November 2015 ⋆ PrairieWood Basketry

Locking the Base – Part II

November 16, 2015/3 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

Another way to weaving a locking row

I have two favorite locking rows: the sanity row and the locked locking row. You can read about the sanity row and other ways to lock your base here.

Today we’ll focus on what I call the ‘locked locking row‘- which is a locked four rod or three rod wale row. This is a technique often used in willow or round reed baskets, but it also works nicely in a basket that uses a variety of material. It’s one of my favorites for a few reasons: Read more

Locking the Base – Part I

November 12, 2015/0 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

While weaving a locking row around the base of your basket is not always necessary, sometimes it is an important part of shaping or maintaining the shape of the base and sometimes this single row adds strength to the basket. You can weave a locking row with flat material or round material. Read more

Six Point Star

November 4, 2015/1 Comment/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

Paper Star Embellishment –

I teach this little embellishment, also called a six strand star, when I teach my paper business card basket, Papyrus. Its not part of the pattern, it’s just a fun part of the class and all of my students go home with a star which is also their pattern. Even so, many of my students have requested that I make a video and post it so they can refer to it when they make more stars . After much resistance I 100_6693 acquiesced. Read more