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BASKETRY: Seating & Coiling

Many different basketry and seating materials can be grown or gathered, depending on where you live. The ones we list here are either manufactured or grown far away, and are most often used for wrapped seating and coiled baskets.
See the fibers and yarns for more coiling possibilities.
Strip-Cutters (see Rugmaking) make cloth strips for rag baskets.

SEAGRASS
A natural twisted grass, tough and long-wearing. Coils weigh about 1 LB.
  • #0 has about 400 feet per coil
  • #1 has about 250 feet per coil
  • #3 has about 100 feet per coil
NATURAL RUSH
A brownish-green twisted cord made from natural rush leaves. A coil will weave about one chair bottom. Nice coiling foundation, too.
  • #4 has about 493 feet per coil
  • #6 has about 223 feet per coil
RAFFIA
Natural, processed, 12 oz package. Its flexibility makes it enormously usable for coiling, for twining and for decorative accents.
PERFLEX®
For coiling foundation. Round, firm cellulose core covered with a nylon mesh. Bleached white color. Not pretty, usually wants to be completely covered.
  • 1/4" diameter has 500 yards per spool
  • 3/8" diameter has 500 yards per spool
  • 1/2" diameter has 275 yards per spool
  • 3/4" diameter has 120 yards per spool
FIBER RUSH
A twisted cord man-made from top-quality kraft paper. Solid color. Full spools run from 30-40 pounds. Comes in BROWN (kraft paper color) & in GOLDEN (yellow brown). Please indicate color or we will choose for you.
  • #5 Fiber Rush, brown or gold, has about 210 feet per pound
  • #6 Fiber Rush, brown or gold, has about 195 feet per pound
NATURAL JUTE
Another natural fiber, in two sizes, both 5-ply. Often used for coiling foundation, also for macramé.
  • #28 Jute, on a 1 LB ball, runs 94 yards
  • #72 Jute, on a 10 LB spool, runs 360 yards

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Item code unit ea 6+, ea qty
Seagrass #0 (3/32) baSEA0 coil 4.90 4.40
Seagrass #1 (1/8) baSEA1 coil 2.90 2.60
Seagrass #3 (3/16) baSEA3 coil 2.90 2.60
Raffia Processed 12 oz baR141 ea 7.15 6.45
Natural Rush #4 (5/32) baNR04 coil 14.50 13.00
Natural Rush #6 (7/32) baNR06 coil 14.50 13.00
PerFlex Bleached 1/4 dia (Fibre-Flex) baF14y yd 0.18 0.16
PerFlex Bleached 3/8 dia (Fibre-Flex) baF38y yd 0.32 0.29
PerFlex Bleached 1/2 dia (Fibre-Flex) baF12y yd 0.49 0.44
PerFlex Bleached 3/4 dia (Fibre-Flex) baF34y yd 0.90 0.81
Fiber Rush #5 brown baFB5p lb 3.45 3.10
Fiber Rush #5 brown spool baFB5s lb 2.50 2.50
Fiber Rush #5 gold baFG5p lb 3.45 3.10
Fiber Rush #5 gold spool baFG5s lb 2.50 2.50
Fiber Rush #6 brown baFB6p lb 3.45 3.10
Fiber Rush #6 brown spool baFB6s lb 2.50 2.50
Fiber Rush #6 gold baFG6p lb 3.45 3.10
Fiber Rush #6 gold spool baFG6s lb 2.50 2.50
Natural Jute 1 lb #28 (5 ply, 5 mm) baJU28 ball 4.00 3.80
Natural Jute 10 lb #72 (5 ply, 8 mm) baJU72 spool 31.95 30.35
(Updated April 2008)

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