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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