"Weavers Words" Vol. 5 Iss. 16 Date Sent: August 16, 2001 Back Issues: http://www.angelfire.com/art/weaverswords/ David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (317) 899-5747 davidc@iei.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: 1.) Back issues of Weaver's Words can be found at: http://www.angelfire.com/art/weaverswords/ 2.) If you are new to Weaver's Words, 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.) 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WOW!!! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WVBA Membership Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:35:13 EDT From: SLTARAWOOD@aol.com To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Basket weavers wanting to join the West Virginia Basketmakers Association may do so by sending dues to: Membership Chairman Sharon Sutton #6 Scenic Hills Parkersburg, WV 26104-8064 Dues are $20.00 for individuals and $25.00 for businesses or teachers. Dues not paid by September 1st will be subject to a $5.00 late fee. This fee does not apply to new members. Make checks payable to: West Virginia Basketmakers Assoc. (No prorated checks) Membership dues for this year are from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. Include your name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and e-mail address. If you have a basket business include your business name and business phone number. We would also like to know if you teach basket weaving and if you are interested in vending at our conventions. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: St. Julian Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 3:18 PM From: Nancy Brandt To: Weavers words Hi Basket People, Don't we still have St. Julian? I suppose basket weavers can use every saint we can get. Several years ago there was a picture of St. Julian on Weavers Words. He was from Scotland or perhaps the information came from a museum in Scotland. For Lynn, You might check on plastic liners from Bradford baskets. They are sold in shops in Penna but I have no idea about wholesale. My typing is terrible; I should have said that Deer Creek members pay the guild 15% of the selling price of their baskets. (The! was really a 1) I need to make useful baskets. I need ideas for baskets that would be used inside the house. What style have you found most useful? Something that you have used over and over? Nancy from Glen Arm, MD %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Days Gone By Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 7:25 AM From: Gatsby To: davidc@iei.net Diane, I don't think Days Gone By is around any more. I haven't seen her at local craft shows either. Dot in Maine %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Aloha! Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 2:12 PM From: The Keener Clan To: Aloha from sunny and hot Honolulu, I liked Tony*s letter regarding "rules" for weaving and he made some most excellent points. As a teacher/instructor for 8 years, I like to give options during class, but, to be honest, I do have them twine their bases with round reed, simply to hold their spokes together while starting the weaving. But I don*t tell them it is the "you gotta do this or else" thing to do. However, the only (off the top of my head) absolute no-no, don*t ever do this thing I tell them is never to burn the hairs off a basket that has been stained with a flammable substance. And the shop situation is going okay, so far. In fact, they*ve encouraged me to bring in some of my primitive painted pieces and those are selling, too. Our guild had a free booth at a craft/sewing/quilting expo last weekend and after 3 days of seriously thinking about it, I bought a RBI Hawk scroll saw--does anyone own one of these? I*m anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new treasure and am clearing out a spot in the basket room. In the latest CRAFTSREPORT, our own Cathryn Peters is featured! Check out her too short story and great picture of one of her antler baskets. This magazine is a treasure for anyone who sells their baskets on a regular basis. Hope everyone is staying cool this summer and weaving much. Aloha, Lois %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Unbelievable feathers! Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 15:09:21 -0400 Reply-to: "Ingram" From: "Ingram" To: Hello Everyone! Several weeks back, I asked about feathers for my gourd baskets and many of you responded. I really appreciate all the help and great sources you gave. Especially, I wanted to tell you about those "feather women" from Montana that someone mentioned. After some great detective work by fellow WW'er, Chrystal Higgins, the ladies were found. They have the most unusual feathers and best prices I've seen! They do not have a website, but I am including their contact information for any of you in the market for feathers. Their service and product is second to none! Featherco 35300 Kennedy Creek Road Huson, MT 59846 406-626-5241 From the sweltering south! Leigh Ingram %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 5 I. 15 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:04:13 EDT From: ALROBISON@aol.com To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com Hi All! I received a really pretty apple basket complete with wood base and a row of apple stenciling from Harriet Neal in Fl. Harriet also included a candle that looks just like an apple, and a lovely note about herself written on Pat Richter note cards. It looks terrific in my kitchen. Thanks, Harriet, and thanks Claudia for hostessing! Martha %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:11:38 EDT From: Linhebert@aol.com To: ka9zre@yahoo.com To: Tony Stubblefield Re: seagrass at the rim, and twining at the base Ah, Tony, Tony, Tony! At last someone addresses this subject. LOL :-) I think you're SO right: someone must have designed a bunch of patterns that have seagrass at the rim, and twining at the base perimeter. I have personally never done either, and as you pointed out, antique baskets certainly don't have these features. Coincidentally, I had someone email me last week to ask if there was a mistake in a pattern of mine: it didn't have twining at the base. :-) She wanted to know if it was actually possible to turn up the sides without a row of twining. I think that often people think that their pattern is, as you say, "carved in stone". In fact, basket weaving is a craft that lends itself to the ultimate in creativity. You can weave whatever you want- whatever shape you want, whatever color, etc. You can experiment with textures and unexpected materials, found objects and more so use the patterns as a source of inspiration... enough said. Thanks, Tony. And by the way, thought I'd mention that I'm now including basketry history, info, folklore etc in our twice monthly newsletter (normally Specials, new product info and the Trivia Question- not for a "piece of the pie" but for a $25 gift certificate.) Sign up at our website for the email newsletter and learn something new. Next topic is "The Most Famous Basketweaver in the World". Linda Hebert V. I. Reed & Cane http://www.basketweaving.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 6:27 PM From: Kim Leppin To: Tony, Sounds like you're already hooked! I also just started some beading projects and am having a lot of fun. You might want to order Mary Hettmansperger's Key pouch pattern or kit. It has a beaded flap also. I also can see why you haven't spent a lot of time outdoors this summer. We were just in St Louis two weeks ago and it was HOT! The highest on our car thermometer was 116 degrees. We were on vacation and did a lot of inside things. Glad you pointed out the different rimming ideas. I'm always telling people to take as many classes as possible from as many different teachers, you never know what you might learn. Lynn, I also would like info on the plastic liners. Ditto as far as class students wanting to use them. If you find out any info could you post it on WW? Also, someone in Tennessee should be watching their mail! Happy Weaving and Beading! Kim in SE Wisconsin %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WVBA Fall Convention Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 19:28:37 EDT From: SLTARAWOOD@aol.com To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Plans are falling into place for the West Virginia Basketmakers Association Fall Weave-in. This time it's at the Holiday Inn in Weirton, WV, November 9 - 11, 2001. When making your room reservations tell them you are with the WVBA. The phone number is 304-723-5522. The Holiday Inn is located just off Route 22 at Weirton. We are 20 minutes from the Pittsburgh airport. Approx. 6 hours from the DC area, 2 hours from Cleveland, 3 hours from Columbus, 5 hours from Indianapolis, and 10 hours from Raleigh, NC and 5 1/2 hours from Flint, MI. We have a great line up of teachers from West Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Convention information and the booklets will be going out this month. If you would like more information on attending classes or visitor day contact Shireen Matheny at 304-372-5835 or e-mail her at: smatheny1@citynet.net. You may also contact Sandra Lyons at SLTARAWOOD@aol.com. Any business wishing to donate items for the goodie bags, raffle or door prizes may contact Sandra Lyons at SLTARAWOOD@aol.com or mail them to: Sandra Lyons 113 Patterson Road Weirton, WV 26062 Deadline for sending donations has been extended to October 1st. Thank-you, Sandra Lyons %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Baby Bassinet Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:11 PM From: Judy Miles To: I am trying to contact Tina Ramthun. I have her pattern Large Baby Bassinett and I had some questions but the email address on the pattern and on WW subscriber list will not go through. If anyone else has made that basket maybe you could help. The hood is woven with 7MM FO and my question is do you twist the reed at the end of the row so the FO is always on the outside or do you have one row FO and one row FL. The other question is when you tuck the side spokes for the handles do you tuck all four spokes to the inside. The spokes that are under the weaver have nothing to be tucked over and the reed cracks and really doesn't look very nice. Does anyone have an idea how to finish that handle area so it will look better. This is a great gift for a new baby - mothers think it is really special. I usually make a quilted pad to go inside. One mother had her baby sleeping in this basket for several months. Appreciate your help. Judy Miles, Maryland %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Minnesota Basket Shops Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:27 AM From: Joan Behnke To: I am going on vacation to Minnesota Aug 17. I am new to your site and would like information on basket shops in Minnesota. Thanks joanb4@hotmail %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Tony Stubblefield Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:05 PM From: Dédé To: David Collins Hi All, Round reed on a flat reed basket: When I used to make flat reed baskets I would use round reed to help stabilize the base while I wove up the sides, and when finished would remove the round reed. This process helped to keep the sides even. Take a chance, and try something new. Northwest Basket Weavers, has just put up a show at the Convention Center in downtown Seattle, which includes many baskets from our members. It will be up through Sept, so come have a look. I also plan to have baskets in our two big fairs coming up later this month, and in September. I am very excited about the Columbia Basin Basket Weavers Guild retreat, coming up the 3rd weekend in September. We have a wonderful church camp (keeps the cost down) on the Pacific Ocean with miles of beaches. I always come back from this retreat with lots of wonderful driftwood, and strawberry runners, which make great accents in my basketry. There are several wonderful classes available, as well as great mini demos & workshops. I have been going for the last 10 years, and love it as much as the Spring retreat put on by NW Basket Weavers. Try making a basket without using a pattern. You may find it very liberating, & fun. Dédé In soon to be sunny Seattle %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Upcoming Michigan Convention Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:47 AM From: Carol Zeller To: David Collins The Association of Michigan Basketmakers are celebrating our 20 years this October in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In honor of 20 years of friendships and loads of basketweaving, we are going to have a huge "Celebration" party. My sister and I are co-chairing this event and are asking for donations to hand out as gifts at our "Celebration" party. This is a wonderful way to advertise your basket business, your weaving abilities, and just letting go of some of those items, which you just had to have, but absolutely no time to use them. Please help us with this very large journey in giving a gift to everyone that attends our annual basket convention. I would graciously accept donations of any kind. Thanks in advance. Carol Zeller co-chair "Celebration 2001" 339 W. Burnham Street Battle Creek, MI 49015-2173 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Many New Items Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:52 AM From: bp To: Hello Everyone! Just a quick note to let everyone know we now offer many rich, beautiful colors of Irish Waxed Linen Thread on http://www.basketpatterns.com Also just posted over 30 new weaving patterns - including a new pattern author Linda Allen who offers several waxed linen projects you will want to try! Have you seen the new pre-drilled agate slices set in resin from Judy Mofield Mallow? We have them for you in 3 sizes, four colors! Perfect for bases or place in a lid - the colors are fantastic. We also offer colored, unwaxed, heavy duty basketry thread! Soon to arrive are Judy's wormy chestnut and cherry burl one-of-a-kind wood slices set in resin - hope to get them on the site by 08/18/01. Our pine needle and coiling category is very active - many weavers are just entering this field and boy are they excited! Getting many requests for single patterns on coiling so if any pattern writers are reading this please let us know if you have them avail! We are always seeking new pattern authors & new weaving products. Only unique, original patterns are accepted. If interested in offering your patterns to our customers please review our listing terms page: http://www.basketpatterns.com/authorterms/ Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! Happy weaving Sheri, Terri & Erica http://www.basketpatterns.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: RE: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 5 I. 14 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:22:36 -0500 From: Dianne Gleixner To: "'ka9zre@yahoo.com'" Hi everyone. Well, I'm guilty! I'm one of the loyal WW readers but I haven't posted much. Just too many things going on this summer I guess. Up here in Wisconsin where summer only really lasts a few months, I try to take advantage of the good weather while it's here. Pretty soon leaves will start changing colors and I don't want to wonder where summer went. Spending a lot of time with my kids, tending my garden, and just generally goofing off as much as possible! School's starting in a couple weeks for my oldest child, so I'm starting to think about the fall craft shows I've signed up for. So I guess I better get back into the weaving mode! Tammy - I was the person who posted about Home Comfort Shops, but I'm not sure how many people actually made some sort of contact with the company. I did notice that they changed the wording on their web site a little, and mixed in with the many references to American materials and traditional designs, they now say where the baskets are actually made! I've copied part of their description below. I think this is the best I could hope for; before they didn't mention anywhere on the site that these baskets were made in China. Now it's up to the consumer if they want to purchase, based on more complete information! All I wanted to do is make sure the consumer was aware that these baskets are not made in the US, and I (we) must have stirred them enough to change their wording! One small step in educating the buying public! I am a bit disappointed though, that they still don't list the country of origin on the pages used to order each item. It's just in the category description. (Here's part of their description- "Each of these time-honored, traditional baskets are hand-woven according to methods that go back to the early settlers, who learned from Native American weavers. Each is woven with strips of native New England ash, the favored weaving material of the early settlers. New England ash strips are custom cut and shaved into thin strip by skilled craftspeople and shipped overseas. These early American designs are then woven to our specifications in China, where the tradition of basket weaving has been refined by many generations of skilled craftspeople. That's what makes these handmade reproductions so durable and affordable.") Baskets of Joy - I LOVE the idea of adding a supply list to your patterns page. What a great idea! So now instead of buying a patters, only to find out after receiving it that you don't have all the materials, you'll know right away what's needed! I'm sure that was a huge task - good for you! Joanne - I hope you don't let your terrible experience with the craft show exhibitor cloud your judgment of the rest of us. I know I love to talk to fellow weavers when I'm doing a show. I also have a few extra copies of our guild newsletter available to encourage people to check us out and get more involved in weaving. To this ladies defense though, she may have had prior experience with people taking pictures of her booth and coping her original baskets. I've heard horror stories about similar experiences. Perhaps if you'd like to get a picture with another crafts person in the future, explain who you are, where your from, and ask for a picture with her, but make sure only one of two of her baskets are visible in the picture. This will still allow you to remember why you are in this picture with a total stranger, and may ease her fears of someone out to copy her designs. Or better yet, purchase a basket and ask if you can get a picture with you, her, and your new basket! She may be flattered! I guess the most important part of this is to ask her permission for a photo BEFORE taking out the camera! Tony - leave it to you to try to stir up the waters! A good argument is better than no communication, right? I know you don't make too many reed baskets, but when you do, what to you use as a rim filler? Or don't you ever use one? If I'm correct, traditional shaker baskets don't have a rim filler, but even Nantucket baskets have a piece of binder cane covering the space between the rims. I wonder if the rim filler became more common as baskets went from being strictly utilitarian to being more decorative. You also won't find too many antique baskets with decorations and embellishments attached/tied to them! (Now, I'm not arguing with you, or saying one way is right or wrong, just more "food for thought"! I'll let someone else start the argument!) As for the twining around the base that just might be something we all probably learned as beginners making the base more stable as we attempted to upset the spokes and weave the sides. I'm guilty here as well, although lately I've been using a "locking row" of 11/64" flat reed more often than twining. That, or nothing at all as you stated. Debbie - thanks for posting the link to the breast cancer petition. I'm sure we all know someone who would benefit from this initiative. I hope you all took a minute to "sign". Lynn - if you find a source for plastic liners, please do share. I know sometimes people will e-mail directly to the person with the question, but there may be others in this group who may benefit from the answer. (By the way, keep up on converting the L basket fans!) Katie - best of luck with your new shop location. What a hassle but I'm sure it will be worth it in the long run. Cathryn Peters - It's all your fault! Your enthusiasm is contagious! You taught some classes at Lake Country Basket Guild's Basket Fest back in May, and were our guest speaker at our banquet, and now I really want to try seat weaving. I wasn't able to be in your footstool class, but I've caught the bug and have a couple things I've recently found that need "help". One of my co-workers found an old chair that had originally been hand caned. All the caning was gone and the opening had been covered over with some sort of cardboard covered with fabric and tacked around the edges. Even this was mostly gone and what was left was so deteriorated it pretty much fell apart. The chair itself is in pretty good condition, but it will be my "practice piece". I'll clean it up a bit before putting in hard work caning he seat, but I'm not expecting too much. My other piece I picked up at a local antique show, really cheap. It's a small bench with a pre-woven cane seat that had a big hole in it. (I think it's called a piano bench) The bench is a wonderful dark color and other than the seat is in excellent condition! I will take before and after pictures, and I may share them with WW, depending on what the after turns out like! My husband thinks I'm crazy, but hey, we all seem to want to get our hands into something new, don't we!? (PS - I saw on your web site that you'll be in East Troy in October, but I didn't see anything on Eileen's web site yet. Do you have any info?) Looking forward to seeing you at Basket Fest 2002. There - I've rambled on enough for one day. Hope everyone is having a great summer. I'm glad our heat wave is over and we're back to normal summer temperatures. Hope you all made it through the heat around the rest of the country (not sure what weather was like for those of you outside of the US). If only we could take the temperature over 80 or so and save it for those 0degree days in winter! Till next time, Dianne - sunny, warm, upper 70s, although we could use a bit more rain, SE WI. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: I Got The Basket! Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:29 PM From: Sandy Brown To: This is to send a great big Thanks to Anette Meier for the beautiful Cherokee comb basket I received in the mail today! It is done in black and white and is quite awesome to look at. I have seen it in Lyn Siler's Basket Book but now I actually own one! Anettte did the rim filler with sweetgrass and even sent me some extra sweetgrass to use in a basket I make. I have not had any baskets that have used this material before and did not realize how good it smells! I know baskets woven from this are quite expensive and now I know why. Thank you so much Anette for the fantastic basket. I put it in my little Ford ranger to bring to work to show off and it made the cab smell so good! I just love these swaps! Anette makes beautiful baskets that you can see at her web site, www.ahmbaskets.com Sandy Brown %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:06 PM From: Angela Powell To: Hello Everyone! I'm a new weaver (about a year now) and can safely say that basket weaving is an obsession for me! This was also my first swap and it could not have turned out better. I received a beautiful coiled basket from Joyce in Oregon. It's a vase like basket with a lid...midnight blue with stars throughout. In the middle of the lid there is a lighter blue and a natural color in the shape of a crescent moon. Wish that I could describe it to do it justice! Joyce calls it Crescent Moon with Stars. Thanks for the great basket, Joyce! Also many thanks to Claudia (CBasketBear) for hosting this swap. Thanks for keeping us organized and on time. I've enjoyed reading Weaver's Word and look forward to finding it in my inbox. Thanks to David for your time and patience to get this out to us all! Angela Powell Enjoying the break in the heat in Rhode Island %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 5 I. 12x Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 03:09:00 -0500 To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com, ka9zre@yahoo.com From: Roberta Comstock Teri Baskett - Your willow sounds like weeping willow. The main problem is that the wonderfully slim flexible branches get extremely brittle when dry. I would not use them for any basket that has to be functional or is expected to last. Cita in Denmark - Welcome to Weavers Words! There are two other basketry lists at Yahoogroups.com that may interest you. One is "willowuk" and the other is "willow-naturals". Use the subscribe directions at the end of weaverswords but substitute the name of the list you want. (By the way, you are doing very well with your English.) Bert C. Lauderdale Independence, MO, USA, where it is (back to 100 degrees F after a brief cooler spell - well, it was when I wrote this) cooling down into the 60s at night, at last! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Reply To Cita From Denmark Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:17 PM From: Lynne To: davidc@iei.net Dear Cita, You asked for feedback from people about their experience with spacing in planting willow. I just started planting willows in June 2000 - 4 varieties - Salix Viminalis, Salix Triandra black Maul, Salix Green Dicks and Salix Waimara (very similar to Viminalis). I used the same spacings as you last year, but this year I've used the first year's cuttings to extend the beds, and I have left a slightly wider space between rows so that I can go in there with a lawn mower to control weeds. The beds were made by placing large thick sheets of recycled cardboard (used to pack windscreens) in rows, then mulched with 10cm of non-toxic sawdust (from local timber mill). Then I used a metal rod to make a hole through the cardboard, and pushed the cuttings in. This method seems to be working well. I live in Northland, New Zealand - unfortunately there's not a lot of interest in basket willows here. My main interest in growing them is to make living sculptures, fences and hurdles for my garden, and go on to sell them locally. I have already made a very pretty living fence from basket willows around the vegetable plot, and a bigger (3m), much more rustic one from Salix Matsudana. Thanks for those links, they look interesting. aroha, Lynne Lynne Hindle Otamatea Eco-village Oneriri Road, RD2 KAIWAKA, NZ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:53 AM From: Lynda Crowe To: David Collins Hi all, Just a short note to let you know that our 'Name that basket' contest will end on Wednesday, 8-22. Be sure that you have your entry in, so you will be qualified to win the prize package. Enter as often as you like. There are 7 of us in the team that will choose the winning name and I must tell you that it will not be an easy task. Many great names have been submitted. Take care from Indy, where our weather seems to have given us a break for the moment and we have great temps and low humidity. Weave on...Lynda 'The Crowe's Nest Basketry' http://www.angelfire.com/home/thecrowesnest thecrowesnestbasketry@yahoo.com 317-213-3342/317-859-0920 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 5 I. 15 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:37:37 -0500 To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com From: Roberta Comstock Cita Schade - Thanks for sharing all those wonderful web sites on Danish basketry! I especially like the woven hand cart and the Roman chair. Tony - I have also been irritated by the apparent addiction many weavers have to seagrass rim fillers. I try to incorporate other kinds of fillers in the baskets I teach, except for the ones that have no rim filler at all. Among the options I use are: round reed (about size 4 or 5), finer round reed - several strands twisted together, round reed with a spiral wrap of chair cane or narrow flat reed, a piece of willow or other natural rod or vine (with or without the bark). Lynn (from HOT and HUMID NY state) - If I wanted a plastic liner for a woven wastebasket, I would probably go to a dollar store and buy an inexpensive wastebasket to weave over. Katie - Your move sounds like a big step towards a more successful shop. Good luck! Claudia Hopkins - My swap basket is on its way to Rhode Island via priority mail. Bert C. Lauderdale Independence, MO, USA %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 5 I. 14 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 03:09:48 -0500 To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com From: Roberta Comstock Bonnie - Basket Weaver's Fever is a chronic condition with no known cure. So just relax and enjoy it! Those afflicted with this condition are great folks to know and weave with. Hope your leg heals well and quickly. Pam Crowder - Thanks for the information on your web site & the GreatGourds list. Bert C. Lauderdale Independence, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weavers World Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:52 PM From: Greenfield,Debbie To: While on the web I found your posting, "I have had good hand protection by using a hand protection cream before working with baskets and dyes. The one I have on hand is called 'HANDSHIELD'-- (nongreasy, unscented, XT703; made by Stanmar Laboratories in Kansas City MO)." My father owns StanMar Laboratories and is interested in speaking with you. Can give me a number he can call to reach you. Thanks, Debbie Greenfield %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW...Hello Fellow Readers...Basket Exchange Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:10 AM From: Jay Hagelberg To: My computer files went down during an upgrade and I lost my email messages and contact addresses. Would the person that is running the current basket exchange please contact me by email please. I have a question... Thank You. JC at haven@n-connect.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Rim Filler Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:40:28 -0400 From: "D. Nye" To: Tony, I have never used seagrass for a rim filler, but i do frequently use sweetgrass for that purpose. I do not, however, use it to hide anything--especially "space". Space after all is what baskets are all about--it is the space that gives the basket value and purpose. I use sweetgrass in the rims of most of my twills to enhance the mood in both visual and olfactory ways. Years from now on a humid day it may be the nose as much as the eye that might draw one to stop by that basket for a moment. I also use sweetgrass in the rims of alms bowls and storage baskets, this time for medicinal purposes. Take care you old provocateur. Daniel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: ash camp thanks Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:19:21 -0400 From: "D. Nye" To: He walked up with his football shoulders slightly shrugged and mumbling something about not being quite sure why he was here. I smiled. He said he was simply accompanying his wife and hoped he would not be in the way. I smiled. He also mentioned that he was a chemist. I grinned. That was the first time I saw him. The last time I saw him he was laying on the ground panting--and smiling. That is what seems to happen when people bring their husbands to ash camp. I am not sure why, but they get hooked and begin searching the woods beside the highway on their way home and begin pestering their wife to sign up for next year. (By the way he also explained to me some of the intricacies of mixing up aqua fortes for staining) Just another boring year at ash camp. I just want to thank rob and "old whatshername" for making the weekend so rewarding for me. Memories of the times we had really do keep me going through the long winter months of solitary basketmaking. And the four curious children were a wonderful addition this year also. Older than their years, they contributed past their size and experience. Rim and handle making will be a permanent addition to the curriculum now that we have turned Marion loose with a froe. Again, thank you all for making my summer complete. Daniel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Workshop Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 5:12 PM From: Fred & Deb Mather To: davidc@iei.net Wanted to let everyone know that the dates for the 9th Annual Weavin' in Winona workshop will be June 7, 8, 9 and 10th, 2002 at the Alverna Center in Winona, MN. For a brochure - expected to be out mid January - send a LSSAE to Deb Mather - 609 17th Street SE, Owatonna MN 55060. This is a smaller, relaxing, casual workshop with some great teachers, lots of weaving experiences, time to socialize with some new weaving friends, explore the town, and watch the beautiful sunsets on the Mississippi River. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% That's All For Now Folks. To Post A Message Use: davidc@iei.net or ka9zre@yahoo.com To Subscribe Use: weaverswords-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe Use: weaverswords-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com