Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
Why stakes and weavers alternate roles
Each row reverses over and under so the stakes lock, and at the rim those stakes bend down and weave.
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From the opening
Stakes are the upright ribs that give a basket its wall, and weavers are the strands that travel around those ribs. They alternate because each pass reverses which element rides on top, and at the border the stakes are turned down to do the weaving. The opening covers each row reverses over and under, reversal stops the strands sliding, and stakes are woven into the rim.
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Inside
- Each row reverses over and under
- Reversal stops the strands sliding
- Stakes are woven into the rim
- A wrap is not a finished border
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Plain weave stake and strand
- Basket border woven from stakes