop to find MORE looms and MORE, lots more, fibre for weaving. It looked like a rainbow had exploded in the place. It seems that an older weaver had faced the inevitable and sold them just about everything in one deal. She was sure her things would be appreciated and she didn't have to face the slow dispersal of the weaving supplies. So, as we get along, we might look for someone who wants to buy the whole lot. TRAC, our community arts council, had an art supply sale this year. They collected donations of unused and unwanted supplies and sold them in one Saturday morning and afternoon in a Y'art Sale (yard art sale). The money will go toward the cost of rehabilitating the new-old building they've bought. The public library in Spruce Pine, NC has an enviable basket collection that was left to them. It is arranged on top of the shelving all through the library. I think, for obvious reasons, that locked cases would be a better idea. Now that you all have stirred this up, I think I'll label my baskets to be passed on to family and friends and make sure my husband knows to donate the supplies to the arts council for a basket weaving program in the schools. I'll be dead so won't have to set up the program myself. One advantage of dying, I'd say! Leftovers, they can sell at what is planned as an annual Y'art sale. Meantime, I take a vow not to buy more than I need and to use it up before it gets too old to use. Realizing that this vow, like the one to keep my weaving space neat, will fall by the wayside, I've come, at the end of this little piece, to the conclusion that I just won't be able to die after all!! Long live the basket weavers! Mary Hooper mjhooper@mitchell.main.nc.us %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Address request Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:55:58 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" Thanks to Linda Braun for the Ellison address I requested. MH %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Osma's Legacy Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:18:16 -0700 From: "Sallie Moore" To: "weaver's words" What a wonderful epitaph for Osma. Thank you for sharing Linda Hebert. Sallie Moore in Reno, NV (where it's a beautifully cool evening (as usual) but we need rain!) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 31 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:20:28 -0700 From: "Allen Keeney" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Regarding what will happen to your baskets when you die? Let me tell you a tale. One of my basketry students a few years back asked me to look over some baskets she had just received. She and her sisters had inherited her grandmother's possessions and her two older sisters had carefully arranged to sort things out when she could not be there. She was a full time student and it was finals week. She was feeling pretty blue as she felt her sisters had taken and sold everything of value and as an after thought gave her grandma's old dusty baskets with the excuse "they knew she was interested in basketry". It seems Grandma and Great grandma had been a missionaries and schoolteachers among the Indians of the Southwest and had accumulated several dozen fine baskets dating from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. It turned out that the baskets disdained by the "evil sisters" had sufficient value to put her through college and graduate school with a nice nest egg left over. This tale ended happily and the baskets had good spirits looking over them. If you have valuable or sentimental baskets you should have written instructions for their dispersal when you are no longer around. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Camping Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:20:30 -0000 From: "Marianne Barnes" To: Just got back from an extended weekend of camping. I am teaching a class on gourds, so my husband and I decided it would be easier to clean, cut and scrape the gourds outside. It was! We just hosed away the mess after we finished. Thanks again to David for keeping us all informed. Thanks to Faye for organizing the swap. Looking forward to the next one. Is there a computer program where you can scan in patterns and keep them organized or would that take up too much space? Maybe keep them on a zip or cd? It finally rained. Everything here was so dry. It is actually cool here this morning too. Thanks for the information on the Preval sprayer. I am going to try and find one. Lisa, What a nice idea to have a kid's swap. I teach art in elementary school and my kids love baskets. They can hardly wait until they get to 4th grade so they can make a basket. Hope your vacation was nice and relaxing. Say hello to the girls for me. Jim said to say hi to the kids! I'll close for now and get some work done. Marianne Barnes in SC %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 30 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 06:09:08 -0500 From: rnardin@tetranet.net To: David Collins In reply to BODBASK@aol.com what to do with reed. I inherited a lot of reed from a gentleman when his wife passed away. I was working at the local college that taught basket classes and he called to see if anyone could use it. I still have some of it. I also gave a lot of it to my fellow weavers. I told my husband that if something happened to me, to either call Carol Matteson or St. Louis Basket Supply and give it to them. He knows better than to pitch it although when the reed bundles are broken and they multiply, I know he is sorely tempted to do so. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap, Birch Bark Strip & Weavers Needed Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:45:33 EDT From: SharonKlusmann@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David and All: First I would like to thank Connie Yousey from Glenfield, NY for the darling Stash the Cash basket bank I received from her as my swap basket. It has a round wooden bottom and round wooden top with a slit for the coins to go in. It is woven SO nicely in red and blue with a little "Stash the Cash" maple strip in the front. It couldn't be a more perfect basket for me because I put all my change in an old, ugly coffee can that will be in the wastebasket shortly. Connie lives in upper NY, which must be maple sugar country because she slipped a pure maple sugar inside - which is my husband's favorite. THANK YOU SO MUCH CONNIE!! I know there has been some discussion of taking bark off trees, but what I want to know is: Can I purchase something like that? When I was at the IN Convention this year I picked up Marlene Meyer's Northwoods Wall Basket pattern. I was taking a class next to her class and loved the way the baskets were turning out, so I purchased the pattern. It calls for a 1-1/2" Birch Bark strip. Can anyone give me any advise as to the availability of purchasing this strip or anything similar? Unfortunately, I am not interested in stripping a tree bark myself. I would also like to thank all you weavers who have responded to my plea for basket weavers to hire for my next order of 500 baskets from Ultra Shield. In case anyone missed it, if you live close enough to attend a training session at my home or meet me somewhere close and would be interested in weaving for me, e-mail me and I'll give you all the details. I live in Tallmadge, OH, a suburb of Akron in NE Ohio about an hour south of Cleveland. THANKS Sharon Klusmann, Cornerstone Baskets www.SharonKlusmann.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:55:40 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" WARNING! WARNING! Remember my question about sticky rubber bands-if you leave them on to long you will have bright pink pieces of rubber down the center of the cane where it came in contact with the band, then you get the joy of either sanding or scraping the mess off the spoke which of course is already inserted into the groove. This is the voice of experience talking. I use the bands to hold the spokes in place until I have woven a couple of rows. Jill, it was an interesting question you posed as I have wondered the same thing. My daughter would have loved all the baskets (and the other "stuff" I've collected over the years) but don't think my son and daughter in law are pack rats (could it be that living with me cured him of that problem). Yes there is some stuff they want but truthfully there is some stuff I no longer want. I have tons of baskets in addition to old weaving books, which I collected for awhile. I told my husband that the baleen basket goes to the friend who found it for me (she's never let me forget) and the rest to the guild. We have a local guild so I know it would be put to good use. About using wood spokes, you will probably have to soak them in hot water for awhile to make them flexible enough to fit around the mold. What I do is just soak the ends that need to bend, then form the bend and let dry before starting to weave. Wood spokes hold their shape better than other materials. I've not heard that they get tougher as they get older but it does make sense because they dry out more. When I say soak I mean for a good period of time, in other words plan ahead (a quality I'm sorely lacking). When I recently "steamed" so sticks for handles I thought the oak one was never going to get flexible and it was in simmering water all day. Guess that's enough for now. Billie in Va. Beach (who didn't have 5 inches of rain as many in this area did.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Mouse Pads & Osma Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:35:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Margie Reck To: davidc@iei.net Thank you all for the many mouse pad tips. Think I will go with a custom one using a photo. Now I have to decide whether to use a photo of one of my baskets or of our cute foal. ummmm..... Linda Hebert - thank you for the stories about Osma Gallinger Tod. I had never met her, but own and use her Earth Basketry book. Another book I would like to recommend for those who are into naturals is Basketry Today with Materials from Nature by Dona Z. Meilach and Dee Menagh. The copyright is 1979, but the designs are very modern. (No patterns, but it does explain techniques and gives lots of ideas). I don't know if it is still in print, but it might be available from a library. I live in a rural area and I order all kinds of basket books from all over the Northwest through the Montana Interlibrary Loan program. I read about many of you complaining about not having any warm weather or having too much rain while we in Montana would welcome some of that. It is in the 90'sand very, very dry here. Smoky too from the forest and grass fires. Today is the worst so far - I can't see the mountains across the valley ten miles away. How about a trade? Margie in Cameron %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW/On A Sad Note - To All Friends of Bill & Pat Dunning Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:22:06 -0400 From: "mkoch" To: Hi Everyone, It breaks my heart to pass this news on to everyone as Bill & Pat Dunning hold a special place in my heart. Bill Dunning has suffered a massive heart attack. They performed a triple bypass and he is now suffering with kidney failure. I just talked with their son & Pat and Bill is in very critical condition. We need Prayers, please... Bill is in Cardiac Intensive Care at Bethesda North Hospital, 10500 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45242, 513/745-1111. For those of you that haven't had the honor of meeting Bill & Pat yet, Bill is well known for the beautiful handles, Nantucket bases and is a top-notch woodworker. Pat is well known for her beautiful Nantucket's that she teaches & weaves. They live in Goshen Ohio. Lets let Pat know she has our support and prayers... Thank you, Dollie Koch Indpls IN %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 31 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:41:43 EDT From: Baksue@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Could anyone tell me where I could purchase a pattern for Laurie Shample's "Quilter's Tote"? Thanks, Susan Bakken %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Antlers Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:49:00 -0700 From: "Rita" To: "David Collins" The only two states I know about as I have sold antler baskets there is Oregon, where it is legal to sell antlers, and California, where, as a weaver, one can only sell naturally shed antlers. Rita %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and pieces Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:54:03 -0400 From: Angelique Raptakis To: "Weavers Words (E-mail)" I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions regarding honeysuckle. I can't wait to start weaving with it! Linda Herbert- I really enjoyed your story of Osma Gallinger Tod and the photos on your website. It's amazing how one event has the potential to take our lives in another direction! And what a variety of baskets you made, too! What a wonderful summer that must have been. I have never heard of a tempura basket, though. I was trying to figure it out from the picture, but couldn't really see it. The only tempura I know of is Japanese food : ). I went to my first guild meeting at Deer Creek Basketry Guild in Bel Air last Sunday. What a lovely group of ladies! I really enjoyed it. Thank you Nancy! I received my swap baskets yesterday from Carole Post in GA. She made a lovely small round basket woven on a base with some accent weavers. The second basket is made from round reed, with a triangular base to round sides. And she wove a beautiful braided turquoise border. I brought it to work today and placed it on my bookshelf so that I could show it off and enjoy it all day. She also included tea, which I love to drink. So much better than coffee. Thanks again Carole, I will treasure them. Angelique Raptakis in Maryland, where it has finally stopped raining. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket swap #9 and mouse pad Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:56:30 -0400 From: "j.carreon" Reply-To: "j.carreon" To: "David Collins" Hi everyone, Hope everyone is doing well. Upon returning home from work today "the box" was sitting on the sofa along with the mail. Of course I set the mail aside to open "the box" which contained my basket all the way from Anchorage, Alaska. Gina Poths sent a wonderful well made tall market basket with a swing handle. The basket has a base of about 7"x12" and 10" tall trimmed in burgundy dyed reed. On the side of the basket is a wooden sign the says Moose Crossing and a wooden hand painted Moose hanging from the sign. I really like this basket a lot. Thank you sooooo much Gina. Gina has been weaving for a year and I think she weaves very well. Gina also included a bouquet of Forget-Me-Not's, which is the Alaska's state flower. And she also sent a note pad and magnet with Alaska and Eskimos on them. Again thanks Gina. Margie: About the mouse pad you are looking for. When I was at the NCBA Convention in March I bought a mouse pad and a mouse cover. The pad has basket fabric on it. The background is black and it has different baskets allover the fabric. The Mouse cover is made out fabric that looks like basket weave. The cover looks like a mouse with felt ears, eyes, nose and whiskers. I bought it from Miss Jimmie Kent. Their shop is here in North Carolina and she teaches at convention. E-mail is missjimmie@basketonline.com or jkent@coastalnet.com I have contacted Miss Jimmie and her answer was by all means let everyone at WW know about the mouse pad and mouse cover. Jayna in Massachusetts: I've seen license plates in a basket website but I can't find it so far but I will get back to you on that. E-mail addresses: When I read that a weaver who sent a basket and didn't send his or her e-mail address. You all know that all you have to do is double click on the WW e-mail address at the top of this newsletter. Than click on the box Subscribers and David has typed every subscriber and their e-mail address for us. Enjoying these basket swaps very much. A Hello to Faye Stukey and thank you for taking the time to organize Basket Swap #9. Job well done. >^..^< Certainly many Thank You's to David for all the work you put in to have everyone receive Weaver's Word's. Juanita Carreon Havelock, NC %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: basket class Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:21:23 -0700 From: Ruth Emberg To: davidc@iei.net Hi students- Are you available for a class in Greensburg on Saturday August 12? The space is available, and I am just getting ready to set up the class schedule. The class for August 12 is an 8" square market, woven in two colors, usually red and green, but your choice. (Picture on web page) It is basic construction, with a braided handle, but the tightness of the weaving makes it more challenging than a standard market. I would appreciate your letting me know if you can make it, either way. Hope that you are having a great summer. Fall schedules are not ready as of now, but I hope to have them soon. Happy weaving!!!!!!! Ruth Emberg Bachemberg Baskets %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 30 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:55:27 -0500 From: kderrick@swbell.net To: David Collins References: 1 Margie in Montana, I haven't seen any basket mouse pads, but if you have a decent printer, you can make your own. There is a product called Polysilk made by Burlington that is sold in packages of five 8 1/2" X 11" sheets for around $8.99 (I think...it's been awhile). I bought mine at an office supply store. It is self-adhesive and you can stick it to a new cheap mouse pad, an old mouse pad, or anything else that would work, I suppose. I used new cheap mouse pads since the ones I made were for gifts. It says on the outside of the package that it can be used for memory books, covers for wedding albums, clock faces, mouse pads, etc., and it is for all color inkjet printers. I used scanned photos and it worked very well. Your picture needs to have good resolution, but the result will depend on the print quality of your printer. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 31 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:53:13 EDT From: DeeGrin@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David and fellow weavers. I loved all the ideas on what to do with your baskets if and when we depart this world. Plan on sharing them with my daughters. My two daughters have always competed for my baskets and have most of the ones I have made, except for the ones I weave at the NCBC. I have a friend who taught me to do that so am finally getting a collection of my own. My one daughter who recently moved to VA counted hers and she had 30, now 33, not counting the miniature brown ash. My youngest has just started to appreciate and want some of them. My two granddaughters 18 mos. 5 have both loved baskets since they were born. Leigh, I weave a Williamsburg without the handle and then add a special iron handle that a blacksmith makes for me. The way I get the shape is to tie a 7" handle in over my reed with waxed thread or string to start and make the bottom square and then as I move up the basket I move the handle to make sure the other side is coming out right. I have used Lyn Siler's pattern in her book. Joanne from Hawaii - I live in Dover, FL. Small town east of Tampa, and would love to have you come visit our 5 acre farm if you pass this way. Give me a call at 813-689-5893 when you are in the area. We are 10 miles south of Interstate 4. Dee in Fl. Yes, it is hot and muggy but finally getting our share of rain. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Swap #9 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:53:38 -0600 From: "Rae Hunter" To: "David Collins" , I arrived home today to find my husband holding a parcel for me. He is not really excited about my swaps, but he had it cut open and ready for me to discover it's contents. I got a lovely letter and a homemade card from Debbie Wagneckt along with a wonderful miniature Adirondack backpack. Included were an assortment of naturals, Daylilies, and something broader than the labeled day lilies. A Braid of Sweet grass, a gourd from her daughters garden ready dried and it sounds like it still has seeds in it. I will have to wait until next year to try and grow them in my greenhouse. Tarragon and sage a bundle of strips of pounded ash. I have never worked with ash so that will be a challenge. At a recent garage sale at my son's home I bought a teddy bear that my granddaughter 18 years old had given up. I thought that maybe in a few years she might have a little one that I could give it back to. The backpack fits it perfectly and is sitting in my dining room window looking over the meadow and showing off to the birds. My dining room holds all my swap baskets for everyone to see and they do admire them and I love them. Debbie did not include her e-mail in her letter so I thought this would be the fastest way to let her know I received it. I will send you a snail mail Debbie, until then know I am more than pleased with my backpack and treasures. Thank you, sincerely.... Cheers Rae http://www.telusplanet.net/public/rachael %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:18:17 -0700 From: "SUSANNE OLIN" To: "David Collins" David -- really enjoy weaver's word. Want to respond to a few different people whose names I did not write down. Firstly, re using rubber bands on Nantucket's. -- Sometimes when you have a long oblong shape, such as a letter tray where it is hard to get a rubber band on without help, I have been using Velcro, which I cut to size. Another suggestion about oak splints and how long to soak them. I was told, and I have not done this myself, that you could put the staves in a bamboo-steaming basket and put it in the microwave, where you can get them to become pliable. Someone was told to contact Charles Geisler about having some mold for a shave horse. If they contact me I can give them the address. I don't know that he would want me to post it on the Internet Does anybody out there work with waxed linen threads? I would love a little more information on things I can do with them, besides waling and twining. How does one knot? I weave mostly with soft fibers using narrow pieces of cane as my spokes. There are no classes or teachers that I can locate who live on the north shore of Long Island, or even Manhattan. Would appreciate any help I can get. would love to meet local weavers. I live near Manhasset, N.Y. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:41:38 -0500 From: Gary Dunham To: David Connie Yousey - Just wanted to let you know that your basket is on its way. The reason why it is late is in a letter in your basket. I apologize for it being late, but hope you do enjoy it! Cindy in Northern Illinois Where the weather is finally behaving %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:46:05 -0500 From: Gary Dunham To: David Hi! Came home from work. Hubby told me there was a present for me in the kitchen. I was so excited I wanted to jump up and down, but my back has been bothering me so a little screaming was in order. I ripped that package apart and there inside was the cutest basket! It's woven on a Williamsburg Handle, which was decorated with apples. Had a wide piece of reed also decorated with apples. It is just the cutest thing and I have so many things I could use it for, I just don't where to start. Also inside the basket was a scented candle, flavored teas and a recipe for Dessert Apple Cake, which I'm going to try. Thank you, thank you Debi Geosits! It really is beautiful! I'll have to take it to work to show it off. Only thing is, most people then want it! Thank you so much. Cindy in Norther Illinois Where I found out the other Cindy in Northern Illinois is only an hour and 45 minute drive away! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: 1-year old daughter Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 20:56:40 -0400 From: Kati To: davidc@iei.net Geez! I can't believe I typed 1-year old daughter!!!! My 16-year old daughter just hooted! She says I have inhaled too many paint fumes-my husband says it's because I want her to belittle again - I am not dealing well with my babies growing up so fast! Anyway, please list the information on how to join the kid's swap again and I am sorry. Denise Pittman in NC where it is raining and quite cool - weird for July in the South! Kati@etinternet.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket by basket Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:12:55 -0500 From: "Peg Weston Brondyke" To: I thought that this was interesting: "A group of villagers in Asia decided that a towering hill with a bamboo thicket on top had to be leveled so that the ground could be used for farming purposes. That same hill in the USA would have required the aid of giant earth moving equipment to level the ground, but the Asian mind didn't see things quite that way. "Thousands of people who lived in the immediate area got together and started removing the hill basket by basket of dirt. They handed down the baskets from top to bottom, and in some cases the lines were two miles long. For many days it seemed as though nothing was happening; the hill was not disappearing. But over a period of time, due to incredible teamwork and the commitment of thousands of people, the hill was leveled to a beautiful, flat farming area. "By their example, the Asians demonstrated that when we are confronted with seemingly impossible tasks, if we break them down into small segments--or one basket at a time--we can literally accomplish the impossible and move mountains. The villagers took a liability and turned it into an asset. Think about it. Examine your liabilities--maybe you can convert them to assets, even if it's just a basket at a time. - in Something to Smile About by Zig Ziglar %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.