Basket of the Month: Flo Hoppe’s Double-Triple Basket from Contemporary Wicker Basketry

Techniques used: Overlaid base, Japanese weave, Pinching spokes for the upsett, Hidden join, Locked four-rod coil, Double three-row wale, overlapped join, 2/2 four-row wale, step-up, hidden join on the over-stroke, Preparing the border core, Japanese rolled border variation 2.

Materials:

• No. 4 round reed for spokes and four-rod coil (1 oz)

• No. 3 round reed for side weavers (5 oz)

• No. 2 round reed for base weavers (1 oz)

• No. 8 round reed or border core (30 in)