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Two groups of spokes, one of three and the other of three and a half,
are crossed in the centre. The short spoke should be put between two
others, never on the outside of a group. The mat is woven like the other
mat and basket until it is three and a half inches in diameter, when the
edge is bound off. Bring each spoke across the next one and press it
down beside the next, as in the border of the basket, except that the
long end is not cut off, but brought out between the fourth and fifth
rows of weaving on the under side of the mat. The loops of the border
are drawn in so that they will not be more than a quarter of an inch
beyond the weaving. The long ends of the spokes (which are to form the
legs of the table) are brought together and bound with a piece of fine
wire just under the centre. Separate them into three groups of four
spokes each. The odd spoke is either cut off or whittled very thin and
bound in with one of the three groups. A strand of raffia is now doubled
around two or three spokes, above the wire binding, and wound tightly
around one of the groups until it has covered two inches, from the
binding down. At the end a half hitch or one buttonhole stitch is made,
to keep the raffia from slipping. It is then wound up again to the top.
The raffia is brought down the second leg as far as the first one was
wound; here it is turned with a half hitch and brought up again in the
same way. The third leg is also wound down and up again, with a half
hitch at the bottom to hold it. After this third leg has been covered
the raffia is brought in and out between the legs, where they separate,
in order to spread them more. It is then tied and the ends are cut
close. Finally the spokes at the end of each leg are cut slanting so
that the table will stand firmly.
_Doll's Chair of Rattan_
=Materials Required:= 6 20-inch spokes of No. 3 rattan,
1 11-inch spoke of No. 3 rattan,
4 10-inch spokes of No. 3 rattan,
1 piece of No. 3 rattan about 9 inches long,
2 weavers of No. 2 rattan,
Several strands of raffia,
An awl.
Would you like to make a tiny high-backed chair to use with the tea
table in the doll's house? It is only a trifle more difficult to make
than the table.
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