{"id":17339,"date":"2016-12-07T06:35:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T12:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prairiewoodbasketry.com\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2016-12-08T07:40:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T13:40:34","slug":"how-to-use-clips-weaving-the-first-rows-of-a-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prairiewoodbasketry.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/07\/how-to-use-clips-weaving-the-first-rows-of-a-basket\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Clips – Weaving the First Rows of a Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I am going to talk about one of our favorite tools and using them effectively.\u00a0Clips. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I tell students to get out their clips, some pull out their old faithful wooden clothes pins and others pull out a wide array of clips and ask which ones are best. \ud83d\ude42 Like many of you, I\u00a0have a variety of clips,\u00a0wooden clothes pins work for almost anything, but sometimes you need something smaller.<\/p>\n

\"CLIPS\"<\/a>And when you are a basket teacher you accumulate all kinds of clips – this is what was on my weaving table today! The bottom line is, almost any clip can be used, the important thing is to learn to use them effectively.<\/p>\n

Clips are most useful when you weave the first few rows of a basket and upset the sides of the basket.\u00a0\u00a0Using them correctly will make a big difference in shaping, using them incorrectly creates shaping hurdles.<\/p>\n

\"first<\/a>So first let’s talk about how NOT to use clips on the first rows of weaving a basket.<\/strong> \u00a0As you can see the picture above has a big X across it.<\/p>\n