Basic Basket Making (How To Basics)

This book gives all the finer points and tips to weave pretty easy baskets. I haven’t had a chance to make any baskets for quite a while. This book was a great refresher.

I had taken a few sporadic basket classes, but so far apart that I had forgotten some of the details in the meantime. This book is excellent at filling in the details missing from my memory bank! Designs for several baskets, and very easy to follow directions. With the basics in place, it's easy to head off and be more creative knowing that your basket is soundly constructed. Many of these baskets make a fun craft night with friends project.

I've been weaving baskets for years, but I like to add to my library and decided to purchase this book on Kindle. While it is definitely written for the beginner, I've picked up new ways of doing a few things that I feel are better than the way I was taught. One of the things I really like about this book is her thorough photographs. I've never had a book that was so basic and so well laid out for the beginning weaver. While there are not many projects, I feel that the techniques taught certainly leave the beginner a solid foundation and a spring board for future projects. As far as the kindle edition is concerned, I found it easy to navigate. While I'd love an actual copy, the digital one works well on my tablet and that's fine with me.

This is a beautiful "how-to" book with step-by-step photographs to help you make lovely baskets. If you want to make reed baskets, this is the book. I have no doubt I could learn to make baskets by following the pictures and instructions presented. My only criticism is I am not particularly interested in making reed baskets. I have a large supply of grape vines, and I was hoping to find a use for them. While I am certain I could adapt the techniques presented in this book to my materials at hand, it would have been more helpful to me if there was even one example of a basket using grape vines or something similar. I was hoping the book would demonstrate techniques for working with a variety of materials. Rather it provides instuctions for a variety of baskets all using essentially the same materials.

As a beginning weaver I found this book invaluable referring to it frequently for details. I had taken a couple of basket weaving classes, but with the instructor nearby to help out, I didn't actually pay attention to details, being thrilled just to make the baskets. Weaving on my own I found I had many questions and this book has step by step pictures to help you out. Even if you have never made a basket, you would be able to do so just by using this book!

another great book for developing this wonderful skill. it contain many things i had forgotten over the years and brought back the joy of creating a beautiful item from scratch. the patterns were a great boon as they put forth directions for completion of a thing of beauty, and then as skill sharpens one can add their own personality and accents to truly make it yours.

Great book for learning to make baskets and reference for after you have learned. Pictures of different techniques make it easy to teach yourself!

This book is ideal for every beginner weaver. It gives tools needed and basic techniques with very clear pictures to show progress. Each pattern has step-by-step instruions and pictures which are a superb help. The 4 basic patterns are wonderful. Should be in every weavers library.

38 years ago when I was 7 years old, I made a waste paper basket in junior school. I have tried several arts and crafts and have now found one I really enjoy, basket weaving! Having watched several youtube videos, I wanted a book with good pictures and excellent description in a step by step proccess ofmaking a decent basket. This book is it... So, START HERE if you want a simple easy to follow and understand book that will help the complete novice to get the basic tools ( although substitutes are also offered) and make four projects from flat cane (btw for information purposes we britts call reed 'rattan' so if you wonder what is meant by reed... its rattan) and centre can (round cane comes in number format such as no1, no 2, and so on and is often a measurement of thickness for example no2 cane is 2mm, no 3 is 3mm but some companies defy this so watch for that. Always check their measurement to find the right millimeter). This book, even though it has a fixed cover, is ring bound inside so you can have the book either propped up as I do or laying down to follow it without it keep closing on you (not good when your working with wet hands although the pages are glossy). All in all I give this a full 5 star for its layout and explanations step by step. A really smashing book. I dont think you will be dissapointed at all.

This is a great little book for a beginner basket weaver or someone teaching students or children. Very basic and clearly laid out.

Lots of pictures and simple instructions -great book -would recommend to anyone who just started out to make basketry -worth the purchase

Great help for beginners

Not at all what i expected. Only for making gift baskets.