OSAA12922 Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket

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make Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. you'll need to lay out 5 reeds parallel to one another, with about 3/8ths of a space between them. weave a sixth reed perpendicularly through Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the other 5. bring Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the sixth reed over Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the first reed, under Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the second, over Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the third, under Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the fourth and over Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the fifth reed. weave 4 more reeds in this manner, making sure that they are parallel to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the sixth reed.
ensure that Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the squares formed by Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base weaving are no bigger than 3/8 inch (.9 cm).
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bend Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reeds. bend Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reeds that stick out from Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the square base into an upwards position. these bent reeds are called spokes. bending them will make it easier to weave and these spokes will act as Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the supports for Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket.
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split a center spoke. split one end of either Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the third or eighth spoke, starting where it comes out from under Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the last spoke to cross it. you will now have eleven spokes. you'll be putting Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weaver into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the split.
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weave Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. put Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the tapered end (Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the smaller end) of a weaver reed into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the split spoke and hold it in place with a clothespin. keep Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weaver reed near Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket and weave, by going over one spoke and under Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the next.
if you're going for a square shape, hold Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base corners together with clothespins. this will help maintain Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the shape of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base.
continue to attach and weave new reeds through Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes for 3 or 4 rows, depending on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the desired height of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. each new reed should be stacked above Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reed woven before it.
do your best to make Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weave snug and tight, but not too tight or you can screw up Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. you, also, want to make sure that Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weave isn't too loose.
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foot Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base. this means closing up those square holes that are still in Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base. starting in Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the left corner of your basket, take Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the corner spoke and tug it gently. tug more firmly on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the second spoke. you want to tug quite firmly on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the middle spoke because this will create an arch in Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the bottom of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. move to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the 4th spoke and tug gently again.
straighten your spokes and repeat on all 4 sides of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket, until Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the holes in Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base are closed.
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continue weaving. keep attaching and weaving new reeds through Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes. make sure that you don't pull too hard on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the corners, because that will make your spokes bend inward and you'll lose your basket's shape.
you also don't want your corners to be too loose, which can happen if you aren't keeping your spokes upright and parallel while you weave.
stop weaving once you've reached your desired height.
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pack Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base. push or pull Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the woven rows down towards Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base as you weave. ensure that there is no space between Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base and Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the rows. start pressing or pulling from Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base and move up to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newer reeds as you go.
a properly packed basket should have a nicely arched base, straight, parallel spokes, properly spaced corners, and tight weaver rows.
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finish Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the top of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. stop weaving your last reed after you have woven 4 spokes past Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the split spoke. taper Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reed with scissors, moving from Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the fourth spoke to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the end of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reed. weave until all of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the final reed has been woven into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes.
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trim Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. cut Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes with scissors. Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes should be 1/2 to 2 inches (1.3 to 5 cm) higher than Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the last woven reed. fold Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes towards Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the inside of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket over Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the top row of reeds. insert Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the end of each spoke into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the third row from Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the top. ensure that each spoke lies flat against Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the inside of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket.
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make Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the rim. you'll wrap a reed around Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the top row of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket and pin it to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket with a clothespin. now, anchor Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the new reed by weaving its bottom end into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the top few rows inside Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. this reed is called Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the lacer.
bring Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the lacer up and over Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the reed pinned to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket and insert it through Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the front of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the woven rows. now pull Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the lacer inside Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. continue wrapping Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the lacer around Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the pinned reed, circling Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the circumference of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket.
glue Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the end of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the lacer inside Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket.
weaving with newspaper
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make your newspaper sticks. you'll use these rolled up sections of newspaper as Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the spokes and weavers for your basket. get a thin stick, like a thin knitting needle or a pine skewer or 3mm dowel.
cut Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper in half horizontally and then again horizontally.
place Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the stick at a corner of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the piece of newspaper at an acute angle to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper. start rolling Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper around Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the stick, making sure that you're doing so tightly.
when you've rolled it all Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the way to Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the other corner, glue it onto Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper roll to hold it in place. remove Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the dowel or knitting needle. one end will usually be a bit narrower than Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the other on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper sticks, but that's how it is supposed to look. when you're weaving you'll stick Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the narrower section of one newspaper stick into another to make them longer.
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make Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the base. cut out two rectangular pieces of cardboard whatever size you want your basket to be. on one side of one of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the cardboard pieces, put double sided tape. lay out your newspaper sticks along Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the sides (you'll want to do about 13 on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the long side and 7 on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the short size).
always use an odd number of sticks when making your base.
use double sided tape on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the second piece of cardboard and press into place a piece of fabric, whatever color you'd like. put glue on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the side that won't be facing out and glue Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the two pieces of cardboard (one with Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the fabric and one with Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the sticks) together. put something heavy on them and leave to dry (about and hour).
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begin weaving. start at one of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the corners. take a newspaper stick (a weaver) and fold it in half. thread it around Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the corner stick. using each half of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weaver weave around Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the upright sticks, with one half of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the stick and Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the other half in back.
keep Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the upright sticks parallel to one another and pulled upright, and keep Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the weavers pulled tight. you don't want them too loose.
at Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the corners you'll want to do an extra twist (over and under) before continuing Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the twist down Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the next side.
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make Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the newspaper stick longer. as you reach Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the end of a tube, you'll need to add another stick to it, so that you can keep going. this is a lot easier than it sounds! all you have to do is insert Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the narrow end of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the second stick into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the first and push it in enough that it is secure.
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finish Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. once you've added rows until you've reached Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the height you want, it's time to finish Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket. this is very easy. cut Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the leftover upright newspaper sticks to about 1 inch (2.54 cm).
for every other upright stick you'll fold into down into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket and glue it in place. use a clothespin to dry it in place.
for Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the sticks you didn't fold into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket, you'll fold down on Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the outside and weave into Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the upper part of Butterfly Pattern Fruit Wire Basket of the basket.
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paint it. this is a completely optional step, as newspaper baskets look cool just as they are, but you can also paint them a color of your choosing. you could use a white acrylic paint and add a tinted varnish (which makes them look like a more 'authentic' basket), or you could use a bright, bold spray paint.