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Weaving an Arrow Wall Basket
A virtual tour by
Linda Scherz Allen |
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The spokes have been cut to length, centers marked,
and the base woven. |
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This basket base has one row of twining woven
around it to secure it. |
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Linda is upsetting the spokes. By gently bending upright, the fibers are stretched to
prevent cracking. This also
allows a smoother transition from base to weaving the sides. |
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Linda is starting to weave the sides of the basket.
Weaver placement and tension are very important in achieving the
correct shape. Clothes-pinning
the weaver to the spokes helps accomplish this. |
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Cutting the weaver the correct length is important
for concealing the ends. |
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The weaver has been cut to length and Linda is
tucking the ends in behind the spokes. |
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A row of triple twine with dyed reed accents the
arrow pattern Linda will weave in next.
Linda purchases the natural reeds in bulk and dyes the reed
herself prior to weaving. |
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The first angle of the arrow pattern is being woven
by Linda. |
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The second angle of the pattern is woven, shadowing
the first, creating the arrow. |
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The completed arrow pattern. |
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Another row of triple twine with dyed reed for
accent completes the pattern. |
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Completed pattern, ready for the next few rows of
plain weave. |
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Linda is packing the rows together.
This takes extra time but a very important step in creating a
basket. A quality
made basket is tightly woven. |
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Linda cuts the spokes to the proper length
preparing them for the next step. |
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Linda carefully bends the soaked spoke over her
finger as the spoke is bend over the last row of weave (false rim) and
tucked under the rows of weaving to secure and hide the ends. |
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Linda cuts the remaining spokes flush with the top
of the false rim. |
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The handle is sanded prior to being inserted in the
basket. |
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Linda takes care to support the handle as she
carefully places it in the basket. |
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The rim is measured and cut to length. |
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Linda makes a pencil mark on the overlapped rims as
she prepares them for the shave-horse. |
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Linda is shaving down the rim on the shave-horse
using a drawknife. Extra
care and time is taken shaving down the overlaps for an even, smooth
fitting rim. |
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Lashing the rim on secures the inner rim, outer
rim, false rim and rim filler. |
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Every basket is trimmed.
This is another of the details Linda takes the time to do in
creating her baskets. |
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The Arrow Wall Basket…designed and woven by
Linda. |
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The final touch…Linda signs and dates the basket. |
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