Basket-making is a handicraft. A basket weaver uses reed, yarn, branches, vines, plants, or fibers to form an object that can hold items for easier transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basket making has been around for centuries, and many cultures create a unique style of basket using techniques passed down for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Textile Indie focuses on basket weaving with a rattan. Rattan is a vine that grows on trees in Indonesian jungles. It is harvested and stripped into different widths, shapes, and lengths to form the reed used for basketry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rattan basket weaving employs many different techniques. Twill weave, continuous weave, triple weave, braids, plain weave, and others. Baskets can be simple shapes and styles, like a market basket, or complex, like an egg basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn how to make rattan baskets using the tutorials, patterns, videos, and resources suggested on this page. I’ve organized all<\/strong> Textile Indie’s basket weaving information for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n