"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 60 Date Sent: November 01, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1504 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (317) 899-5747 davidc@iei.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE "BASKETRY TRAVEL COMPANION" TODAY: http://members.nbci.com/dgcollins/ordercompanion.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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. 59 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:41:32 EDT From: Wileypat@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net David, I would like the name of a contact person for the North Carolina weaving event. I've heard people talk about the NC show and I would like more information. Perhaps we can get a group from this locale to go. Thanks. Pat Wiley %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 07:27:50 -0400 From: "Sarah Stoddard Watts" To: Hi everyone, I did my first craft show last weekend, and I was very pleased with how it turned out. I used a lot of the tips I had gathered here on WW, and they were very effective! I was so nervous that I almost backed out at the last minute. Thank goodness my mom came up from Florida to help me out, or I might not have been able to go through with it. All in all, though, I'm very glad that I did it. I took a few orders, I sold most of my inventory, and I received a lot of compliments. I think that this is definitely something I will do again! I am a little concerned about the comment, which referred to "whoring" the basketry profession. That seems so harsh! I honestly have no idea if I priced my baskets cheaply enough to consider it "whoring" in some else's eyes, but in my opinion, even if you GIVE a basket away, it isn't "whoring." I priced my baskets to sell - economics still apply - and I was pleased with my profit. I also know that I sold baskets for less than I have seen similar ones priced at more expensive shows. Of course, take into account my experience level (only one show!), but I think I'm qualified to say this: there is no need to insult folks who don't do things the way you do it. On a much lighter note, I'm looking forward to going to Hickory, NC next Friday for Seminar West. Is anyone else from WW going? This time I'll be sure to wear my red ribbon! Sarah Watts in Savannah, GA where the high is supposed to be 80 today. I do envy the fall foliage your northerners get to watch! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket swap Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:13:41 EDT From: BHoney5889@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Saw a letter to you from Joe about sending patterns to our swap person. I thought I was to send a basket by Nov. 15. Am I to do more? This is my first one. Help. Randi %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Kids Swap #2 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:44:31 EDT From: NanoAnd@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Kids and sponsors, Just a note to remind you that November 15th is the deadline to have your baskets woven and in the mail to your swap partner. I'm sure you are all working hard on your baskets and have chosen the perfect one for you partners. I have heard from one of the Children that her basket has been sent but have not heard that it has been received! Please don't forget to let me know when EITHER you SEND or RECEIVE a basket!! I hope you are all having fun! Nanette Anderson (NanoAnd@aol.com) South Haven, MI where summer is here again! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits and Pieces Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:31:10 -0400 From: "John W. Dorris" To: "Weavers Words" Joy, I know you're right about giving things away. I am trying to do that more often. But think my problem with getting rid of the basket stuff is that although I basically only do Nantucket's anymore some day I might want to make another style and won't have the right materials. Of course I could order more but my mind has trouble getting around that concept. I've found every year that when I put away all the "stuff" (mostly baskets) to make room for the Christmas decorations less and less is put back out after the holidays. My daughter used to try to convince me to get rid of all the living room furniture since no one ever uses it and turn that into a basket museum. We have the most bizarre traffic accidents in this area of any place we've ever lived. It was in Va. Beach in Sept. that the 4 nurses from NY drove off the top deck of a motel's parking garage. This week a woman driving a semi went over the jersey wall on the Monitor-Merrimac bridge/tunnel and into the water below. The truck landed on its' wheels in about 25 feet of water. Luckily for her there were several "old guys"(what one of the kids interviewed on TV said) fishing around the bridge and manage to hold on to her until the coast guard arrived. She really isn't in bad shape for what she went through. I do envy all of you that were able to attend the Mich. convention. Some Day!! I have signed up for Georgia. Though I'm not sure the weather conditions will be much better there in Feb. than they are here. They have an interesting group of classes and not just the same old thing. Am glad to see Donna Carlson among them. I took my first pine needle class from her what must have been 10 years ago. It isn't her fault I hate that type of weaving. There are getting to be so many weaving weekends and conventions that hopefully everyone has an opportunity to attend one. That is one thing that will definitely get you enthused again if you are suffering from burnout. Well enough for now. I must go buy a battery operated paint roller so I can get started on the paint job. Since the one I have is at least 10 years old I think I'm entitled. I just hope they have made improvements. Billie in overcast Va. Beach %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: rainsticks Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:07:35 -0500 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone! Several people have written to me with questions about the rainsticks I have been working on with my daughter's 4th grade class. In answer to your questions: I don't have a pattern for the rainsticks. We are using mailing tubes (2 1/2" diameter by 25" long or any size close to that will work). Then we have punched holes along the seam of the rainstick about 5/8" apart using an awl (it forms a spiral pattern) and then insert 2 1/2" nails into the holes or whatever size the diameter of your tube is (the nails have to have a very flat head). After that, we covered the tubes with brown paper mailing tape (gummed), applied along the length of the tube. We then used 1/4" flat oval reed, dyed tan, and cut 9 spokes, the length of the tube. We spread them evenly apart and held them in place with 3 rubber bands (one on each end and one in the middle). The kids started weaving at one end and worked to the other end using a variety of weaving materials. We are using things like seagrass, twine, smoked vine rattan, yarn, suede lacing, leather strips, 1/4" flat reed, round reed, raffia, llama roving, strips of birch bark, etc. When we finished the weaving part, we filled the rainsticks with rice, beans or both and put the cap back on. We covered both ends of the rainstick with a piece of soft leather, cut into a circle about 3 1/2" in diameter. The leather circles are tied onto the ends of the rainstick with waxed linen or artificial sinew and then another piece of waxed linen is used to tie somewhere on the rainstick to attach beads and 2 leather "feathers" which hang down as an embellishment. That's it! Let me know if you have any other questions about this. Denise: Yes, Amazon has "The Rainstick" book I mentioned. That is where I ordered mine from. Martha and Joanne: Thanks for the information on the history of rainsticks. Dianne: I have a pattern for a recipe box with wooden lid. Give me a call and we can talk more about it. Take care everyone! Have a Happy and Safe Halloween! Lisa Carstens in Hartland, WI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nicknames... Date: 27 Oct 2000 16:05:19 -0000 From: "J. Choate Basketry List" To: List Member J. Choate Basketry List - http://www.jchoatebasketry.com Nicknames... I'm not sure if it's a family tradition or some throw back from my southern roots but sooner or later everything gets a nickname. This uncanny ability had its early development in my childhood where my Mother gave a nickname to those she liked and didn't. Of course most people never knew what the secret family "code word" was that had been bestowed on them in private. It was our own secret club, where only a select few had access to decipher what was going on. This worked out great until someone slipped up. In my Mom's case it was from a friend at work who addressed my sister's Mother-in-law as a "Mrs. Mucknose" versus her given name..."Melrose". So, in keeping with that tradition I have accepted the responsibility of bestowing names on things. For my daughter (Jennah Denali), the nickname Gert. This, of course, was elongated to Gertie or Gertie-Lou when emphasis is needed. For my Australian Shepherd - Sydney who is a bit too fluffy; Fatboy, Fatdog, Fat & Hairy or for short, Fats. For the coonhound - "Satch" (who is still having problems holding it while inside), Stinky-Pete, Binky-Bob or the Snake-bellied-chomper-mouth. Not only are nicknames a term of endearment but they serve as a means of correction. Anyone caught whimpering around our house gets threatened with the title of "Wilma Whiner". They also come in handy for instructional purposes. When Jennah was having difficulty computing change in school "Wanda Waitress" showed up at the house for meals insisting on the correct amount for services rendered. Nicknames are truly a wonderful and resourceful thing. If your still wondering what your nickname is we'd better hook up so I can think one up for you. The Alaska Bush Basketry Retreat is still a possibility in March and I'll be down in the Lower-48 traveling through Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Missouri. I'll look forward to bestowing you with one of my best. Until I can think up something... Jill Choate a.k.a. Willie Jean or "Chill" of the North Talkeetna, AK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Lash saver Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:28:55 -0400 From: gatsby@larck.net To: davidc@iei.net I decided it was time someone described a lash saver to those who haven't had the pleasure of using one. It looks like a miniature shoehorn - just a little longer and narrower. It is used to fit between your rim and the next row of weaving. It acts as a trench when lashing. It really saves the lasher from getting all frayed. If you don't have one, get one. I even got a second one so I can keep a "running" lashing going. Hope this description helps. Dot in Maine, where summer seems to be back again. We'll keep it. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Gourd books / patterns Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:29:34 -0400 From: "Arnie's Arts 'n Crafts" To: "David Collins" In response to: "Are there books or patterns that any of your are aware of that can help me? Carla T. Adams" We offer a few very nice books and patterns on basketpatterns.com pertaining to gourd weaving. If you use our site search you can locate them quickly by doing a search for the word 'gourd'. Hope this helps, ~Sheri http://www.basketpatterns.com info@basketpatterns.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: This and That Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:28:53 -0500 From: Tony Stubblefield To: David Collins References: 1 Lois - about milk paint - in general milk or buttermilk paint is going to be very gritty and thick. Most of the old baskets I see that are painted with it usually have the clumps and drips you are referring too. One of the thing I did when I used some years ago was to strain it through a pair of panty hose. You have to kind of squeeze the paint/liquid through the nylon, but it does get a lot of the really big solids out. You are still going to end up with a pretty thick paint, but that is what you are going to want for an authentic look. Elaine - I am not familiar with the name Debbie Shedron, but that doesn't mean much as I am horrible with names and kind of out-of-the-loop here in St. Louis. I did actually sit outside and eat my lunch yesterday. I had taken the day off to finish up stuff around the house. While not quite the same as a drive in the woods, it was at least nice to be out in the sun on a pretty fall day. Speaking of floors, aaargh! They completed the finish on Wednesday and I was able to walk around on them on Thursday when I got home from work. Well, after a phone call and a visit from the sales rep they are coming back on Monday to re-do them! Well actually they are going to buff of the top/last coat of finish and re-apply. The finishing crew did do such a good job and there were lots of pieces of debris, like grass clippings stuck in the clear coat. Oh well, even though all the furniture will have to be out of the rooms I moved some stuff back into the living room just so I could sit in there and enjoy all the painting and such. When it is all done I will be really happy with all the colors and such. Even with the problems I would still recommend the service as they didn't flinch when I called them with the problem and they offered right away to fix it without any questions. So, here we go on week four of "Tony's messy old house". Pam - about workplace baskets - This is probably a horrible thing to say, but I know most of us use them, but I love Rubbermaid storage boxes to keep and transport my basket supplies in. Isn't that terrible, a basket maker using the very thing that virtually ended baskets as a utilitarian piece of Americana. I did have a tool basket that I wove for myself that I used up until recently. It was a ribbed basket with a hinged lid. I really liked it, but over the years instead of accumulating more tools I have actually honed my tool list down to a minimum number of gadgets so I don't need a large basket to carry them in. I do have my only Basket Swap basket on my worktable. It was designed and woven by Susan Reed-Fanfoni and I use it to keep my little notebooks, earplugs (for when I am running my sander and dust collection system) and other odds and ends in one place. I use most of my baskets as decorations instead of actually "using" them. All right I think I have babbled enough. Hope everyone has/had a great weekend. Happy weaving, Tony Stubblefield St. Louis http://www.JASkets.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket's in the Mail! Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:11:35 -0700 From: "Faye Stukey" To: "David Collins" References: 1 I am so excited! As of just a few days ago I had no idea what I was going to make for my swap partner. Then... the weekend came... and I got inspired! My basket is all packaged up and ready to go in the mail tomorrow. I can't say anything more at this time... but I hope she likes it! :-) Faye Kalispell, Montana... where it's raining right now, the leaves are almost all gone, and the larches covering the mountainsides are a rusty-orange! What a beautiful fall we've had! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Red ribbons Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:10:00 -0500 From: Nancy Brandt To: Weavers words Hello everyone, WW members -- please wear red ribbons at conventions!! I missed a chance to connect with at least one WW, because I forgot the ribbon. The Oceans Of Baskets Convention in Wilmington, N.C. was so great. I am still happy from everything I learned, saw, and bought!! Thanks to all the people who worked on it. Nancy in Glen Arm, Md. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Stacked Rim Basket Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:36:58 -0500 From: annolsen@uplogon.com (Olsen Ann Marie) To: "'davidc@iei.net'" Hi Everyone: Thank you David for doing such a great job with the newsletter. I have a pattern called Stacked Rim Basket, by Pamela Herrington and Debbie Ross, that I would like to tackle but cannot find the correct handle required to do the basket. The handle is 8" x 12" x 1 1/2" Oval Hoop. If anyone has any information I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks to all. My e-mail address annolsen@uplogon.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Hickory Help please Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:44:36 -0500 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Please help, WWers. The information for the Western Seminar in Hickory this coming weekend has disappeared in my stacks. I'm registered and have classes assigned but the letter has vanished. Maybe it'll turn up in my searching, but I don't want to risk it. Can someone please tell me what time registration starts on Friday the 3rd and the name/location of the hotel??? I keep promising to throw away at least half of these papers, because if I can't find something it might as well not be here, but the pack rat syndrome continues unabated... thanks for your help. Mary Hooper, from the dry woods of the western North Carolina Mountains where we search the skies for the rain we haven't seen in a month... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: MBWG Workshop Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:02:36 GMT From: "Pam duffykope" To: davidc@iei.net There's still time to register for the Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild Fall Workshop held on November 11, 2000 in Shorewood, MN. There are openings in the classes of Patti Hawkins, Marlene Meyer and LaVaune Emerson. Contact me directly if you are interested. Pam %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 59 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:47:52 -0500 (EST) From: baweaver6@webtv.net (j ladew) To: davidc@iei.net (David Collins) Hi David - hope your birthday was a smashing celebration - Would like to let people know, if they don't already, the Chrysanthemum Show is on going at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA - it will be going until 19 Nov - 20,000 blooms decorating four acres of garden beds and spaces, at the Dupont Estate. This year's theme is "Wind in the Willows" Of interest "Craftswoman" Bonnie Gale, of Norwich, NY, is demonstrating willow basket making on Nov 4, 5, 11 and 12. Anne Roberts, an artist in Omemee, Ontario, is featured. She makes rustic furniture and sculptures from willow, Eastern white cedar and other woods. She has fashioned a gypsy caravan, bridge and facade of Toad Hall. She will be demonstrating on 18 & 19 Nov. Admission: $12 - ph: 610-388-1000, 800-737-5500 or www.longwoodgardens.org. Hope some of you can attend - I am going to try - if successful I will let you all know how magnificent the displays were - I don't believe I will get to see Bonnie Gale, but hope maybe some of you might. Jennie Ladew, in a bit nippy Arlington, VA - do believe Fall has found us - good basket weaving weather - cheers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Cleaning Baskets Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:48:43 -0500 From: "Robbie Sykes" To: "David Collins" Hi to all of you who are out there weaving your little fingers off! It's been a while since I posted to WW as I've been getting ready for our annual Albemarle Craftsman's Fair in Elizabeth City, NC. We returned home last night, very tired, sleepy but happy from our weekend! To those of you out there who follow my postings, my husband and I are finally going to become grandparents! Along with this most glorious of announcements, comes the realization that we're finally going to have to start packing up and moving back to eastern NC. Our daughter lives in Edenton, NC, and we have bought land to build on so that we will be only 15 minutes from that new baby. So this massive undertaking begins. Been here in Wilson 28 years, so you can imagine the magnitude of our next adventure! To Elain Robson and other WW weavers: When I sell a basket, I enclose a note telling customers how they can maintain and clean their baskets. I've been doing this for 30 (egad! That sounds old!) years. Get an old paint brush; one that is very soft from much use and brush your baskets with it about once a month. This keeps out the dust and dirt that robs the reed of its moisture. I suggest that they be kept away from A/C and heating vents as well as away from windows where the sun can draw out the moisture and the color. If, after many years, they become brittle or dry, try spraying a product such as Scott's Liquid Gold on them to replenish the oil. I agree, that you should not immerse them in water--colors will bleed and they will have a tendency to mildew. As we have been told by all the cosmetic companies in the past--water is NOT a moisturizer! Hope this helps! Robbie in Wilson, NC, where it feels like winter and the squirrels know it is! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 59 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:21:26 EST From: GregMcCut@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi and thanks to everyone who supplied the answer to my question about the post it note basket. I will be contacting Marilyn Wald at XYZ Basketworks. My other interest right now is Nantucket baskets. In looking at John Macguire's book, several of the old baskets looked like they were marked with the basket makers name - like a brand. How do you sign a Nantucket basket? Also, I've found it very difficult to locate 3/8 inch escutcheon pins. The Sowers have provided me with the ones I have, but I keep thinking that I can find them in a hardware store? Thanks for your input - Lynne McCutcheon in Rochester Mn at GregMcCut@aol.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Humor Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:39:42 -0500 From: "Joe Conroy" To: "David Collins" Morning David, Yesterday's Providence Journal had something that I think will make most WW's smile. There was a death notice for Mary Hal-----. In the notice it said, "In lieu of flowers, please vote for Al Gore". True story! Joe Conroy Exeter, RI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Request for Tony Stubblefield Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:44:19 -0500 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Tony: My computer is doing strange things with my files. Would you be good enough to send us the address for your explanation of filling in a rib basket? I found it really useful and want to pass the address on to a friend but can't find it in the computer-mess. Thanks. Mary Hooper, from western NC where we still wait for rain and the fires have Started %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Duplicity pattern Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:31:05 -0600 From: pphawkins@juno.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi-----I need to get out the word about a problem with one of my patterns, and figured that writing WW might be the fastest way to do so! I sold several of my designs in the Pattern Room at the AMB convention this month. I have just learned that the patterns for my Duplicity basket are missing page 4 (of 4). I recently had those patterns reprinted, and it appears that they made a mistake and did not print page 4 on the back of page 3 as was supposed to have been done. I assumed it was done correctly, so made the mistake of not checking them all as they were assembled. I take pride in my patterns and am horrified at the fact that there are at least 4 dozen of them out there with a missing page. If you happen to have bought one of these patterns recently or know someone who did, PLEASE get in touch with me and I will send you the missing page ASAP. I'm really sorry about this and appreciate your understanding. By the way, the AMB convention was super----I've been going for more than a dozen years now, and it just gets better every year! I really do appreciate all the hard work of the coordinators, Kathy and Heather Tessler, and the countless volunteers and excellent board of officers who make it all happen. For those of you who have never been, treat yourselves and GO. It is really one of the highlights of my year! Patti Hawkins in Illinois----who has been dealing with a broken sewer line since Michigan--not fun! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Received Basket Swap #10 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:43:21 -0500 From: Pam Hancock To: "David Collins (E-mail)" Just received my swap basket from Dot Hutchins of N. Vassalboro ME and what a surprise. I am one that never gets them sent out until the last day and I don't usually receive one until the end either. Now she will inspire me to get mine done. The basket is absolutely wonderful. I sat there last night just looking over it and over it. I probably will stain it after I decide what I will be using it for. I will have a little problem describing it for Weaver's Word because I don't know the weave techniques but I think I will call it a little apple bushel basket, wood bottom, herringbone weave in the center. The pattern was one of her own design so maybe she'll tell us what to call it. I may try to dye just the center. I brought it to work today to show off. Thank you again so much Dot for this wonderfully woven, sturdy, useful basket. Sincerely, Pam Hancock, Bangor PA %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Exchange Basket! Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:33:45 EST From: Frbasketsc@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Just had to let everyone know what a beautiful Basket I received in the mail today. It is from Jane Elliot of Billings MT. A lot of work went into this basket. The center is made of bone, and it has a unique design. Jane then coiled Pine needles around the triangle that surrounds the bone. It is now hanging on my living room wall for everyone to see. It is one of the best baskets I have received in a swap. Thank you so much Jane you are an artist. A Friend in weaving, Carolyn %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Central Pennsylvania Weaving Odyssey Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:59:49 EST From: LindaClift@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi folks, drum roll please. We have contracts signed and schedules made for our weaving Odyssey in Sept 2001. So I get to tell you about our teachers. First I have to say that we had a really hard time choosing, the selections were fantastic, but we were limited due to space etc. The teachers for our weekend will be: Gail Hutchinson, Anne Bowers, Jackie Zehring and Betty Koukounakis. We will have additional information, sign up information, etc. ready to mail soon after Jan 1, 2001. Additional information will be posted on the guild web page too Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers Guild. Mark your calendars now to join us on Sept 8, 9 & 10, 2001 for Central PAs 1st annual weekend event. Linda Clifton Central Pennsylvania %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:02:17 -0500 From: "Joy Moody" To: Hi Everyone, Thanks to Suzi Nuss, I checked out that great list of baskets for sale on ebay. Did you see it? Some went for $11,000 - way beyond what they had anticipated. I saw others at $3000. Didn't read them all. Have any of you seen the Renovators catalog? I Don't know about you, but I think Nantucket's are beautiful with their fine cane weaving & wood bases & lids -worthy of places of honor in our homes. Imagine my surprise when I saw a Nantucket "style" purse in the catalog, & what do you imagine they suggested using it for? A toilet tissue holder! Oh, please...maybe a cheap Nantucket import, but never the genuine article! Ugh! Setting the record straight: I'm not Native American. Several people have written to me lately seeming to have that impression, though I've never claimed it. I HAVE worked several years on a reservation, have studied this past summer with Native elders, and am splitting my own ash now, but I am 3rd generation German American & proud of my own ancestry! Sorry for the confusion. Joy Moody Sign of the Crow http://www.signofthecrow.com/basketgalleryintro.html In Maine where there's snow & COLD! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Flat Paper Rush Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:20:12 EST From: Wileypat@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi, I'm looking for a source for flat paper rush. Does anyone know where I might purchase this? Thank you very much. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket! Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:33:46 -0500 From: "Sarah Stoddard Watts" To: "David Collins" Hi everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that I received a beautiful swap basket from Karen D'Angelo yesterday. It is a Cherokee double wall with an arrow weave trim. I admire her work with round reed! It's inspiring to have such a well-made basket in the house - this evening, I filled it with candy for the trick-or-treaters! She also used gorgeous colors, which match my home perfectly. I am most appreciative and hope that everyone else enjoys their swap as much as I did mine! I'll send out the one I'm working on next week... Sarah Watts in Savannah, GA where it was a magnificent day to fly! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weavers Words Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:11:14 -0500 From: "Kathleen M. Calvert" To: Hi Everyone! It has been ages--and I do mean ages since I last posted. I am one of the original members of this email list from way back when. I have not posted in a long time as I have been dealing with health problems and all my energy and time goes into my basketry supply business, health research and correspondence. I have kept up with reading posts from WW though and enjoy every bit and appreciate all the input and the work David does to keep this list going. There are so many new names here that I thought I should invite you all to our web store of basketry supplies. Some of you do know us as I recognize you as our customers. For those who don't, please visit when you can at http://www.kmcbaskets.com We are now having a huge end of the year reed sale at $4.59 a coil and we offer frequent special sales which I think you will all appreciate. Come see us and plan to spend some time at our site as it has grown quite a bit. (And is still growing!) I'll add my 2 cents about Nate Taylor's hooking up with Basketville. Not sure exactly what caused him to do this except the need to make a living. I visited a Basketville store on Cape Cod a few years ago and when I read on the tags "Woven with American ash in China"---I was disgusted and got out of there as quickly as I could! When you think that they can afford to ship our lumber over there, weave it up and then ship it back and still charge such low prices and make a profit--it is quite discouraging. I think it is important to continue to educate the general public about the differences between an assembly line vs. a well woven basket. If you sell your baskets, then ask the price they are worth--if you are selling them too cheaply, then give them away as gifts and don't pretend you are a professional weaver in business to sell your work. This only compromises the rest of the industry and those who need to make a living. I'll get off my soapbox now. Take care and happy weaving! And David--a belated Happy Birthday and thanks for all you do. Kathi Calvert KMC Baskets & Folkart 732-389-0832 kmcbaskets@worldnet.att.net http://www.kmcbaskets.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 57 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:07:51 -0600 From: Roberta Comstock To: David Collins "Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 57 Lisa Carstens - You seem to be off to a good start with your rainstick research. If I find anything new, I'll let you know. Gretchen - If you are thinking of having Velcro for the inner rim, why not lash once around with just the outer rim (or the outer rim and a flat reed inner rim), then stain, then add the Velcro inner rim and lash again. That sounds like a great way to attach a liner! To make a fabric liner, measure around your basket and the depth of the basket. Add some seam allowance. Trace around the base for the bottom of the liner and again add seam allowance. Stitch the side seam, then pin the base in place and stitch the base to the sidewall. Hem the sidewall and stitch Velcro around the top edge. Rena Vickery - If you are working with the clay medallions in a soft form, you could make a design in the center with a rubberstamp (or one you cut yourself from a rubber eraser or a piece of potato. The pattern can be accented by using a wipe on ceramic stain before firing. Or you could use wipe on stain or colored slip with a stencil. If you want to make a plaster mold for pouring slip into, weave a small basket, grease it well, and press it into the not-quite-set plaster. I have also made ceramic stamps from clay: make a stamp shape of appropriate size with a handle on the back side. Before the clay gets hard, press in the shape you want with plastic cut-outs or even a small basket. Bisque fire the stamp and you can use it many times. I have done this with letters of the alphabet, leaves with prominent veins, heraldic designs, and even a crab claw. The pattern you make with these negative stamps will be raised. Lynn Montgomery - Huzzah for your new guild! Long may it weave. Sue Brunton - The explanation of using oval oval ribs in baskets was in issue 55 of V.4 of WW. You can go the website and look through the back issues. Jackie - Thanks for posting information about your free basket patterns. I also looked over the rest of your website. You have some interesting dye stuffs available. Lynn in NY - Practice stamping on scrap reed until you figure out how to get the effect you want. I also recently discovered that there is a product called embossing paste that is used with stencils to make a raised design. You might be able to get a similar effect with one of the dimensional or puffy craft paints. Linda Allen - Thanks for letting us know about Phyllis Gleason's surgery. It is surely done by now. I wish her a quick recovery. Good luck with your new shop, too. Wanda Baker - Loved your story about your first teaching experience! Talk about plunging right into deep water! Whew! And Congratulations on a job well done. Bert Comstock Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weave-In Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:02:41 -0500 From: Fran Steidel To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone, After reading all the nice remarks about Seminar East in Wilmington NC I thought I would remind everyone again that the Port City Basketmakers (the same gals that put on that great seminar) is having their 7th annual Weave-In on Feb 3, 2001. It is a one-day affair with 23 baskets being offered. The low registration fee of $15 gives you a light breakfast, snacks all day and a great hot lunch. We'll have door prizes and a raffle. The brochures are printed and will go out at the end of the month. If you would like to receive one send a long SASE to WENDY BARES 37-A Mulberry lane New Bern, NC 28562 If you have any questions you can email me at paca@coastalnet.com Thanks, Fran Steidel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: English Cane Handles Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:13:42 -0600 From: Dianne Gleixner To: "Weavers Words (E-mail)" Hi everyone. I hope I don't offend any of the suppliers out there, but I'd like to let you all know of a place on the Internet where I found English Cane Handles for a very reasonable price. The name is Aftosa and their site is www.aftosa.com. Click on Pottery and Craft supplies, and then Teapot Handles. I can't attest to the quality of these handles, although I did order a few of them to see. They do have a service charge of $5.00 on orders under $50 or $3.00 on orders over $50, but the low price of the handles still makes this a good deal. I'll let you know what kind of quality they are when I get them. Who knows, maybe you suppliers could check them out and get a different, less expensive supplier for your business. Without getting into a whole new discussion about pricing issues, I am always comparing prices and quality of the supplies I buy, so that I can keep the costs of my baskets reasonable. (Please, please don't think less of me because of that!) I'd also like to thank everyone who responded to my request for patterns and/or lids for a Recipe basket with a wooden lid. I have a couple different places that I'm checking out. I knew there'd be someone out therewith information! Hope everyone is having a great fall. Today in SE WI it's almost 70 outside, sunny, and beautiful! I wish this would last until spring! Dianne Gleixner %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any reason you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.