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November Weaving

November 17, 2016/6 Comments/in In the Studio /by Annetta K

When I spend most of my time in the studio, ignoring my computer, blogging becomes a reflection of that. Not always exciting, but it is my life. So here’s what I’ve been doing:

Tiny Stuff

We had our first real frost over the weekend and the air finally has a hint of winter in it. I’m not quite ready to decorate for Christmas, but it did remind me that I wanted to share my trees with you.November 2016

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The Step Up

July 20, 2016/6 Comments/in Basket Weaving Tutorials & Techniques /by Annetta K

The step up is a round reed technique used when you come to the end of a whisperstwined row. It is most often used when triple twining (three-rod wale), but it can be utilized with any type of twining: regular (with two weavers), triple twining (with three weavers), four-rod wale (with four weavers) and even if you twine with more weavers. In most baskets a step up is optional. If a step up is not done, the twining section will spiral up the basket and will have a definite starting spot and a definite ending spot. If a step up is done, each row will be continuous, like a ring it will look like it has no start or stop. Read more

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