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by Rhonda Krula Please share this pattern with your basketmaker friends.
Please do not sell this pattern.

Materials:

1/4 flat natural
11/64 flat oval dyed burgundy
3/8 flat dyed green
5/8 flat oval
#3 seagrass
7/8 flat natural
1/2 flat dyed navy blue
1/2 flat dyed green (spokes)
medium chair cane (lasher)

Cut from the 7/8 flat 6 spokes 38" long.
Cut from the 1/2 flat 12 spokes 38" long.
Mark the centers and soak.

Starting with two 7/8 flat spokes, make a cross. Horizontally add three green spokes on each side of the center 7/8 spoke. Vertically add three green spokes on each side of the center 7/8 spoke. Horizontally add a 7/8 spoke on each side of the sets of threes. Vertically add a 7/8 spoke on each side of the sets of threes. Base should measure 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. Place clothespins on each corner. Using 1/4 flat, miter the base.

Upset the base.

2 rows 7/8 flat
1 row 1/2 navy
1 row 3/8 green
1 row 11/64 burgundy (flat oval)
1 row 3/8 green

1 row 1/2 navy
1 row 7/8 flat
1 row 3/8 green
1 row navy 1/2
1 row 3/8 green
11/64 burgundy flat oval
1 row 3/8 green
1 row navy
1 row 7/8 flat

1 row 3/8 green
1 row 1/2 navy
1 row 3/8 green
1 row 11/64 flat oval burgundy
1 row 3/8 green
1 row 1/2 navy
1 row 3/8 green
1 row navy
1 row 7/8 natural

Rim row 3/8 flat
Cut all inside spokes and tuck all outside spokes.
Measure the inside and outside adding two inches to each measurement. Using 5/8 flat oval for the rim, cut to the measurements. Shave the end's top on one side, under on the alternate side. Clothespin to the basket. Line with seagrass.
Using the medium chair cane, lash on the rim.

*When using dyed reed, it is a good idea to just dunk it and then wipe with a rag. Many time I find with red that it bleeds.

Note from the Country Seat - please see our Tips Page for tips on dyeing reed and stopping dyed reed from bleeding.

Please remember that the copyright for each pattern belongs to the author of the pattern. You may print the patterns for personal use; you may not sell, distribute or publish the patterns in written or web format.

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Free print catalog upon request. Please e-mail us at weaving@countryseat.com with your name and postal address. Catalog #31 is the current print catalog and will be sent with your first order. Please keep the Country Seat Courier newsletters as they contain new products and any changes to the print catalog. New products are added to the on-line catalog as they arrive. If you have placed an order and do not already have them, catalog #31 and newsletters will be sent with the order to keep you up to date.

The Country Seat, Inc.
Basketry, Gourd Weaving & Chair Seating Supplies
1013 Old Philly Pike
Kempton, Pennsylvania 19529-9321 USA
Phone: 610-756-6124
e-mail: weaving@countryseat.com
Fax: 610-756-0088
web site: www.countryseat.com

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