Stories of Old Baskets
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A 1930 Handicrafter article on old American baskets, drawing on garret collections in New Hampshire and other regions. It covers basket history, materials such as ash, hickory, willow, pine needles and straw, and uses including farm work, cheese making, knitting and sewing, as well as Berlin work and alum baskets and cap-baskets. The scan also includes a short tip by Ralph A. Hall on converting a rag shuttle into a spool shuttle using dowel spacers and bolts with thumb nuts.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January-February 1930
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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