{"id":3682,"date":"2022-07-25T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:29:35","slug":"how-to-cross-stitch-x-lashing-basket-rim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/how-to-cross-stitch-x-lashing-basket-rim\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Do Cross-Stitch or X-Lashing on a Basket Rim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For a complete guide to all Textile Indie’s basket weaving posts and videos, visit the main Basket Weaving Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you lash the rim of a basket?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rattan baskets are finished off with a rim made of reed and a lashing technique. The most common types of lashing are basic lashing – similar to a whipstitch in sewing, and cross-stitch lashing. Sometimes called X-lashing, cross-stitch lashing creates a pattern of x’s around the rim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a complete list of basket terminology:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basket Weavers Glossary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is lashing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lashing is a process of “whip stitching” around the rim to hold everything in place. To do this the basket weaver uses a long length of reed approximately half the width of the rim reed. Often the lashing reed is a flat reed or a flat oval reed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For small baskets, round reed works as a lashing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The length of reed is soaked in water to make it pliable. Then it is threaded around the layers of the rim and the last row of the basket to secure the rim to the basket with a whip stitch. These whip stitches are continued around the rim holding everything snuggly in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal in doing the lashing on the rim is to pull the lashing as tight as you can without breaking the lashing reed. Reed shrinks as it drys. Pulling each stitch tight as you go will avoid having large gaps in the rim once the basket is completely dry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basic lashing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Basic lashing can also be called a whip stitch or single lashing. This is when lashing is going in one direction and then tied off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See How to Do Basic Lashing on a Basket Rim<\/a> for a tutorial on how to do basic lashing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cross-stitch lashing or X-lashing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A cross-stitch lashing or x-lashing is a basic lashing around the rim in one direction and then going back over the first round of lashing in the opposite direction creating a criss-cross in the lashing reed, or ‘x’ shapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you set up the rim?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you must set up the basket’s rim before you can get to the lashing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read How to Set Up a Rim on Your Basket<\/a> to do this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the steps to prepare your basket for lashing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step-by-step guide to basic lashing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To see basket lashing in motion, check out this video – the process is the same for round and rectangular baskets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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