"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 36 Date Sent: August 03, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1445 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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Hi Everyone, I would like to thank everyone who has purchased a book thru Weaver's Words web page. It's a pleasant surprise receiving a referral check from Amazon. Amazon is celebrating their 500,OOOth customer by offering even more commission money. 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Take Care, David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Thank you for Weaver's Words Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:45:29 -0400 From: "Sheri Van Duyn" To: "David Collins" Hi Basket Weavers, I am so glad for this forum and have several Thank you's to include-Linda, Beverly, Janie, and Shirley, plus others-Thank you for your quick responses to my questions about Swedish Weaving and for the info about the palm fronds. I will definitely get in touch with the weavers who requested this information; plus posting this info here also perks up our interests in other areas! Faye - Thanks for all your work with Swap #9! I love my new Swap Basket and really enjoy getting to know other weavers through this Forum! Lisa - Thank you for getting the kids involved, both my children are now signed up and this will be a great project to weave together before going back to school! Dollie - Thank you for writing about Bill Dunning's passing. I will pass this information on to my Guilds. I really enjoyed getting to know Bill at the Conventions, especially last year at the Michigan Convention as I was vending for the first time in Traverse City with the Magazine. We had several chances to talk and he wished me all the best with Just Patterns and I again admired his woodworking skills. I will look forward with fondness to weaving special baskets with the handles and dividers that I purchased from him! I also complimented Bill on his business monogrammed shirt which read - "Mr. Studmuffin"!! I had a good laugh with him about being a brave man to wear this collared shirt when his wife, Pat came up to us in a matching navy shirt which read "Mrs. Studmuffin"!! Truly this was a special pair and I will miss you "Mr. Studmuffin". My thoughts and prayers are with you, Pat! David - Thank you for all you do to keep us all in touch! I really appreciate all your time and efforts! Weaving Wishes! Sheri L. Van Duyn Spring Lake, MI Just Patterns www.justpatterns.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 34 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:33:48 -0400 From: gorbics To: David Collins References: 1 In response to the antler question, you can check http://www.shedantlers.org/Legal%20Links/Fish_Game.htm While this says shed antlers, there is some info on harvested antlers too. Has anyone found more sites like this one by US Fish and Wildlife? Nan Nan Gorbics nangorbics@oceana.net Homepage: http://www.homepage.oceana.net/~gorbics/ With links to the antler basket pictures %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Kid's swap update Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:34:59 -0500 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that the "Kid's Basket Swap #1 sign-up" is officially closed. We have 25 participants!!! All swap buddy's names, etc. have been sent out. If you have not received a swap buddy and you are signed up for the swap, let me know right away! Thanks! I hope all of the kids have a great time with this. I think it will be fun for them because they get to meet 2 new friends during the swap. Parents, I'd love to hear from you any feedback about the swap (good or bad) that I can record for future swap coordinators. (I hope there will be some future coordinators!) My daughter is busy working on her basket already and is very excited about meeting her swap buddies. What a great idea this was to start a kid's swap! Lisa Carstens, Hartland, WI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:06:41 EDT From: Linhebert@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Re: Basket Prices Mary Hooper: "and I'd like to read your viewpoints..." Totally, perfectly, well-said. Touché' and AMEN! :-) By the way, when I learned to make Nantucket's from a Nantucketer umpteen years ago (20?21?), he told us that his price was $100 an inch. That was 20 years ago! Yes, a 10" diameter basket was $1000. At that time, if a Nantucket-style was not woven on Nantucket Island, it was NOT a Nantucket basket, and was looked upon with scorn. Does that mean that if you're not a Shaker, you can't weave a Shaker basket? How about a Cherokee double-weave?? (Excuse me, please. I couldn't resist.) Linda Hebert V. I. Reed & Cane http://www.basketweaving.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 34 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:51:06 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 34 Juanita Kenner - Congratulations on your Fair success! Melanie Dilts - I suspect if the kids enjoy this swap, someone will volunteer to do another. Get well quick wishes to your daughter. Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Years Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 00:57:28 -0400 From: CLARICE E WEATHERS To: davidc@iei.net WOW Linda Hebert, I am surprised that my memories of your shop was in the late 70's You must have made quite an impression, because I do remember that you had some wonderful baskets and you were very friendly. I thank you for all the posts you do on David's site. Fond memories live on... Clarice Weathers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:15:04 EDT From: Pweaver246@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi, Angie, I read your request about information on guilds posted to Weavers Words. I live in NM & am not aware of any guild activity there or enough weavers to establish one. This seems a reasonable forum to generate that interest if there are other weavers in NM I haven't met. Let us hear from you. I am a member of the MN Basket Weaver's Guild since my family lives there & I can link a family visit with some weaving fun. Pat/Albuquerque, NM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:27:54 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" David - I thought I was the only one who managed to send the same message more than once. I don't feel quite as dumb now that I see more computer literate folks do it too. Basket case - I can't remember where I read it but the meaning I have heard of basket case doesn't have a very pleasant connotation. Double amputees (legs) were not able to walk of course and so were carried in baskets. Also in the early 1900's when basketry was taught in psych hospitals as therapy it was recommended that young boys not be allow to make coiled baskets as they were like sewing and therefore feminine. Mary, I pretty much agree with your take on the price of baskets. Also you probably couldn't pay me enough to make a coiled pine needle basket. I've taken two classes and didn't like the second one any better than the first. It just isn't me. Both times the classes and the teachers were enjoyable but I hated working with pine needles and raffia. Billie in Va. Beach Where drought is not a word much used these days- we had 7 1/2 " of rain in July %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Art vs Baskets Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:10:12 EDT From: ZOOBAR@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Mary Hooper- your comments were very interesting and maybe helpful to many. Besides, not only does the artisan have the costs of materials, housing, equipment, etc. there is one other thing the customer pays for/ buys with the purchased object. The creator's talents and artistry that are reflected in said object. That of course can't really have a money value, but if the item does indeed sell, than that shows the value of the artisans work at that particular time. Perhaps the main thing for all to keep in mind is the difference between that level of "product" and what many of us create. I don't really like to use the term handicrafts in relation to my, and others, basket weaving. That term always makes me think of refrigerator magnets with googlie eyes. Much of the "ART" basketry I've seen I don't even consider a real basket- even tho' it may be woven of some material or another. But then that is my preference. Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder! I think some of the "Art" items may help the more talented "basket" weavers receive true value for their creations and recognition of their talents. Perhaps if nothing else it will raise the level of knowledge about basket weaving as performed at the different levels, and increase appreciation for such a remarkable and ancient art. Blythe Barbara, The Ten Thumbs Weaver-in hot and still drought stricken Blythe, Ga. (please don't keep mentioning how some of you are having "no summer" or how much rain you are having!) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:32:21 EDT From: RSTAU7251@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi Fellow Weavers! Diane in AZ: We have an active guild here in AZ. It is called Basket Artisans of Arizona. We meet the second Saturday of the month at the Pyle Adult Center, 655 E. Southern Ave., Tempe, AZ. We meet for 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Several of the ladies here at Weaver's Words are members. As a matter of fact, Pam is our president. It is a wonderful group. The membership fee is $18 a year. We'd love to have you join us. During the summer months, we do a project that covers all three months, but the rest of the year we do a project every month. We'd love to have you join us. You can e-mail me if you have any questions. Happy Weaving, Kris Stauffer in hot and sunny AZ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:49:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Carol Miller To: davidc@iei.net Dianne Gleixner - PLEASE send your rain to western Montana!! We need it so bad, looks like by the end of the week there will be no irrigation water, and we just pray our well holds out. We are at 180 ft with 1/2 gallon a minute, we do have a 1500 gallon systern. Jan Putra - I think everyone here can identify with "earth to mom"! I printed it and will post it to the frig just to let everyone know it isn't just me! Thanks for the enlightenment. I hope that all the kids that have signed up for the kids swap are having as much fun as my son! He received his name and changed his mind about what he was weaving, and has been a weaving fool! He has his rim left-he is so excited that he will get a basket in the mail just like mom- yes I have this one hook!!!! YES! Happy weaving, Carol in Montana %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:49:22 EDT From: StarlaK@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Mary Hooper: Thank you for the essay, it was well put. A great way to put into words what I'd been thinking. Like the people who purchase antiques, if it is what you want and the price is right for you, then buy it. The next guy may think it too costly and the next may think they got a bargain. It's really in the eye of the beholder. I use to try to explain my pricing to people, now I just figure they either want it or don't. Same goes when I give classes, people want to know what profit I'm making on a class. I wonder if quilt teachers get the same question. But quilt students usually bring their own materials, whereas I provide them. Now I'll have to use the analogy given by the potter, using basketry language, maybe I could even type that out and frame it and put it near my baskets when I sell them. A couple of years ago I'd give classes when my 1-year-old twins and their 4-year-old sister went to bed. Mostly classes for friends and their friends. I told them they were contributing to my sofa fund---I was in need of a new one. Several of them came back to weave more. Not sure if they were doing it for the weaving or doing it to help me rid of that ugly old thing! I'm going to New Orleans for Thanksgiving this year. Give me the "must sees" especially anything basketry related, but also any "kid friendly" sites in the area. Thanks. Your friend in weaving, Darla in Fort Lee, Virginia %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:47:26 -0400 From: "Donna L" To: "David Collins" Re: Osma - I starting selling her Earth Basketry (hard copy then) back in the late 70's or early 80's. At that time, copies were ordered directly from her and, at least some of them, were personally signed with a message from her on the inside first page. I know mine is. Although I never met her, talking to her on the phone was a real pleasure. Donna bordlong@fast.net http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Update on Basket Swap #9 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:23:40 -0600 From: "Faye Stukey" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Hello all! As of yesterday, there are only two swap baskets that have not been mailed... and hopefully those will be mailed by the time I write this. I believe there are still nine baskets in route to their destinations... I have been writing letters... trying to keep everybody updated... but there are a few of you that I have not heard from as to whether or not you have received your basket. If you've received an email from me asking you this information please respond as soon as possible! Our coordinator for Basket Swap #10 is Katy Ulrich... and I think she's anxiously awaiting word from me that the ball is in her court! I'd like to take a moment to thank Lisa Carstens for undertaking the task of the First Kids Basket Swap! I think this is an awesome way to include our kids in basketry... to encourage them to think of others... and to learn what a pleasure it can be to give a part of ourselves to another. This is quite a task for Lisa... with kids there is the added pressures of age and the boy/girl thing to consider. I'm excited to hear that, even though there are more girls signed up, there are quite a few boys that enjoy weaving, too! Let's all continue to encourage them! That's all for now... Faye In Kalispell, Montana... where, in the mountains at 4000 feet, it's 86 degrees in the shade! To darn hot for me! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Embellishment Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:50:32 -0400 From: "basketcase" To: "David Collins" Hi David and Everyone: Does anyone know where I can order (via Internet) Philodendron Embellishments for baskets and gourds? I've probably got them growing right under my nose and don't know it. I'm really getting into the "earthy" basketry, and I've also begun the whole gourd thing and having a blast. Is there any distinguishing attributes of one Philodendron sheaf over another? I mean, could I order them by mail and be satisfied with what I got? Can you tell I've never used them before? Well, I've seen them, and I likes what I sees. So if someone can steer me in the right direction I'd be beholdin'. Mona Campbell, in hot, humid Havelock, N.C. where I've been cleaning 25 pounds of shrimp and now smell like a sea urchin! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Art and high prices Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:00:46 -0500 From: "Peg Weston Brondyke" To: Mary Hooper - I agree with you when you were talking about the potter whose mug took an hour to make, yet that didn't count all the extra work. When people ask me how long a basket takes to make, I say that it takes a few hours to do the actual weaving (depending on the basket), but I also have to dye the reed, cut the stakes, trim the hairs, stain the basket, etc. I disagree, however, that if I can afford something, then it shouldn't be considered art. It's all in how you look at it, I guess, but I consider my sons' drawings art, because they created them out of nothing but paper, pencil, and their imaginations. Art doesn't have to be expensive--money really has nothing to do with it. There are some outlandishly expensive things out there that some consider art, but I don't. The feeling that I get from something is what's important, not the price tag. Peg in Iowa, where we're finally back to summer--hot and humid %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:02:48 -0700 (PDT) From: sweetchips To: David Collins To Mary Hooper, I loved your mini-essay Mary (I'm a college English teacher so I love essays hahah) Seriously, I think that basketry is art. As your potter friend said, there are many things that go into any work and many times that is not taken into account. I have sold pieces for large sums of money, and I am currently preparing an exhibition for a museum. I have been making baskets for about 16 years. I started with patterns and worked for a long time learning techniques. I feel like I will always be learning. There are so many techniques and so many materials with which to work. Now I work mostly with foraged materials as my structure in one of a kind pieces. I make baskets because I love them. Their value to me is not monetary, but when someone appreciates one of my works, I feel honored. I think that many craftspeople/artists feel bad about asking for high prices because they do get so much enjoyment from the work. But I don't think that it is wrong to value your work. I have given away lots of my baskets solely because the person truly loved the piece. Art is in the eye of the beholder. I wouldn't have paid a dime for Warhol's soup cans, but there are many baskets I wish I had. Shari in stormy 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: Re: Slits in wooden bases Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:24:31 EDT From: GregMcCut@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Dear Dave, This is a first for me, I am one of those "lurkers". I have recently started to make Nantucket baskets (with Marilys Sowers teacher - great) after attending the Fairbault convention the end of July. My friend went with me, and she stated that her husband has attempted to make wooden bases for non Nantucket bases, but can't get the slit thin enough - and has been unable to find a proper blade for his router. How is the slit made? Is a router used or another type of tool? Thanks in advance for your input! Lynne McCutcheon %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap #9 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:13:00 -0500 From: "St. Peters" To: Hi all, I'm a "really old" reader/lurker who is lucky to get all the issues of WW read! (Really old in that I've been with the group when we were the Basket List) Anyway, I really enjoy each issue and I also enjoy participating in the basket swaps. Swap #9 was terrific. I received a beautiful red-white-blue basket designed just for me by Marilyn Thompson. It was filled with a copy of the pattern, notepaper, banana bread mix, candies from Italy and a daily planner and pens. What a thoughtful addition to a beautiful basket. I collect Americana and the last two swaps I mentioned that and both of the gals sent me beautiful red-white-blue baskets for my Americana dining room. My daughter told me I had enough RWB baskets! (She's a grown-up and doesn't live at my house anymore, so I can do as I please!) I want to encourage all of you lurker/readers out there that if you haven't tried a swap yet, jump in and do so. This is a great bunch of people who enjoy the art of weaving and sharing. David, we'd be lost without your efforts. Thank you! I'm going back to my reader/lurker mode now. Deb Wagenecht In muggy Northern Illinois %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Grecian-tiered wombat basket Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:43:04 PDT From: "Shirley Albright" To: davidc@iei.net Re the wombat basket: I know--for a split second I went whoa! I also think wombats are interesting, and brought back a stuffed wombat (not a real wombat, just a stuffed toy) when we visited Australia many years ago. Now, how do we go about making a "Grecian Tiered Wombat Basket"? Could we design something, sell the patterns on WW and donate the $$$ to maybe the Helping Hands Project? I picture maybe 3/8" half-round spokes added onto the outside of the basket after weaving it, maybe carved spokes to simulate Grecian columns (sort of like Flo Hoppe's tea basket). Is the basket in the shape of a wombat or just made to hold a pet one? Hmmmm... I am very interested in bilums, the netted bags used in New Guinea. I want to make one, but lack the materials, the bast (inner bark) from either mulberry or basswood trees. Anyone interested in a swap of west coast materials for bast? Shirley in Monterey, where we actually have a warm day for a change %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:49:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Margie Reck To: davidc@iei.net Hi, I received a beautiful basket from Mary Mautz a couple of days ago all the way from Hawaii! She has only been weaving about a year, but prolifically. (When you are hooked, your hooked). Also included in the package was a dish towel, two pot holders, and a T-shirt, all with Hawaiian flowers and name on them. Mary managed to do all of this for me while experiencing a three weeklong family emergency and raising five children under the age of 14!!! Mary, all of your gifts are WONDERFUL and I will think of you whenever I use them. Thank you and Faye! Margie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Food allergies Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:24:04 -0500 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone- For those of you whose children/grandchildren are participating in the kid's basket swap: One bit of information I didn't think to have the parents include about their children was whether or not they have any food allergies. In case their basket buddy wants to include any "treats" with the basket (this is completely optional), it would be important to know if the child is allergic to chocolate or nuts or whatever. So... if your child is participating in the swap and has a food allergy, please let me know and I will pass this information on to your child's swap buddy. Thank you! Lisa Carstens, kid's swap coordinator %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Organizing Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:41:41 -0700 From: "Bourgeois, Coleen" To: "'davidc@iei.net'" Hi All, I have not contributed in a long time but have been trying to keep up reading all the posts. One discussion that was going on was on how to organize all your supplies, etc. A couple of things that I have done in my room are (luckily I have enough room in my house that I was able to completely take over one of our bedrooms): I took the doors off the closet and installed shelves from one end to the other the complete depth of the closet. That gives me some very large shelves to hold a lot of "stuff" and without the doors everything is very easy to get to. The other thing that I did was to install a shelf along the longest wall in the room. It is approximately 10 inches wide and about 30 inches down from the ceiling attached with L brackets. This gave me quite a bit of display space for finished baskets. Then underneath that I took decorative brackets that hold shelves and put up three of those, one on each end and one in the middle. Then between those I installed closet dowels. That gave me a closet dowel the full length of the room and high up on the wall to hang basket materials. I use mostly natural materials so have LOTS of stuff which is hard to store because it is fairly fragile in its unprepared state plus a lot of it is long and not something I want to coil up to store. When I installed the dowels I slipped on metal shower curtain clips which allow me to hang any number of items on each clip plus I can slide them from side to side as I choose. This keeps all of my materials up off the floor and gives me the whole wall as storage space allowing me to see what I have on hand at a glance. I can't believe how many materials I can store on this one wall this way and I can get to any item I want without having to move or dig thru anything else. One other thing I wanted to ask about - I am going to be in the Washington, D.C. area this coming September and would like any suggestions of basket places, events, etc. to see or do while I am in the area. Thanks Coleen Bourgeois Portland, Oregon %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 35 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:11:23 EDT From: JKGranger@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Dianne Gleixner: Regarding oak splits...call Scott Gilbert (1-800-447-7008) at GH Productions (The Basket Maker's Catalog) and he will guide you through the simple process of scraping handsplit oak. I found his shop while driving through Kentucky last spring, on our way to Florida for vacation. We spent about an hour talking with him about his baskets (oak...WONDERFUL) and wound up buying some oak splits to experiment with when I got back to Michigan. A couple months later, I finally got the nerve to dive in. Using the Swedish Sloyd knife I had purchased from him to scrape the splits, and my recollection of the instructions Scott had given me 2 months prior! A couple splits later, and I HAD THE KNACK! You end up with beautiful, smooth material that you hand cut to width. I wound up weaving a VERY FINE 6" Shaker cathead on the puzzle mold he sold me (yes, he is an excellent "salesman") that turned out to be a gorgeous and very fun basket to make! Give Scott a call, I'm sure he could tell you anything you may ever want to know about weaving with oak! Jan Granger...lurking near Lansing, Michigan...where it's hot and muggy. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Basket Swap #9 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:38:18 EDT From: Bsktmkr23@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net I would like to extend a special thank you to Kim Mattson for a beautiful "Flag Basket" woven on a D handle. You did not include your e-mail address so I could not send this to you individually. I have sent you a snail mail regarding my appreciation for your excellent work. I am very impressed that you find the time to weave with three very young children. I also loved the patriotic towel as well as the recipe and the dried cherries. Your work is impeccable and the basket has found a special place in my home. I am looking forward to trying out the recipe for " Curried Chicken Salad." Happy weaving to all. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 23:47:20 EDT From: Tonyfig1@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi fellow weavers, Just arrived home from vacation to find a wonderful basket from a very talented lady. My swap partner was Wanda Baker who created a great flower gathering basket. It is stained with the color driftwood and there are navy accents woven into the sides and bottom. In addition to the great basket she sent along a great pair of gardening gloves, some hand salve, and some post cards of her state, Indiana. What a great way to end a vacation!! Thank you, Wanda... Tony Figurilli (from Medina, New York where it has finally stopped raining) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Undeliverable message Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:21:47 -0500 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Kay Janke - I tried to send you a message regarding the kid's basket swap but got it sent back saying it was "undeliverable". Please let me know if maybe I have the wrong email address or something. As soon as I get this straightened out, then I can send the swap buddy information. Thank you! Lisa Carstens, kid's swap coordinator %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Vacation destinations Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:59:56 EDT From: SKCHASTAIN@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Mon. July 7 we leave for a 17-day vacations in our camper. We are going from Fredericksburg VA to Bristol TN then down to Birmingham AL and then up to St. Louis Mo for several days on the way home it is through Ohio and Pa back home. Any suggestions for basket stops would be appreciated. I always stop at St Louis Basketry and the Cards game on the 18th. My husband hasn't found all the basket kits I have hidden in the camper. YET. I plan to weave or stitch every mile of the trip. Thank You Sharon a weaver from Virginia PS we will have the laptop to check and read WW %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.