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weaving hazelnut

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GlisGlis:
thankyou Dakota
i also saw that technique for ash but I think is peculiar of that particular wood.

I made a new test and it seems things go better.
My strips are now longer and more uniform. minimal knife rework is needed (maybe nothing if i get better)
The trick seems to be to allways bend the sapling and the splinter togheter as if you would the strip do not detach. I also used a smaller sapling (2cm - 4/5 of inch) and pressed my weight on a log to induce the bend.
You bend and suddendly you feel the release of the two layers of fibers. this is the sign to move your bending area forward. try not to move alot for your next bend. maybe an inch
Never try to manually raise the strip as this lead to a thickness difference or a detachment

My weaving is still very far from perfection. 180 turn are not good as thickness is still high but i start to see the light.

YosemiteBen:
Hey Glis -
Here in California we used mostly whole shoot on whole shoot young whips for bird traps, fish traps and work baskets. Women used larger shoots for rim sticks on other types of baskets.

GlisGlis:
thanks Ben
is the vision of so many beatiful baskets and use of hazel that encourage me to try
Now i'd really like to know how to produce very thin strips
I saw many baskets made of very thin hazel strips. Maybe 1 or 2mm in thickness but i dont know how to obtain them yet.
There is a men who make them who lives not too far from me. I have to get in touch with him.
I will share my discoverys

Dakota Kid:
Have you made any new breakthroughs lately? I wonder if there's a preparation of the shoot that may be helpful. Have you tried soaking it in water for a few hours before pulling strips? In general wet is good when weaving natural fibers. It may apply here as well.

Pappy:
That looks pretty good to me, very time consuming I would bet. :)
 Pappy

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