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Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form

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This is a wonderful book in which LaPlantz shares with the reader her approaches to plaiting baskets: Straight Plaiting, Spiraling Plaiting, Randing, Bias Plaiting, and more. I have to say that if LaPlantz herself drew all the diagrams in this book, showing the over/under patterns and shape of the basket as it progresses, she must have spent a Very Long Time doing so: the book is generously full of scores of such drawings to help the weaver. LaPlantz's approach is never to impose a pattern upon the weaver. Instead, she teaches method, tells you what you should be doing and looking for as you weave. The pattern itself is up to you. Such an approach is encouraging and liberating. If you enjoy weaving baskets and want to expand your horizons, read this book.