A twelve-lesson instruction manual in reed basketry by Mary Miles Blanchard. It begins with materials, tools and the eight fundamental weaves (over-and-under, Japanese, pairing, triple, coil and arrow). It then moves through round and oval bases, work-baskets, handled baskets, flower, candy, scrap and gathering baskets, Indian centres, borders and handle winding. Each lesson gives model dimensions and reed sizes, numbered paragraphs, review questions, and a chapter of answers. The book has many photographs of finished models, colored diagrams of weaving and handle-winding sequences, a table of weaves, coils, measurements and borders, and an index.