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The type of basket work featured in this article is often referred to as ‘Wicker’ or ‘Stake and Strand’ basketry.
When looking at the sides of a basket, the straight upright sticks you can see are called the ‘stakes’.
On the base these stakes radiate outwards from the center and are generally called ‘spokes’ at that stage.
Weavers (or ‘strands’) are woven between these rigid sticks to make an incredibly strong structure…
In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...