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and back of the rim spoke, down diagonally, around the lower part of the handle and up diagonally, binding the spoke just added on the left to the left side of the rim spoke, as the one on the right was bound. When all the spokes have been secured in this way the weaving begins. An inch or two of under-and-over weaving is made, and then the spokes are brought up on each side of the opposite end of the handle, to start the other centre. The point of each spoke is pushed up through the slit part of the round spoke, where the handle was run through it. Here the binding process is repeated and, when an inch or two has been woven in under-and-over weaving, the weaving on the opposite side is begun again and woven to the middle of the basket, where it is met by the weaving from the second centre. The handle is wound with splint in this way. The spokes at one end of the handle are trimmed quite close, and a weaver is started near the handle and bound tightly around it, covering the foundation. If another weaver has to be joined to the first one, its end is pushed back under the rows of splint already wound. The end of the old weaver is laid along the uncovered handle and bound in as the winding proceeds. At the other end of the handle the tips of the flat spokes are trimmed close and covered neatly with the wound |
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