Basket of the Month: Flo Hoppe’s Corner-to-Corner Basket from Contemporary Wicker Basketry

Techniques used: English squarework base, Randing, Hidden join, False twining, Bi-spoking squarework, Pinching spokes for the upsett, Pull-down three-rod wale, Three-rod wale, Step-up, Combined join, Tapering a flat weaver, Chasing weave, Overlapped join, Pinching spokes for the border, Three-rod behind-one border with follow-on track 1, Tapering the handle core, Twisted handle

Materials:

• No. 8 round reed for outer base spokes, two handles (2 oz)

• No. 6 round reed for inner base spokes, corner posts (1 oz)

• No. 5 round reed for side spokes (4 oz)

• No. 4 round reed for wrapping handle (1.5 yards)

• No. 3 round reed for weavers (8 oz)

• 1/4-inch flat reed for weavers (5 yards)