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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4447909, member: 8267"]Interesting basket. The basic foundation appears to be willow (wicker), woven in a traditional European technique of "stake and strand". The first rounds of weaving on the base are willow. But the few rounds right next to the first rounds of cordage look like something else, perhaps rattan/reed. Not sure what the cordage is made of. I can't quite tell what the material is at the bottom and top of the openwork section, either, but the technique there shows some specific skills - the lower weaving, just above the cordage, is known as pairing (twining) in the English willow tradition. The upper weaving, below the next section of cordage, is what is called fitching. The difference is the direction of the twist between the two elements used. Fitching is less likely to slide down the stakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It reminds me a bit of traditional Irish donkey creels, with the openwork on the side, and the stakes left standing at the rim. But I have never seen that treatment of the rim/border. The style is not something I recognize from any particular place.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/10942287/r/il/2c3040/1348244095/il_300x300.1348244095_d055.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/559006895/irish-donkey-creel-willow-basket" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/559006895/irish-donkey-creel-willow-basket" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/559006895/irish-donkey-creel-willow-basket</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4447909, member: 8267"]Interesting basket. The basic foundation appears to be willow (wicker), woven in a traditional European technique of "stake and strand". The first rounds of weaving on the base are willow. But the few rounds right next to the first rounds of cordage look like something else, perhaps rattan/reed. Not sure what the cordage is made of. I can't quite tell what the material is at the bottom and top of the openwork section, either, but the technique there shows some specific skills - the lower weaving, just above the cordage, is known as pairing (twining) in the English willow tradition. The upper weaving, below the next section of cordage, is what is called fitching. The difference is the direction of the twist between the two elements used. Fitching is less likely to slide down the stakes. It reminds me a bit of traditional Irish donkey creels, with the openwork on the side, and the stakes left standing at the rim. But I have never seen that treatment of the rim/border. The style is not something I recognize from any particular place. [IMG]https://i.etsystatic.com/10942287/r/il/2c3040/1348244095/il_300x300.1348244095_d055.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.etsy.com/listing/559006895/irish-donkey-creel-willow-basket[/URL][/QUOTE]
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