OSK06941 Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket

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