Basket Weaving

Materials Needed:

• 9 yards yarn

• Basket Frames (see template in box)

Directions:

• make basket frame using template

• fold up sides of frame to make basket spokes

• Use a piece of yarn about 12" long.

• Tie a knot with the yarn at the bottom of one of the spokes

• Weave the yarn in front of the next spoke, then behind the next one, and so on

• Continue going row by row, in front and behind until you run out of yarn, tying a knot in each subsequent piece of yarn until you weave through the whole basket

Goals:

• hand muscle development

• rotation

• in-hand manipulation

• building palmar arches

Modifications:

• change color when you tie on a new piece of yarn

• use fingertips rather than hands to hold and rotate the basket