Basket Weaving Supplies

TOOLS, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED FOR BASKET WEAVING

Tools and supplies are necessary to perform the functions of basket making, including cutting, trimming, measuring, packing down and inserting spokes.
The very basic tools that basketmakers need to perform their craft include:
.. Awl
.. Knife (box cutter style)
.. Pencil, Pencil Sharpener and Paper
.. Reed Cutter
.. Reed Gauge
.. Packing and Tucking Tool

However, these tools and supplies are useful to have for basket weaving and should, eventually, become part of a basketmaker’s kit:
.. Basketry Shears
.. Pail
.. Tape Measure
.. Basket Marker
.. Clothes Pins & Cable Clips
.. Micro Shears
.. High Pressure Shears
.. Replacement Blades
.. Shaper
.. Side Cutter
.. Spring Clamps
.. Bases
.. Frames
.. Hoops
.. Rims
.. Handles

Essential materials and supplies, depending on the type and style of basket weaving that is planned, include:
.. Ash, Bamboo, Birch Bark, Cane, Cattails, Grapevine, Honeysuckle, Pine or Other Long Needles, Rattan, Reed, Seagrass or Other Grass, Sisal, White Oak, Wicker, Willow, Wisteria – or any natural material that can be woven into a basket
.. D-Handle, Dye, Other Type of Handle (pre-made), Hoop, Swing Handle
.. Hoop
.. Basket Mold (Nantucket Basket)

Embellishments, including beads, dried flowers, feathers, leather, semi-precious gems, buttons, etc., may be used to decorate the body or handle of a basket.

These decorative treatments and supplies are nonessential to the construction of the piece basket weaving.

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