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Pine Needle Raffia Basketry

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This book is excellant from front to back has a great collection of baskets from various artist. Would highly recommend it to anyone interested in pine needle basketery. I buy the book for new friends of the craft, I like it so well. Great for using in the classroom as well. McFarland has several other books which may out of print that are also very good.

Teneriffe starts and basic coiled starts are covered in this book, but it emphasizes use of the teneriffe ring, and other "open work". Gives basic and advanced techniques, including attaching shapes together, extensions (away from the body of the basket), butterfly pattern, lids, and specific projects using these techniques. This book is meant for beginners, but you will probably have more success with these techniques if you have some sewing experience. Another book currently popular as a beginning point for pine needle coiling.

I have never has so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just can not bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.

I have never had so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50 pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just cannot bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.

I have never had so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just can not bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.