The help you need to find the general basketry supplies and chairseating supplies you
need for your next project. This page lists items that do not have their own separate
page.
Artificial
Sinew - Allen's Basketworks
Nylon and wax substitute for sinew in natural and several colors. Used in
dreamcatchers and coiled baskets.
Basket
Handle Light Kit
Adapter to convert a basket to an electric lamp. Brass finish clamp fits basket handles up
to 3/8" thick.
Basket
Lamp Kit - National Artcraft
This kit allows you to convert a basket to a lamp by tightening a clamp onto a fixed
basket handle.
Basketry
Supply Calculator
The folks at G. H. Productions, Inc. have created an online calculator for estimating the
quantities of all required materials for one or many of the baskets they offer.
Vegetable Glycerin 8 oz: K
Use this as a wetting
agent when you are soaking your basketry materials or chair cane.
Handmade Papers
A range of hand made papers offered by Loose Ends, a frequent
contributor on the Carol Duval Show.
Hemp
- Beaded Toucan
Polished and unpolished hemp yarn, cord and twine.
Lauhala
Hawaiian Lauhala (leaves of the hala plant) are available in a
variety of states of processing, along with a hala leaf stripper, from Kihalani
Tropicals of Laupahoenoe, HI.
Natural
Deer Sinew
Genuine deer sinew for your stitching needs from Matoska Trading. This is backstrap sinew
which is part of the muscle fibers found along the back of the deer. Strips can be split
into virtually every size. Enter deer sinew into search.
Jacquard Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dye
Concentrated dyes used to dye a range of basketry materials. It is a permanent,
colorfast dye that is added to tap water.
Shaker
Tape - G. H. Productions
Woven cotton tape for chair seating and accenting your baskets. Variety of colors
and widths.
Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz: K
Use
glycerin as a wetting agent when soaking various basketweaving materials. Used
for its emollient and humectant qualities.
Paper Twist
Available in a full spectrum of colors, these
paper ribbons add flair to any project.
Vegetable Glycerin 1 gallon
If you need larger quantities of this wetting agent, buy it in gallon bottles.
Walnut
Slices - Allen's Basketworks
Black walnut slices for use at the center of pine needle baskets as described in Judy
Mallow’s book.
Walnut
Slices - Natural-list
Black walnut slices from these forest foragers in Stratton, ME.
Wheat
- Woven Spirit
Wheat, exotic naturals along with the more traditional supplies.
R.E.
Caddy and Company, Inc.
Supplier of raw materials to manufacture brooms, mops and brushes. Broomcorn,
yucca, wood handles, twine, as well as tools.
Basketry Supplies Index
Sources for all your other basketry and basketmaking supply needs.
