Basket of the Month: Flo Hoppe’s Wicker Cathead Basket from Contemporary Wicker Basketry

Techniques used: Japanese squarework base, Randing, Overlapped join, Three-rod wale, Combined join, Braid weave, Joins in multiple sets, Preparing the border core, Pinching spokes for the border, Japanese rolled border variation 3, Tapering the handle core, Herringbone-finish handle

Materials:

• No. 3 round reed for spokes and weavers (16 oz)

• No. 6 round reed for border core (40 in)

• No. 10 round reed for handle (27 in)