Basket making help

[Thenihilist]

I started making a basket earlier and have the base completed however i'm not sure how i should make it go up.

To make the base i made a slit in the middle of 4 brambles and pushed 4 brambles through the slit making an x shape, i then took another bramble and bent it in half and twined it over and under each of the brambles i used to make the base.

Do i use the same method for going up?

I don't actually have a clue how to make a basket lol but this method seems to be working well.

Cheers

 

[Loenja]

depend if you follow cane or willow style work,
cane just bend it up after firts spiking a small hole in the OUTER side of it where you ant it to bend,
for will style trim the ends off and inser new ones, (i guess it depends on how long your peices are)
Lonja
sources: school basket work lessons

 

[Thenihilist]

depend if you follow cane or willow style work,
cane just bend it up after firts spiking a small hole in the OUTER side of it where you ant it to bend,
for will style trim the ends off and inser new ones, (i guess it depends on how long your peices are)
Lonja
sources: school basket work lessons

I don't really know what i'm doing lol, i wanted to pick some hawthorns and thought it would be cool to make a basket to collect them.

So i should insert new brambles along the same lines as the ones i used to start with?

I take it i just bend them up 90 degrees to the base and carry on like i started?

 

[Thenihilist]

Also does anyone know how long i can expect the basket to last assuming it's kept dry?

 

[Loenja]

ok
first of all sorry just realised what my spelling looked like oops i was trying to answer in a hurry
yeh i think so you should have an odd number of sticks though it makes i a lot easier, you could just carry on like you were though using two ends of the same bramble or two separate brambles i think the latter would be better because they would taper the same.
as you go weave the weft as if you were making cordage, changing which one goes on top each time this will also make a cool pattern.
make sure you ***** them with a fid before you bend them, it stops them splitting and falling apart
Lonja
OK Im sorry if im confusing you a bit here

 

[yomperalex]

Hi, sounds like you have a circular base with 16 spokes.

Here is a really standard progression:

Get 32 straight weavers (these will be your uprights). Insert them either side of the base spokes (which should be trimmed flush with the rim of the base).

Uprights should besoaked prior to inserting, then pinch them with needle nose pliers right up to the base so you can bend them up - you may have to experiment how much you need to pinch to get a good bend.

The uprights can be temporarily secured with a hoop or string to help shape the sides. Also make sure the uprights are at least 8 inches longer than the sides are - this will give you sufficient to do whatever border you decide on.

The first row on the side should be a 4 rod wale. You should be able to google a tutorial. It is not too difficult, but is extremely important as it locks in the uprights and lays the foundation for the shape of the sides.

Then, as you have an even number of upright, you would be best using 2 rod twining to build up the sides.

Have fun, I love basketry.

Alex

PS don't know how brambles would work out for uprights, but if they did prove to have too little structural strength then you could always use willow for the uprights and continue with bramble for the wale and twine. Could look quite nice.