Читать книгу Basket Essentials: Rib Basket Weaving - Lora S. Irish - Страница 20

Using different materials throughout your basketwork adds color, texture, and interest to even the simplest of weaves. Any weaving pattern can be worked in flat, flat oval, oval oval, or round reed, with each material creating its own unique look.

The variety of textures, thicknesses, and colors in this basket adds a lot of interest.This simple weave, called “over one under one,” is the most basic weaving pattern for rib baskets and is worked by weaving the reed (or other weaver) over one spoke and then under the next spoke. This sample is created using ¼" flat reed. You can see how uniform and repetitive the pattern looks.Round reed creates a tightly packed woven surface. In this photo, the top sample is worked in the over one under one weaving pattern using one strand of round reed to create each finished row. The lower sample is worked in the same over one under one pattern using two strands per row.From top to bottom, this set of weaving samples are worked in chair rush cord, twisted raffia cord, loose raffia strands, and dried daylily leaves. All the samples are done using the over one under one weaving pattern. Note how different the texture of the weave becomes when you compare the carefully twisted chair rush cord to the loose raffia strands.From top to bottom, these weaving samples are worked using paired strands of worsted weight wool yarn, cut burlap strips, 3mm twisted seagrass cord, and loose seagrass strands.Many common natural fiber threads and twines work wonderfully as weavers. In this sample, from top to bottom, are black ⅛" (0.3cm) leather lacing, 3mm burlap twine, dyed jute twine, twisted paper cord, and common garden twine.