OSAA190 Food Grade Natural Canvas Bread Basket for Promotion

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