"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 50 Date Sent: September 15, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1464 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: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 43, 44, 45 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:52:51 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins Mary Hooper - Thanks for your down-to-earth common sense! Carol Mead - Thanks for sharing a positive side of Longaberger. I agree that the world of basketry has room for diversity. There's no reason to take sides and be divisive. It's so much more satsfying to share our common interests than to seek negative little nits to pick. Wayne H. Husted - I like your attitude about shows as market research. It's obvious that you like people in general, as well as basketry. Joanne Howard - Philodendron sheath is stored dry. Wet it before using it. It's wonderfully versatile. I've seen (and used) it whole as weavers or rims with the wide edge left out as an embellishment, but also cut into narrow strips as weavers or for twining and cordage. Have fun with it! Billie - You are another person with a lot of common sense and a good attitude. (I hope all of you WW readers and posters are getting the message that I appreciate and admire rational and positive thinking. This includes you, Joy Moody!) Dolores von Rosen - Thanks for the reminder that we can weave our own bases for baskets that may have patterns calling for wooden ones. Little nudges like yours are what help us to keep thinking outside the lines. Janie - Thanks for sharing the plotherbs website. I also play with herbs & gardening. It's great when two areas of interest overlap. Eileen Mirsberger - Hello! It's good to see you here on WW. I certainly enjoyed visiting your shop. WW V4 I-44 Sandi Carstensen - I'm back! I haven't checked the list at the WW website to see if it has my current email address. It should be . Any other email address for me is obsolete. I think I have at least one unanswered message from you that I haven't dealt with yet. Will be getting into the backlog in the coming week. Jan Putra - I always try to remember to specify 'turn of the 20th' (or 21st) century. Luanne Jones - I think you can make dye from pecan shells without the husk, but suspect the husk would yield more dyestuff. When gathering for my own use, I throw both into the dyepot. Given a choice of either shells or husks, I'd prefer husks. Same goes for walnuts. Allen - Thanks for sharing your perspective on international baskets. I've been thinking about posting some such thing, but you've taken care of it nicely. Dianne - If there isn't a leather shop in your area, try a shoe store or shoe repair shop for leather dyes. Or, look for Tandy on the internet. Some hobby shops also carry leather dyes. "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 45 Evie - I think the fastest way to find out whether beech nuts are good for dyeing is to try some. Use the directions that have been posted for walnuts and hickory nuts. Start with a small batch in a jar and test several materials to see how they take the dye. That way you won't waste a whole batch of reed. Or, if you're feeling adventuresome, do a whole bucket or pot and if you don't like the color, you can always overdye it with something you like better. Angelique in Maryland - Hamburg cane has been bleached and appears to have the glossy surface buffed off. It should take dye much better than ordinary chair cane does. I haven't dyed any myself. Judy Mullins - Many wild plants yield good dyes. I've used black-eyed Susan, goldenrod, mullein, Osage orange, curly dock root, cedar chips and a number of others. For excellent information about natural dyes, check out the Natural Dyes list at egroups.com. There are also a lot of good books about natural dyes on the market. Dorothy - on a much smaller scale, I remember cracking black walnuts on the bottom of an iron skillet with an ordinary hammer. Picking the meat out was tedious, but Grandma's black walnut divinity made it worthwhile! Debbie Gring - Thanks for posting your Ash Camp photos. Guess I need to get organized and do likewise. Carolyn - Thanks for sharing tips. I've gotten many good ideas thanks to the generosity of WW readers. Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO - where we finally got a wet storm front through that cooled the air! (Getting out daily temperature out of the high 90s was worth the 3-hour power outage last night.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: basket screensaver - it does help if I include the address doesn't it! Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:55:48 -0400 From: "Dolores Gatz" Reply-To: To: "Pineneedlegroup@Egroups. Com" CC: "David" Well, now everyone will know I took time to peak in the mail today. Vicent - do you use the rose hips as embellishments or do you actually coil them into the basket. On my piece to Kendra, my niece's husband (whom is a professional artist) yelled at me for embellishing with the dock and sea shells. He didn't see them as embellishments but as an after thought. Said if your going to include something like that it should be coiled into the piece not attached at the end. Sorry, Kendra no offense meant. Didn't mean it as an after thought. Couple of people seem to have trouble getting into the Exchange page. Here is the original address I gave out at the beginning. Also, if you click on my photo or my community you should be able to see another page I started Swaps I've Done. I plan on when time allows adding another page too. Also, I discovered if you can locate the search engine and type in pine needles you will find pine needle baskets done by jfaulese, along with some pine needle and tree shots. Happy Weaving and coiling, http://community.webshots.com/album/2775437nhrWIvrlxZ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:14:22 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" Burt, Feel free to use any of my suggestion about recruitment for the guild. Of course I don't have a clue to what I said. If it was earlier than yesterday I can't remember it. Tony, I had the same response to a "mini" that size. Of course on ebay some things that are listed as miniature are not even close. Somehow those folks think anything much small than a bushel basket is miniature. Also been some strange looking Nantucket's on there. Seems as if they have heard those are valuable therefore whatever they have is called Nantucket. I have a show in a little over 3 weeks and my daughter in law is coming for a visit from Hawaii in 2 weeks so I'd better get a move on. Billie in sunny warm Va. Beach %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Aloha Ya'll... Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:15:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Joanne Howard To: David Collins Hi, Still in St Petersburg getting ready for the Basketry Conference this Friday. I can't wait!!! I taught a class the past two weekends to three ladies. I call them my Seniors. All over 60 years old and now addicted to weaving. They have already made 9 baskets between them. They did a great job and had a lot of fun. It was a great feeling sharing my love of weaving with them. I caught a segment of Martha Stewart Living this morning, which featured Martha Weatherbee. She showed some beautiful baskets from her collection and others. Great tips on cleaning baskets too. I don't get to see basketry folks on TV often so this was a great treat for me. Can't believe summer is over...I will be heading back to Orlando next week and home to Hawaii in Oct. I think I am ready!!! I miss Lois!!!!! Lois, what was the name of the book you just bought? I know you shared info in the last WW but I forgot to write it down. It sounds like a great book to have! Joanne Howard %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weavers Words V.4 I.49 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:52:58 -0400 From: "Sidney W. Safrit" To: "Collins, David" Hi All, It has been very busy for me as the new owner of Union Station Studio to get my new business going after the big move from Ohio to North Carolina. I haven't written lately, but I have been lurking. I am back up for business and am making pottery embellishments and bases. I still offer the same line of items as Eva Snyder. (Basket supplies, chair caning materials, handles, gift items, etc.) I am still waiting to open my shop. The shop will be located in a local roller mill in Troy, NC, which the Montgomery County Historical Society is renovating. Right now they are taking bids for the new roof. Hopefully by the end of September or the first part of October I will be in my shop. I am doing mail orders now. Roberta Comstock: You amaze me how you are able to keep up with Weavers Words and you reply to almost everyone. Thanks for your words of encouragement with my shop! Cindy in AL: Seems like an apple pottery embellishment would be appropriate for a basket for a teacher. I carry several different types of apple embellishments with two holes punched in them so they can be woven on the side of your basket. Styles: Solid red apple with brown stem and small green leaf; Whole apple with red on outside, white on inside with black seeds; Apple Core with bites out of both sides, red at top and bottom and white in middle. Also, I carry apple pottery bases that you insert #3 Round as spokes and you weave a basket which resembles a bowl. If you need more information, please feel free to e-mail me or call my workshop 910-571-0800. Seems like there is always something to turn our world upside down. My brother, Danny Kelly, was in a car accident and died on September 2nd. Danny's life was quite different than most - he had a severe drug and alcohol problem. (This was the cause of his accident - fortunately he did not hit or hurt anyone else.) This has been very traumatic for our family. When we got the call, my husband, Sid and I took my Mom to the hospital. (My Dad was at the beach) My Mom stood over his bedside and held his hand until he died. All I could do was stand there and hold my Mom up and try not to fall apart. My brother was divorced, so I'm handling his legal affairs since my parents are elderly. I hope that somehow we can make something good come of this terrible ordeal. We found a life history he had written while in a treatment center 13 years ago and we had no idea how severe his drug problem was until we read this. We are considering using this life history to somehow help prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Not certain right now how or what we can do to help others. To all of you out there who have someone in your family with this problem, I sympathize. If you have such a problem in your family and would like to e-mail me personally, please feel free to at: dsafrit@ac.net Happy Weaving! Darlene Safrit Union Station Studio dsafrit@ac.net http://www.erinet.com/unionsta %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Sea weed basketry Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:13:35 -0700 From: "Rita" To: "David Collins" Hi Lee, I think I can help you with your questions on seaweed basketry. Living on the South Oregon coast for 25 years has enabled me to perfect my favorite medium to weave with! I love walking the beautiful beaches and can combine my love of basketry and creating with the walks. First, I (and others) have found no way to "cure" the bull kelp if it is gathered fresh. We have tried the oven, woodstove, hanging in the sun, etc. There seem to be something in nature, be it the sun, sand or salt air that does the work best. So, I always gather it as I find it on the beaches already cured. Look for clean, meaning not rotted, good smelling kelp. You don't want pieces that have been eaten away. Usually the color is brown to golden, although white and even a black kelp can be found. Then load up and pack it to the car and ignore the strange looks you will get! I have stored it for years in a dry place and it is still great for weaving. When you are ready to weave, soak the kelp just until it is pliable. Too much soaking will make it swell and you will have a VERY loose weave. It will still shrink no matter what you do, so I usually keep an eye on it and pack it down as it is drying. You can dry it in the sun or by a heat source, but you must dry it soon as it will mold if it is kept wet. I use the "tails" to do traditional weaving techniques and the large stalks to make pouches similar to the bark pouches you see. I also make 3-5 ft. tall Native American style Kelp Shaman Spirits, so you can really let the creative spirit flow if you love working with kelp and master the process. Just keep practicing till you get familiar with it. Good luck! If you need more questions answered you can reach me at: Rita@fiberarttours.com or see a couple of baskets on my web page: www.fiberarttours.com Rita %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: National Basketmakers Organization Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:25:02 EDT From: Wickrwoman@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net My apologies go out to everyone involved in the formation of the National Basketry Organization and it's publication, for posting the last inquiry about its status in the last Weaver's Words. I jumped the gun and should have been more patient, since the next newsletter is due out soon! My inquiry was just that, an inquiry. In NO WAY did I intend my question to be taken as a negative comment or to put down efforts by anyone. I have high hopes for the organization, believing it's something that basketmakers across the nation all need, and should get behind and support wholeheartedly. I realize that forming any type of organization let alone a National one, take s an extreme amount of time, money and dedication. Helene Meyer and Michael Davis have done a terrific job just in setting up the foundation, working on tax-exempt status and assembling a board of directors. By the way, all this was spelled out in the last NBO publication in May, giving us a good status report on what has already taken place and what is planned for the future. I'm sorry if my comments and questions have stirred up ill will and bad feelings or caused supporters to withdraw any funds, that was certainly not my intent. From now on, I will refrain from comment and wait for official word in the newsletter from the board. Keep up the good work, group! Again, I am sorry for raising the question, prematurely. The Wicker Woman/Cathryn Peters/Zumbro Falls, MN Visit my website: http://www.wickerwoman.com/ Subscribe to my ezine: http://wickerwoman.listbot.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 49 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:08:04 EDT From: JandCPOST@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net My girls have all received their swap baskets. Kris received a basket called Grandpa's Wheelbarrow from Brian V. that his mom and great-grandfather designed. His grandfather cut out the wood bases, wheel and other pieces for it. The pattern was included, along with some bath goodies. My husband was eyeing the wood parts. Ashley received a rectangular basket with blue accents - her favorite color - from Kym G. She also got some bath goodies, but really liked the disclaimer on the label - "Do Not Use in Bear Country." Not many of those in Georgia! Lauren received a basket called Spring Swing from Lauren K. It has accent weavers of various colors and a painted star that says Girl Power - a Girl Scout saying. Both Laurens are brownies. She received some gel pens, paper and a cup. All three baskets were very well done and all three girls are ready for the next swap! They had great fun. Carole %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 46, 47, Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:49:13 -0500 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins WW V. 4 I. 46 Rowena - My latest dye book purchase is WILD COLOR: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes by Jenny Dean (with Karen Diadick Casselman, consultant). 1999. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN 0-8230-5727-5. ($24.95) It contains photos of the plants and the processed dyestuffs, color charts of the colors obtained from various parts, and outstanding instructions for both vegetable and animal fiber dyeing. Most basket materials will require the vegetable fiber processes. I've done a workshop with Karen Casselman and also love her book on natural dyes, but it doesn't have illustrations. WILD COLOR is a book I would recommend to any beginning dyer or anyone who could only choose one reference book on dyes. "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 48 Mary Hooper - The Willow & Naturals list was pretty quiet through August - maybe we were all out running around gathering materials and going to workshops - but the reports of great times are beginning to come in now. Send me a private note if you need help getting reconnected. Hey, Milwaukee area weavers - Having Karen Mitchell teaching in your area will be a Good Thing! Her work is fine and she's a fun person to be with. Tell her 'Hello' for me when you see her. Those of you who did my belt basket in August have a head start on the knotless netting technique. Cindy in AL - When making a rib basket, I find it best to 'eyeball' the length of the ribs. If the basket is to follow the contour of the hoops you are using, The ribs will be no longer than half a hoop. Melon baskets follow the shape of the rings pretty closely. Longer ribs will make a basket that bulges out to be larger than the two hoops. An extreme example of this is a butterfly basket. Cut the ribs in pairs, so you can have symmetrical sides. Adding two ribs at a time also keeps your weaving going properly. Look at as many pictures of rib baskets as you can in books or at pattern sites or on the Internet. Choose a shape you like and try to adjust the length of the ribs to make that shape. Nancy Basket - I can't get to your kidzu workshop this year, but am looking forward to hearing about all the things you do there. Maybe next year... Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Ann Rohlf Weekend Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:57:42 -0500 From: "Barbara Byrne" To: "David C (Weavers Words)" Hi all, I have had 2 spots open up in the Ann Rohlf weekend retreat scheduled for October 6, 7, 8. Several people expressed interest when the class was full, so if any of you out there are still interested, please contact me privately. Thanks a bunch! Barb in Vienna, MO Barb & Mike Byrne Come see what a RELAXING GETAWAY can be!! Gasconade Nature Retreat & Getaway www.nature-retreat.com byrne@socket.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: St. Louis Art Fair Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:13:34 -0500 From: "Barbara Byrne" To: "David C (Weavers Words)" Hi all, I had the rare opportunity to "get off the farm" and visit St. Louis last weekend (Sept 8-10) and was persuaded by some friends to visit the St. Louis Art Fair in downtown Clayton. Was I ever glad I did!! As I was wandering around visiting the various artist's booths I happened upon the booth of none other than Leon Niehues. I had seen his name mentioned by other weavers in this forum, but what a thrill it was to see his work "in person." His work is absolutely exquisite and inspirational. My husband had to drag me out of the booth so other visitors could have a turn to admire his pieces. I talked with Leon briefly and asked him if he ever gives workshops. He said no - but said he was considering doing so in the future. What a treat that would be! Shortly after visiting Leon's booth I went down one of the other streets to the area where various artists were doing hour-long art demonstrations. As luck would have it, gourd artist Ruth Andre from southern Missouri was doing a gourd weaving demonstration. Ruth does pine-needle coiling on gourds and her work is shown in many galleries throughout the country. She had quite a crowd gathered and it was great to see so much interest being generated in gourd weaving. I was so excited after that adventure that I guess I need to plan to get off the farm more often! By the way, Ruth will be teaching a day-long gourd coiling workshop at the Nature Retreat on October 21. There are still some spots available and commuters are welcome. Happy weaving, Barb in Vienna, MO Barb & Mike Byrne Come see what a RELAXING GETAWAY can be!! Gasconade Nature Retreat & Getaway www.nature-retreat.com byrne@socket.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Creed for Beginning Basketweavers Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:32:50 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Crystal: There are some additions to the Basketweaver's creed and I'll post the revised list soon. Right now I have to finish making grape juice, mow the lawn, lash a couple of baskets, and make kits for my classes next week. Does anyone else feel, as I do, that there's just too much to do lately???? My computer is much slower since I had it worked on so I had time to look at only a few of your ribbon winning baskets. Nice work. Congratulations. Mary Hooper %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Guild for Northwest Montana??? Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:48:53 -0600 From: "Faye Stukey" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Hi everybody! This is a request for weavers in the northwest Montana area... Chrystal Higgins and I are trying to locate as many weavers in our area as possible in an effort to put together a guild in Montana. If there are any weavers in Montana that can travel to our area once a month for a guild meeting, please contact me at stukey@digisys.net Thanks! Faye %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:19:35 -0500 From: mlower@mail1.aeroinc.net To: David Collins Hi everyone, Martha Wetherbee was on the Martha Stewart show on Sept. 13th. I had my VCR set and went off to school, but all it taped was blue static. I was very disappointed!! If any of you did successfully tape it, I would be very interested in obtaining a copy of it from you. I would be glad to pay all expenses involved. Please email me if any of you are able to do this. Thanks, Mindy mlower@aeroinc.net http://www.aeroinc.net/~users/nantucket %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Pattern swap Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:25:12 -0400 From: "Jayna Glemby" To: "David Collins" Looks like the first ever, duplicate pattern swap was a great success. I have heard from just about everyone and can officially say it is completed. After 9/25 I will delete all swap pattern related messages as well as email addresses from my address book. AND. Joe Conroy in Rhode Island has volunteered to co-ordinate the next pattern swap. He will inform you when that is about to take place. Thanks Joe! Several participants really hit the jackpot as their swap partners sent more then one pattern...some were duplicates they had bought or some were ones they had designed themselves. It's been a lot of fun and not much work doing this pattern swap and the best part is hearing from people saying how happy they are with what they received, or that they have made new friends. Jayna in central Massachusetts (Where a few of us in my little town are getting the first sewers. Progress has come to Charlton...but in the meantime the street is a mess and dust is everywhere, especially after they blast through the ledge. Had to take all the pictures, etc. off the walls!) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Please add to next issue. Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:09:16 -0400 From: "Baskets of Joy" To: "David Collins" Hello Weavers Words! Baskets of Joy wanted to let your readers know that we will offer a very special class on Wednesday, September 20th, at 6:00 that still has a few openings. Susan Reed Fanfoni will teach her newest (and as yet unpublished!) pattern called the Woodland Snowman. This special visit is not to be missed! Class size is limited, so if you would like to make it call right away 1-800-377-6097. This is a real treat to have Susan traveling in the area AND to agree to teach in our Brunswick Maine shop! Thank you, Susan-we can hardly wait! We know all the good places to stay in Brunswick if you need to stay overnight, and we are only 15 minutes from Freeport and L.L. Bean. www.basketsofjoy.com BASKETS OF JOY 81 Old Bath Road Brunswick, ME 04011 Customer service 207-725-5899 Orders 800-377-6097 Fax 207-725-6004 basketsofjoy@basketsofjoy.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket weaving Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:21:23 EDT From: Csr116@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi: what or are they any Basket weavers in Washington or Oregon and can I get supplies from them?? Thanks, Karen Roberson csr116@aol.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Spacing spokes Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:27:51 -0500 From: "Peg Weston Brondyke" To: Joe - I loved your idea of using a spreadsheet and a pie chart to figure out how to space spokes on a wooden base. Are you by any chance an engineer? Peg in Iowa %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:22:35 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" Question? does anyone know the phone #/email of Christine Banko. She wrote the garlic basket pattern. Our guild wants to contact her about buying some patterns. Please let me know if you do. I have been working on Nantucket's as usual this week. Since I form the rim over the basket when it is still on the mold I decided that since I was in no hurry to attach the rims I would make several extra rims so the next time I was ready to weave the basket that would be done with. Think in the long run it will save time esp. when you're in a hurry and doing things at the last minute, which of course I never do. So I just scarf them and form them around the mold and when they're dry mark them so I know what basket they fit. You also get the shavings from the scarfing all cleaned up (are you supposed to do that?) at one time. Billie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: RE: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 49 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:36:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Sonia Silva To: David Collins Hello. My name is Sonia Silva. I'm a cultural and social anthropologist who is currently doing research on basketmaking in west-central Africa, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. I will be giving a lecture on basketmaking and the Angolan war (yes, there is a relationship between the two), and I thought you might be interested. I should perhaps tell you in advance that this lecture won't include much detail on technique. Title: "THE ANGOLAN WHO TURNED TO BASKETMAKING AFTER STEPPING ON A LANDMINE." Location: Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Date: September 22, noon. Free entrance. I hope you can come. Regards, Sonia Silva %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basketmakers Getaway Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:03:32 -0400 From: "Steve Catsos" To: "David Collins" The Basketmakers Getaway - a weekend of basketry classes in an intimate and unique setting - March 2, 3, 4, 2001 - at the Great Stone Dwelling at the Shaker Museum in Enfield, NH. Teachers will be JoAnn Kelly Catsos, Wendy Jensen, Deanna Savoy, and Lynne Schlichting. Registration begins November 1, 2000. For a complete brochure contact JoAnn Kelly Catsos at catsos@bcn.net. Happy Weaving! JoAnn Kelly Catsos - in southwestern Massachusetts %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: NBO Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:19:45 -0400 From: "Angie Wagner-Country Seat" To: "David" Hi all, Cathryn Peters and all wondering about the NBO- This isn't coming from one of the "powers that be", but I do know this for certain. The next newsletter will be on it's way shortly. It will be sent by bulk mail in about 2 weeks. All work is still on a volunteer basis. I do not know the content of the upcoming newsletter, but hopefully the membership info will be in this issue or the next. The legalities must be taken care of before official membership can be taken. Anyone can read portions of the last newsletter or get more information at www.countryseat.com/nbo.htm. It's going to happen. Angie The Country Seat http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Thank You Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:30:28 -0500 From: "Cynthia G. Robbins" To: Hi Ya'll, I'd like to thank each of you who responded both privately and on WW to my post on "Teacher's Baskets" and my problems with my ribbed basket. I've got a lot of good ideas for the gift baskets (now I just need to get them made) and I think I have figured out what to do with my ribbed basket. Chunking the measurements for the ribs and "eyeballing" seems to be the way to go. I do probably need to start with a round one first. (And yes, it was a typo, that should have read: two 6"x 8" oval hoops, not a 26x8!) And thanks to Joe Conroy for his tip on even spacing of the stakes. I'll bet the creators of Excel never thought of this one! Cindy in AL where the temperature tonight is supposed to be in the mid 40's %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.