Contents

Contents : useful and beautiful - your own basket-making kit; coils and stitches - China, Ethiopia, Zambia, Swaziland & Colombia - make a trinket basket; Sewn by hand - Bangladesh, China & Burkina Faso - make a straw pot; Wickerwork - Philippines & England - make a cane basket; From house to handbags - Philippines, Bangladesh, Italy & Uganda - make a clutch bag; Unusual materials - Taiwan, Philippines & West Indies - weave a honeysuckle basket; Twisting and twining - Netherlands, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya & Zimbabwe - make a shopping basket; stakes and stands - Sweden, Finland & England - make a paper basket; Plaiting patterns - India, Indonesia, Colombia & China - make a gift box; knotting & knitting - Banglades, China, Papua New Guinea & India - knit your own string bag; baskets from wire - South Africa, Poland & Sweden - make a soap dish; not quite baskets - Thailand, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, India & Malawi - make a raffia jeep; Colours & designs - South-East Asia, Poland, Rwanda & Swaziland - display your basket collection; useful information; glossary; index;