"Weavers Words" Vol. 6 Iss. 14 MADE IN AMERICA BY A PROUD AMERICAN!!! Date Sent: August 27, 2002 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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PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS PAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/art/weaverswords/basket.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Hi Everyone, I would like to thank everyone who has purchased something thru Weaver's Words store. I just received my first quarterly commissions check from amazon.com in the amount of $51.00. If you are going to purchase anything thru amazon.com I would appreciate you doing so by placing your order thru the following link: http://www.angelfire.com/art/weaverswords/basket.html I would also like to thank the 2 people who made a donation to Weaver's Words. If you would like to make a donation to Weaver's Words you can do so by clicking on the following link: https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=ka9zre%40yahoo.com&item_name=Weaver%27s+Words+Donations Thanks Again, David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Betty Curry's Oak Classes Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:17 AM From: Linda B Gibson To: davidc@iei.net It is hard to believe that summer is almost over but it must be true because the schools are open here in southern Indiana. Next week I take my daughter off to college in Roanoke, Virginia and our official "empty nest" begins. With Labor Day almost here and schools resuming, many of us will be getting back to more of a routine than we have had during the lazy (yeah, right!) days of summer. Hopefully your routine will make time for weaving baskets! Betty Curry will be teaching 4 different oak baskets on September 6,7, and 8 at the ". . . in a hand basket" studio in downtown Bloomington, Indiana. We still have some openings so check your calendar and make a date with Betty. Detailed information including time, cost, other pertinent data is available on our web page: www.inahandbasket.com or feel free to call us toll free at 1-800-997-1948. We also have posted a schedule of classes for the fall, a new free pattern, August Specials, and hopefully, other useful tidbits. Now that the dreadful heat and humidity have somewhat improved, we have been busy catching up with our space-dyeing. "Fiesta!", the newest color combination (chartreuse, purple, teal) has been very popular and we plan to bring as much as we can haul to the Michigan Convention in October. Let us know if you have a special request. Best Wishes To Everyone, Linda Linda Boyle Gibson ". . . in a hand basket" 107 N. College Ave. #1 Bloomington, IN 47404 812-333-1817 www.inahandbasket.com ORDERS: 1-800-997-1948 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:36 AM From: Cynthia Robbins To: David Collins I was not able to attend the 2002 Tennessee Basketry Convention, but if I had, I wanted to take Fall Classic by Betti Edwards of Atkinson, NC. Did anyone buy an extra copy of this pattern, or perhaps know how I can contact Betti? Cindy from AL (where it finally rained a little yesterday!) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Posting Of Swap Pictures Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:00 PM From: Bonnie Easterbrooks To: davidc@iei.net I have started an album on Snapfish for the Summer Swap. If you would like to send pictures of your basket to me, I will post them. Please include the following: Name Of Basket: Woven By: Woven For: Pattern By: Share your basket with the rest of the Weaver's Word community. Regards, Bonnie evergree@erinet.com Evergreen Cottage Baskets by Auntie Bonnie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: [weaverswords] "Weavers Words" V. 6 I. 13 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:35:44 EDT From: PBWEAVE@aol.com To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com To Sharon regarding water based stains using powders. The Reader's Digest book, Classic Paints and Faux Finishes, gives the brand name Van Dyck for a water-based stain. The stains are made from crystals; however, not powders. You might find the powders at Artisan/Santa Fe, Inc.800-331-6375 or Dick Art Materials 800-447-8192 if the local paint store does not have the powders. Peggy in Oklahoma %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Devils Claw Crafts Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:16 PM From: Mamaparkscrafts@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi, I saw a website on angelfire, I was looking for craft ideas using the devils claw. I do have some devils claw to sell, and wondered what price you are offering to give? I am interested in craft pattern ideas for the devils claw. Thank you for your help! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Help Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:11:05 -0400 From: "The Rigterinks" To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Hi All, Quite some time ago I saw a pattern for a Christmas pin. It boasted of using all the scraps that we all have and was filled with greens and miniature "christmasy" stuff such as candy canes, gifts, etc. I was hoping to make a bunch of these this year for the teachers at my son's school but now I cannot find the pattern. If anyone knows where I could get this pattern or has ideas where I could look, I would appreciate the info. Thanks So Much, Diane Rigterink %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Puppy Karma Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:48 AM From: Jill Choate To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Puppy Karma Does being born under the sign of the dog in the Chinese Horoscope bring about puppy karma? If so, I'm a dead ringer for a plethora of puppies. Last year the union of our lead dog Moon and Tara produced a batch of eight stinkers. We were thrilled, eight bundles of fluff to train for the team. Thinking that we needed to add more young blood to the dog lot this spring we asked Moon to court Christina. This resulted in a batch of nine stinkers. Life was good. Not only do we have yearlings for rocket fuel to pull the team this year we have another cache of the stuff waiting for next years runs. Then we had an oops. Not be outdone by his competition Satch (the coonhound) decided he could do this job as well. Unbeknownst to us Sox (the teen queen) and Satch had a secret tunnel rendezvous before we left Alaska this spring. Imagine our surprise at the new foundation stock (the ultimate in search and rescue) that awaited us at the Choate Dog Ranch (and puppy farm) North. A litter of three, promptly dubbed the "B" team and named Barney, Babs and Bertie. Of course things were happening at the Choate Dog Ranch South as well. Weezer our neighborhood vamp stopped by to house at our place during the summer. Our old pal Weezer also dropped a clan to stay with us when she came. Team "C" consisted of Clemmy, Clovis and Cletis. My daughter says it's my fault. I keep praying for a friend to show up to keep her company. I failed to get specific in my details and my prayers were answered...fifteen times. It's important to watch what you ask for in life. The summer tour is about ready to wrap up as we begin to look north to Alaska. If you would like to be included on next year's tour we are heading back to the Lower-48 in April of 2003. We will be hitting the basket trail from then until July and would love to incorporate your group or guild in next summer's tour. Give us a hoot and we'll get you scheduled. Can't wait until then? Well I can get you outfitted with a pre-drilled structure for an antler basket design of your choice. If you would like to get out of adding all those ribs I can help you out there as well. We are now offering antler baskets with ribs already fashioned into the design. I do the hard part and you get to sit back, relax and weave up a J. Choate Basketry antler basket design with a minimum of hardship. It's almost like taking a trip with me on the runners but your eased back into the basket enjoying the view. Let me know what kind of a kit I can build for your needs and we'll get you started before the Christmas rush. Until we meet on the trail. Jill Choate Talkeetna, AK www.jchoatebasketry.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Water And Birch Bark Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:31 PM From: D. Nye To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, hope you are having a wonderful day. The reason birch bark is used for canoes is that it can easily be made watertight, not that it is waterproof. Often, after a roll of bark (20 feet long and 40 inches+ wide has been stored for one or more years, it unrolls best if allowed to soak a week or more. Then, when heat is applied in some fashion it is much less likely to crack. Also, the lenticels (the small pitch lines in the bark) get brittle and sometimes open when allowed to get excessively dry. Re-hydrating them often creates enough expansion to re-seal them after some time in the water. I guess my point is that there are some differences in bark and the way it works relative to it's moisture content. Also, one must consider that with the relatively high specific gravity of water and it's ability to transport large amounts of calories efficiently makes it an ideal way to soften and make pliable large surfaces like the length of a canoe gunwale. Heat is wonderful and bark gets very cooperative in it's presence. Moisture also has its effects on the cooperativeness of bark. Have Fun--And Stay Curious, Daniel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: New Patterns & Specials Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:08:41 -0500 From: "Sherian Cody" To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Hi, Just a note to let everyone know that I have 2 new patterns on my web site and a new free pattern. www.sugarcreekpatterns.com For a limit time with every $25.00 order you get a free pattern of your choice. So hurry and beat the rush for Christmas presents. On Sept. 11 you will receive 9% off of 11 patterns purchased. One day offer only! Be sure to mention this offer when you place your order. Thanks for all of the kind words and help from every one. Sherian Cody %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:46 AM From: Beitmann Béatrice To: Dear Sir, Would you be able to supply me with a list of producers of wicker in Montreal Canada? Kind Regards, Béatrice Beitmann %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Shaker Tape Handles Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 5:25 PM From: maryeileen49 To: A recent message concerned shaker tape handles, and whether cotton or synthetic fibers are better. I always use cotton because it can be dyed to match colors used in the basket. Synthetic fibers and blends don't take dye well. Cotton, like wood, is a vegetable fiber, so dyes that work on commercial reed and wood splints also work on cotton. Shaker tape can even be space-dyed. When I dye especially for a basket that will have tape handles, I usually dye the tape to match the darkest accent color in the basket. I prefer dark handles because they look clean longer, and any well-used handle eventually will gather dirt. All the dyes I've tried (I generally use Rit) work well on cotton shaker tape, and black walnut dye does, too. One factor that affects the finished hue is the color of the material you begin with. I buy natural shaker tape in large rolls from Suzanne Moore's NC Basket Works, and cut it off as needed. The tape is off-white, and not too unlike commercial reed, though reed can vary in shade. I put the accent splints and the handle tape, both dry, in the same dye pot, though the tape needs more time for the dye to penetrate through to the heart of the tape. The dyed tape may not match dyed reed exactly, but it is very close, especially with dark colors. It is harder to get dyed oak splints to match dyed shaker tape, but again it works pretty well with dark colors. I rinse the tape well when it comes out of the dye bath, and let the tape dry completely before weaving it into the basket. Mary Brandenburg %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Watering Plants Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:48 PM From: Joe Conroy To: David Collins Hi Everyone, In the northeast, as well as in some other parts of the U.S. we are experiencing a draught this summer. One of the ways that I have been trying to conserve water is to use my basketry water when watering plants. A word of caution; one day without thinking too much about it, I watered my plants with the rinse water from dyeing reed. That probably would have been okay except that I had put vinegar in the water to retard bleeding. Unfortunately, the plants that received the vinegar/water died. However, I now use the vinegar/water to pour on poison ivy!! Kate Conroy Stony Lane Basketry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: New Free Pattern Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 11:19:55 -0400 From: "Jacqueline Carlson" To: "Weavers Words" Autumn with its wonderful display of colors is "just around the corner". Fall Splendor is the name of the new free pattern on our website. This 12" round basket decorated with beautiful leather leaves and filled with colorful ornamental gourds would make a great autumn decoration. Great savings on reed and cane has made our new Online Wholesale Club tremendously popular with our customers. If you haven't visited us for a while, stop by and see what's new! Jackie Summer Meadow Basketry www.summermeadow.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Monday Weave Alert Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:47:00 -0500 From:"Julie Williams" To: "Weavers Words" Hello All... It just occurred to me that you cannot get to the Unitarian Church from the Towanda/Emerson intersection because the road is closed for construction. You can drive on Towanda, but you cannot get onto Emerson Street. Therefore, you must take Linden or State or Colton to Emerson and travel back east toward the church. Coming from the north, you can weave through the Maplewood area and get to Emerson, also. As you get close to the Unitarian Church, there will be a barricade on Emerson stating that the road is closed. Just drive around it to the church parking lot. I do not have Jennifer's complete list of Monday weave people, so I would really appreciate it if you would pass this along to anyone you know who is not on my list. Thanks much... see you Monday night to complete the vase...or open weave and chat! Julie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weaver's Words Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 5:42 AM From: obrian To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, I tried to send this on the 9th but I guess I hit the wrong button. Bill Smith of Ada K's in Monroe, TN had a massive heart attack on the 6th of Sept. Many of your subscribers know Bill and Kathern and would want to know. I for one will miss him very much. Bill never met a stranger and was just a very good man and a friend. O'Brian %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Fish-On Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 22:57:29 -0500 From: "Elaine Bidstrup" To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Greetings From Hot And Humid St. Louis, I'm catching up finally on reading e-mail and a million other things now that my daughter's wedding (Aug. 17) is over and we're back from Jill Choate's Fish-On Alaskan Basketry event. I won't say too much about the wedding except that one should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER plan a wedding in which some of the wedding party lives on the opposite side of a river from the wedding site. My husband, mother-in-law and I made it at 11:55 for a 12:00 wedding. My sister and mother never did make it! All this the result of an overturned semi on the interstate crossing the Missouri River. The wedding was lovely, even if the bride was crying even before it started, thinking we wouldn't get there and my sister's fury at missing it! Fish-on was absolutely awesome! If you're thinking about it (even if you don't fish) by all means take off to the Great Land of the North! The only thing even slightly negative thing I can say is that Jill needs to include shorts and a tee-shirt on the packing list! We had three days in the 80s, which were crystal clear. The rest of the time was more normal Alaskan weather - 50s or 60s and either misting or raining. Didn't stop us from catching absolutely tons of fish. Jill said that I'm a (stretch your arms wide and show us your muscles) true Alaskan woman, since I hand-lined a salmon. My own lure got caught in some line and I pulled that in so no fish or birds would become entangled. Imagine my surprise to find that it was attached to a large foul-hooked chum salmon! (Of course, I'm only a 'real Alaskan woman' in the summer; don't know how I'd cope with 40 below! That pink salmon that we pay about $2.50 per can, is thrown back as 'not edible!!' Of course the silver and sockeye we caught are superb - brought home over 30 pounds of fillets and smoked some for the wedding. If you fish at all, you'll love it! A 7 to 10 pound sockeye salmon on a five-weight flyrod is a kick! I caught 25 fish on one 'purple bunny fur leech' lure and retired it with honor. It will be added to the Roundabout Antler Basket I didn't get made while in Alaska as I was fishing (what else) and flight-seeing Denali. This basket will be by memory of Alaska basket with some grey reed (the color of the silt-filled Susitina and Talkeetna Rivers), a bit of hot pink reed - the color of the fireweed blooming everywhere, deep green of the spruce trees (and spring fed creeks in which we fished), a piece of fossilized walrus ivory, some birch bark, and some dark brown - one of the colors of Moon, Jill's lead dog, and the puppies. We wove with Ardella, a friend of Jill's who is a true Alaskan woman, independent, self-sufficient, and totally creative. Her birch bark creations are amazing and she generously shared techniques and materials (birch bark and spruce root). I spent two perfect rainy days (gentle, sweet-smelling misty rain, unlike Missouri's thunderstorms) in Ardella's workshop, learning to use these great naturals, smelling the smoke from her woodstove, gazing out the large window at the rain and her stacks of materials, and listening to her wonderful stories. Ah, to be back there... but school starts tomorrow and I better get some sleep to prepare for the first day! Elaine in St. Louis (but my heart's in Alaska) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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