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Amaranth
5-13-11, 3:31pm
Looking for good instructions on how to make woveen baskets out of potato chip (etc) bags. Have friends saving bags for me. I am looking for a more traditional weave. So far all I have been able to find is one where you cut the bags up like gum wrappers and make a saw tooth like strip which you then sew into a basket. What I'm looking for is the sort that uses the longest possible strips cut from the bags.

Any ideas for books or websites?

Kat
5-13-11, 8:43pm
This is one I have saved:

http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2009/06/recycled-magazine-baskets.html

It's actually for using magazines, but I wonder if potato chip bags might work since they are a similar length. Not sure how sturdy they would be, though.

Here is a similar one for bowls:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/how-to/how-to-make-a-magazine-bowlvia-a-little-hut-075584