"Weavers Words" Vol. 7 Iss. 28 MADE IN AMERICA BY A PROUD AMERICAN!!! Date Sent: April 25, 2004 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.) MAKE A DONATION TO WEAVER'S WORDS AT: http://www.paypal.com/ (Send Payment To ka9zre@yahoo.com) OR Via money order / check at: David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BEFORE POSTING VIRUS WARNINGS TO WEAVER'S WORDS!!! Check The Following Link To Assure The Virus Isn't A Hoax: http://urbanlegends.about.com/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Rush Seat Problems Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:00:18 -0500 From: "Cathryn Peters" To: "David Collins, Jr." , mmesaga@msn.com Misti, Sometimes the rush seat pattern can surely cause a new weaver to question their sanity and begin pulling out their hair, but hold on, I can help you! I began my 28-year seatweaving and wicker repair career starting with paper fibre rush and now teach several classes across the country on it. Take a look at my Seat Weaving page of my website and also the Teaching page to see where I will be this summer. A few years ago, I taught rush classes at East Troy Basketry Shop, in East Troy which is very near you in Madison, WI. Perhaps owner Eileen Mirsberger would hold another class if there was enough interest? http://www.EastTroyBasketry.com I've had a few others from Wisconsin ask me to teach more seatweaving classes, so maybe we can twist Eileen's arm. Hopefully, you can take a class sometime and somewhere soon, or if not, I will be happy to coach you by email. Hopefully you are beginning with the man-made paper fibre rush and not the natural bulrush or cattails, right? I have also written an article with accompanying pictures on the natural rush process for Professional Restoration, Refinishing and Conservation online magazine's March issue, link is on my website at http://www.WickerWoman.com/new.html and I believe the May issue will have my article on paper fibre rush weaving. My first suggestion after viewing my articles, would be to either purchase from a cane and basket supplier, (http://www.WickerWoman.com/suppliers.html) or check out from your local library, two of the best books ever written on all aspects of seatweaving: "The Craft of Chair Seat Weaving," by George Sterns (which is now out of print and very expensive if you find a used one), or "The Caner's Handbook," by Jim Widess and Bruce Miller. These will help you immeasurably in your quest to conquer all types of seatweaving, not just rush. Just recently I started a Seatweaving and Wicker Repair discussion board for those already in the business or ones hoping to take it up either professionally or as a hobby. You might like to query the members for help also. They are all professionals and very willing to help with newbies. http://disc.server.com/Indices/220033.html Hope to hear back from you soon! "Weaving for Preservation, Education and Innovation" The Wicker Woman/Cathryn Peters http://www.WickerWoman.com/ http://www.WickerWoman.com/repairdirectory.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WickerWomansWeavings/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: IBA Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:12:00 EDT From: SharonKlusmann@aol.com To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com Hi David & Friends: We just returned from Columbus, IN where the IBA was located this year - what a wonderful facility! The Holiday Inn was newly refurbished and couldn't have been quainter or more accommodating. All the vending rooms, pattern room and registration were nestled around the pool, whirlpool and indoor putt-putt. My husband's boss called while we were setting up and he informed him that we had a view overlooking the greens! One of the students in my Saturday class was a local and recommended that we take a quick trip into Nashville, IN so we did that evening and it was wonderful. Unfortunately, my feet were killing me from teaching for 8 hours that I was content to slowly drive through the streets of unique shopping and beautiful hotels. I noticed on the last couple WW that Karen Zanes is hosting a get away class there this summer. I am sure all who attend will have a fabulous time not only weaving with Karen but venturing through this fantastic town. All fascists of the convention were wonderful. Jill, our Alaskan friend, was the keynote speaker followed by a huge amount of raffle items (none of which did I win again!) I know there has been a lot of controversy with the IBA over the past, but I want to encourage all of you to consider it next Spring. They are very likely going to be having it at the same facility again and I can't wait to go! Spring Blessings, Sharon Klusmann Cornerstone Baskets www.SharonKlusmann.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Classes Still Available For Branson, MO Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:49 PM From: Dr. Curtis and Rena Vickery To: davidc@iei.net Information from Linda Pierce from Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO has been received stating that there is a lot of classes still open and ----- she will still take more class registrations. ----- Classes will be held May 21, 22, 23, at Branson, MO. Please e-mail her at: lpierce@silverdollarcity.com for registration and information on available classes. Coiling classes at Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO -- May 21,22,23 Coiling/gourd Classes offered on Friday, by Rena Vickery, still has 3 opennings. This is the Antler Insert pine needle coiling class. The Saturday coiled tray class. The Sunday gourd/pineneedles coiling class with the floating coil and colored needle accents still has openings. If you are interested in registering for any of these classes, please contact Rena Vickery at: 580-255-0255, rscmv@texhoma.net. Or Linda Pierce at: lpierce@silverdollarcity.com 417-338-8232 and ask for Linda Pierce. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Heritage Basketry Guild's Mid Summer Weave Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 6:06 AM From: Bonnie (Easterbrooks) Krist To: davidc@iei.net There is still time to register for the "Mid-Summer Weave" being held at the Community Methodist Church in Riverside, OH on Saturday, July 10, 2004. Classes will be offered by: Sherian Cody - New Palestine, IN - "American Indian" Pam Feix - Eaton, OH - "Down by the Water" and "Pumpin' You Up!" Tom Holtkamp - Noblesville, IN - "Fireside Bench in Porch Weave" Ruthanne Morningstar - Dryden, MI - "Basket Full of Pockets" Dolores VonRosen - Chappells, SC - "Holding Basket with Swing Handles" Pat Welti - Cincinnati, OH - "Double Weave Geometric Necklace" Karen Zane - Anderson, IN - "Hen Basket" Visit http://www.geocities.com/midsummerweave/ to view the classes and print the registration form. If you would like an electronic brochure as a "pdf" file please email evergree@erinet.com Come weave with us in July! We would love to have you join us. Bonnie Easterbrooks Krist %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Swap Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:44 AM From: Arlene McGowan To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let everyone know what a wonderful surprise I received when I opened my box from Joyce Shannon my basket swap partner. I received a gorgeous raffia woven basket. I was delighted and have been showing it off to everyone who shows up at my house. She also included a beginner kit with wonderful instructions. Thanks again Joyce. Arlene %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: For Weaver's Words Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:50 AM From: NVWoodturner@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Please post on weaver's words. Regarding the Great Basin Basketmaker's raffle - I forgot to mention the price of the tickets. They are $2 each or 3 for $5. Also we had a circa 1920 Native American basket donated for the raffle - it will be a separate prize - that is valued at close to a $1000!!! The address to order your tickets is GBB, 1632 Golddust Dr., Sparks, NV 89436-9326. The drawing is July 18, the last day of the GBB Basketry Convention in Reno. Caroline %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Weavers Words - Love The Pictures! Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:06 PM From: Bonnie Allison To: davidc@iei.net Hello! I just wanted to say that I loved the pictures of the basket swap - what beautiful baskets! Regarding the basket that Faye Stuckey made - did you design it? I was wondering if there is a pattern for this? Gorgeous! Also, I wanted to say that I just got back from the Indiana convention - I had a great time! Great baskets! If you haven't been, plan on it next year! Bonnie - Spring is finally here! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Willow Class Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:22:15 EDT From: Hltpgdns@aol.com To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com Hi Weavers, I am hosting another willow class in May taught by Mary Butcher from England. The class will be May 29 & 30 and I have a few spaces open. If you are interested you can e-mail me directly for all the details. Mary is a wonderful teacher and we are lucky to have her here after she teaches at Stowe. Spring Has Arrived In RI, Sharon Culberson Hilltop Gardens Tiverton, RI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Oak Kits Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:58 PM From: Theresa Owens To: davidc@iei.net Hello Everyone! "Oak Baskets by Owens" is now offering a "Kit of the Month". This is where each month we will offer the material for a different White Oak basket kit. All the material is "hand-split" White Oak and comes with instructions. The "Kit of the Month" for May will be the "The Caddy Basket". This is a medium size sturdy "oak" basket; approximately 10" long by 6" wide It is 6" tall (excluding) the handle. It comes with an insert divider, making it handy for plates, silverware, napkins, etc. The cost is $25.00 plus $6.00 Shipping and Handling. There will be a 10% discount for all orders received by the 10th of May. You can see a picture of this basket on our website www.oakbasketsbyowens.com. To order or for questions and information you may contact us on the website. Thank you and happy weaving. Billy Owens %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Baskets Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:14 PM From: PRoseharley@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net We are volunteering at Schoenbrunn, in Ohio we are looking for information on the baskets the Delaware Indians made in the 1800. we are hoping to do demonstration for tours this summer we are having trouble finding any information on the baskets . Any help you could give us would be great. We know they used black ash. Thank You, Rose %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: May Basket! Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:30 PM From: Baskets Of Joy To: Baskets Of Joy Tisket Tasket May Basket May Day has been celebrated by several titles and many cultures across the centuries, and has always signified the Springtime Welcome of Summer. Our favorite tradition is to fill a May Basket with flowers and other goodies to give to friends and loved ones. Hang these pretty, simple baskets on the doors of your loved ones and watch the smiles! 4"-5" square base, 7" diameter at top, 8" tall plus handle This quick and easy basket is extra special filled with flowers or other goodies--you can fit a mason jar in it to use as a vase! We stenciled ours with pretty yellow daffodils. Kits are available with your choice of Spring Green handle or Summer Pink handle (custom dyed reed in kit matches the handle perfectly!). Kit includes custom made handle, hand-dyed reed and all materials to weave the basket. Print out your Pattern today, only at www.basketsofjoy.com! KIT-67, $15.95 each. Also Available: MS-30, Daffodil Stencil $3.25 each. Kit does not include pattern. Be sure to visit www.basketsofjoy.com today to print yours! If no color is specified, we will send our choice of pretty spring colors for you. Open Weave is in May! Join us on Wednesday, May 19th, from 6-8 p.m. to work on the project of your choice. Class is filling quickly--call or email for details today! More information about all workshops is made available online as soon as we have more details. www.basketsofjoy.com BASKETS OF JOY Basketry & Seatweaving Supplies 81 Old Bath Road, Brunswick, ME 04011 Customer Service: 207-725-5899 Toll Free Order Line: 1-800-377-6097 Email: orders@basketsofjoy.com Shop Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10-5 and Sat. 10-2 est %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: Folk School, Rit Dye, Exhibit Room Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:39:30 -0400 From: "Barbara McGeachy" To: weaverswords-owner@yahoogroups.com Hi, Just got back from a week at the John C. Campbell Folk School in western NC, and am catching up with Weavers' Words: To Deb Mather about storing Rit dye: I tried it and gave up. It isn't worth saving it. Rit dye is inexpensive, and if you don't need to dye a whole box worth, just use part of the box and save the rest of the dye dry. It keeps indefinitely dry. Problems I had even though I stored the dye indoors in a cool, dark place: "eating" through the plastic bottle; gunk - globs of mysterious stuff (I strained it, but the gunk had most of the dye); dye changed color. To Patricia and others about names on exhibit room baskets: My guild ran the NCBA 2004 exhibit room, and we DID put the exhibitors' names on the baskets, from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday. Refer to the convention brochure for details. The NCBA convention was fabulous, as usual. Juanita Carreon was the coordinator and did a great job! My most exciting class was taught by Cass Schorsch. We warped a 12" x 12" loom with copper wire, then wove with various barks and copper strips and wire. We removed the weaving from the loom and shaped a basket. You could shape it over a jar for a funky bowl, or fold it like a diaper for a wall pouch, or ripple it for a wall hanging. I folded mine like a Choctaw pouch. Wonderfully creative class! This was my third class with Cass - she's a great teacher. And I love working with the cedar bark she gathers. More about the John C. Campbell Folk School (www.folkschool.org) - I spent last week there in a basket class about weaving with foraged forest materials. Joan Stoneham was the instructor (assisted by Diane Jordan) and they did a great job! They have lots of wonderful ideas. For example, we drilled holes through a piece of driftwood and inserted one long rib in a spiral. Then we wove on it with a wide assortment of materials from Florida and from N.C. (Joan taught this particular basket at the NCBA 2004 convention too.) Joan is teaching this class again at JCCFS in late March, 2005. This was my 8th week at JCCFS. I've taken basketry each time, although they offer about a dozen different classes each week, year-round (blacksmithing, quilting, pottery, woodworking, cooking, music, & dozens more categories). It's a very special place - sort of a cross between a retreat and summer camp for grown-ups only. (It's exactly what I wish summer camp had been like!) It's non-profit, established 1925. They have Elderhostel too. Happy Weavin' Barbara McGeachy Raleigh, NC %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Nantucket Rim Holes Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:29 AM From: EHBrandt101@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hello Weavers, Thanks to Karen who answered my question about my holes in a Nantucket rim. I never thought about "dust" from reed to fill holes. I have lots of that in my vacuum cleaned. Now will save some in small jar. My rim is reed. I had heard of this " dust" to fill the hole in base of Nantucket basket. I didn't connect the idea as my rim is reed. great idea. Karen, you are correct. The awful rim will bug me forever! Nancy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Baskets At Wild Herbal Walk Day Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:46 AM From: "Judy Mullins" To: I'm writing to let everyone know that the "Wild Herbal Walk Day" is coming up this Saturday May 1st 10-5 at Mullins Log Cabin in Grant County Kentucky. Our location is midway between Cincinnati and Lexington, Kentucky, just 15 min. off I-75 exit 154. The cabin is located on 300 Scaffold Lick Rd., Berry, KY. So, if you're planning on visiting that day, do Mapquest to get you right to the door. Ginny Hamilton from Independence, KY will be demonstrating basket weaving. We will also have quilter, Justine Taylor, tinsmith, Tom Schneider, Artist, Kathy Piercefield, and myself, Judy Mullins leading the herb walk. Admission is FREE. There will be herbal soap, herb plants, Baskets of course, handmade tin items, quilts, art, primitive antiques, & collectibles for sale. We would love to have you join us for a fun day at Mullins Log Cabin in Grant County Kentucky. www.mullinslogcabin.com www.grantcokytourism.com logcabin1999@yahoo.com If you have questions, just send me an email, and I would be glad to respond. If you do baskets, or make crafts suitable for the 1850s era, I would be glad to have you join us. There is no setup fee. Just write to me first. Thanks so much David. This is Judy Mullins in Kentucky where the sun is finally shining, after days and days of rain. To rent Mullins Log Cabin Call: 859-824-4306 www.mullinslogcabin.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Bits And Pieces Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:46:24 -0400 From: "Billie Dorris" To: ka9zre@yahoo.com Recently when I was standing in line to check out next to the "impulse buy racks" at Linens and Things I noticed a small pair of scissors for trimming hair in the nose, ear etc. What made them interesting is that they were slightly curved on the end with a rounded half circle end. But the blade was sharp all the way to the end. Of course I had to buy them. They are perfect for trimming the inside of waxed linen mini's. Because they are curved they will follow the shape if necessary and since the end isn't pointed you won't accidentally snip the basket or spokes (don't know anyone who has ever done that). I don't know how long they will stay sharp but for $11 I thought it was worth a try. They were on a rack with tweezers, nail clippers and the like. I also noticed they have the Joyce Chen Cooking shears for $17.95. For those of you who haven't used this type (short with red handles) they are wonderful. Will cut almost anything. Although I have a jillion different types of cutters these are the only ones I use anymore except for the really heavy big stuff. Billie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Black Walnut Dye Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:56 PM From: "gayle3rivers" To: First I apologize for the cross posts!!! For those of you who use Black Walnut Dye I have a few questions...I made my own dye from shells and now am wondering exactly how it is to be used... Do you use a mordent with the dye i.e. salt? Do you Heat the Dye and hold it hot while dying? How long do you leave the reed in the dye? Do you rinse the reed after dying? Do you use vinegar or other product to set the Dye? Thanks, GEB gayle@3rivers.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% That's All For Now Folks. 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