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Egyptian Moon - Step 12
It takes another 40 minutes to work the rim/border over the top & down far enough to cover the...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 11
Rim/border worked up the inside to the top of the basket. 30 minutes to work the rows and pull them...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 10
Egyptian Moon - Step 9
Whee! 20 more minutes to get all the rim/border pieces inserted between the natural reed weaving and the twining. Total time: 3hr 30min.
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Egyptian Moon - Step 8
Another 20 minutes sees the stakes soaked, folded, and tucked. Total time: 3hr 10 min.
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Egyptian Moon - Step 7
Decided to spray the natural reed part of the basket with oak stain. About 5 minutes to stain &...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 6
3 rows of twining takes another 10 minutes. I must not have got as tangled up in the coil of reed......
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Egyptian Moon - Step 5
The next 5 rows go pretty fast. Of the 25 minutes on this step, half was probably untangling the reed...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 4
Egyptian Moon - Step 4
Round and round, trying to get the shape right, takes another 35 minutes to get to 28 rows. Total time: 2hr.
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Egyptian Moon - Step 3
Egyptian Moon - Step 3
After working the shaping, I'm tired of dealing with ends every row & decide to do continuous weave...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 2
This basket has a cathead shape, which I have never done before. It takes another 35 minutes to get 6...
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Egyptian Moon - Step 1
It took 20 minutes to choose the colors of reed I wanted to use (that I already had...), cut the stakes for the base, and work the base to this point.
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Egyptian Moon - Step 0
Some people have asked me about the time required to make a basket, etc., so here are some details. This is the pattern I'm working from.
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Egyptian Moon
I really like this rim. It looks very fancy & difficult, but you just work the same "under 2...
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Egyptian Moon
The places where I go over 2 spokes are the "mistake" you use to move from one row to the...
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Egyptian Moon
Worked from the pattern "Egyptian Moon" by Debra Hammond. Pattern purchased from...
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