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Joan was really taken with the traditional basket weave technique
when she learned it last summer, and has taken it to new heights with
incorporating variations of chair-caning patterns into the technique.
Her Basket weave Sampler temari are stunning and she shares one here. Notes from Joan: "When my weave layer was a double or triple strand, I wove 1 strand at a time. It was too difficult to keep a double strand from twisting when weaving. Double strands on the grid layer can be stitched as double strands in your needle. For a triple strand grid, I always threaded my needle with a single strand. For one grid I would lay all rows with a single strand then go back and put in my second strand and repeat for my third strand. Then I would repeat for my second grid." Prep a mari with a Simple 4 division with equator. What you choose to do as a boundary between the grids is yours, but wrapped bands do a great job of highlighting the woven sections. Use three colors of pearl cotton. |
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Section 1 Worked with triple strands. Use 1 each of 3 colors in all three directions. I was careful to make sure the colors were always laying in the same sequence. (For example: I made sure the orange was always on the left, the burnt orange was always in the middle and brown was always on the right.) |
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Section 2 Grid 1 and Grid 2: worked with triple strand of orange alternating with single strand of burnt orange. Weave: single strand of brown |
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Section 3: Grid 1: double strand of orange Grid 2" double strand of burnt orange Weave: double strand of brown |
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Section 4 Grid 1: double strand of orange alternating with single strand of orange Grid 2: double strand of burnt orange alternating with single strand of burnt orange Weave: double strand of brown alternating with single strand of brown |
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Section 5 Note: With this one I wanted to make the weave shade from light to dark Grid 1, 2, and weave: double strand of orange for 3 rows, double strand of burnt orange for 3 rows, double strand of brown for three rows. |
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Section 6 Note: Each row has three strands Grid 1 and 2: double strand of orange, single strand of brown (per row) Weave: triple strand of burnt orange. |
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Section 7 Grid 1: single strand of orange alternating with double strand of burnt orange Grid 1: single strand of orange alternating with double strand of brown Weave: single strand of orange (all rows) |
| Complete the temari by adding wrapped bands as
borders to the sections. |