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RADCLIFF, KY 40160
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MATERIALS:
5/8" FLAT REED -- CUT 14 @ 24" EACH
5/8" FLAT REED -- WEAVERS
1 1/2" OAK STRIP -- WEAVER
5/8" FLAT OVAL -- RIM
1/4" FLAT OVAL -- LASHING
4 SMALL-MEDIUM BASKET FEET (MINE WERE CARVED FROM OAK)

   SOAK THE 14 PIECES OF REED FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES OR UNTIL YOU CAN BEND IN HALF WITH-OUT CRACKING. MARK THE CENTER OF EACH PIECE ON THE WRONG SIDE. LAY-OUT WITH OVER UNDER WEAVE TILL BASE MEASURES 6 3/4" (EQUAL SPACE BETWEEN EACH SPOKE). CLIP THE CORNERS SO THEY DON'T MOVE. YOU MAY WANT TO TWINE TO HOLD THE SHAPE.

   UP-SET SIDES BY BENDING OVER THE BASE (MAKE SURE THE REED IS WET ENOUGH OR IT WILL CRACK).

ALL WEAVING DONE IN OVER/UNDER WEAVE

   1ST - 3RD ROW: USING 5/8" FLAT REED START TO WEAVE BEHIND A SPOKE AND CONTINUING AROUND - ENDING BY HIDING THE WEAVER BEHIND THE BEGINNING SPOKES. (WHEN STARTING THE ROW BE SURE THAT THE WEAVER IS OPPOSITE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BASKET). KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROWS OF A BASKET ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE FUNNY LOOKING. THE THIRD ROW WILL BRING THE BASKET ALL TOGETHER. BE SURE TO PACK DOWN ROWS SO THERE ARE NO GAPS BETWEEN WEAVERS.

   4TH ROW: WITH 1 1/2" OAK STRIP WEAVE AS ABOVE. DON'T SOAK STRIP - JUST DIP THROUGH THE WATER. BE CAREFUL NOT TO PACK DOWN TO HARD OR IT WILL BEND AND SPLIT.

   5TH ROW: WITH 5/8" FLAT REED WEAVE AS ABOVE.

   RESOAK BASKET TOP FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES OR UNTIL YOU CAN BEND SPOKES WITHOUT IT CRACKING. BEND THE SPOKES OVER THE TOP OF THE BASKET TOWARDS THE INSIDE. CUT OFF THE ONES THAT DON'T GO OVER THE WEAVER (THEY GO TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE BASKET). TRIM THE OTHER SPOKES SO YOU CAN TUCK AND HIDE THEM BEHIND THE WEAVERS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BASKET.

   RIM: CUT A 5/8" FLAT OVAL 4" LONGER THAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE BASKET. CARVE AND SAND THE ENDS TO FIT TOGETHER SMOOTHLY. DO THE SAME WITH THE INSIDE OF THE BASKET.

   CUT AT AN ANGLE THE #4 ROUND TO FIT AROUND THE BASKET RIM (END BY CUTTING AN ANGLE OPPOSITE OF THE BEGINNING SO IT WILL SANDWICH TOGETHER). CLIP TOGETHER ALL THREE PIECES WITH THE #4 BETWEEN THE 5/8" FLAT OVALS.

   LASHING: TAKE A LONG PIECE OF 1/4" FLAT OVAL AND START LASHING RIM TOGETHER. BE SURE TO LOCK BEGINNING BY GOING UPAND THEN DOWN BETWEEN THE RIM-END THE SAME WAY.

   FEET: PUT THE FEET ON EACH CORNER. MAY WANT TO ADD A LITTLE WOOD GLUE TO SECURE.

   FINISH BY ADDING CURLS AROUND THE BASKET.