Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. & FREE International Shipping to Singapore on orders over $125. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Save up to 40% on dummies guides to health, home, tech, money, and more. Making Chair Seats from Cane, Rush and Other Natural Materials FREE Shipping on orders over . The Caner's Handbook: A Descriptive Guide With Step-By-Step Photographs for Restoring Cane, Rush… FREE Shipping on orders over . Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats FREE Shipping on orders over . From the Back Cover An attractive chair seat, skillfully woven by hand from natural fibers, can do more than merely enhance interior décor. It can also be a source of pride for its creator.

Now, with this guidebook written by one of the field's best-known experts—a distinguished faculty member of the New York State College of Human Ecology—do-it-yourselfers can master the fine art of weaving and fabricating chair seats. Professor Comstock's easy-to-read book, abundantly illustrated with more than 160 step-by-step photographs and drawings, tells how to make seats from a variety of natural materials. Included are intricate patterns woven from cane; sturdy and attractive seats made from twisted strands of rush, rope, Hong Kong grass, and twine; a basket-weave effect created from splints (thin strips of wood); All aspects of the subject are considered—from selecting materials (including how to gather and dry such fibers as rush) to preparing the chair, equipment needed for various weaving processes, how to warp and weave, and ultimately, how to finish the seat. Craftworkers looking for a new medium of expression will find this manual an inspirational guide to learning a distinctive craft.

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Commonwealth Basket Fibre Rush 6/32-Inch 2-Pound Coil, Kraft (approximately 210-Feet) See and discover other items: beginner woodworking projects, fiber art, chair woodworking, diy wood projects, diy projects, arts and crafts furniture Fiber rush is easier to use and outlasts natural rush. Our fiber rush is made from the highest quality paper and is a continuous strand to make your weaving projects easier. Perfect for chair seats, footstools, bar stools and more. Brown color matches many antique seats for restoration projects.  It is suitable for replacing any type of round woven material on chairs that have rung or dowel construction like the chair shown at right. It comes in 2 pound coils and two diameters. We also have Fiber Rush seat Weaving Kits which includes one coil of Fiber Rush in your choice of sizes plus our Fiber Rush seat weaving booklets. Like all of our how-to weave booklets, it has step-by-step instructions with many details illustrations. 5/32″ diameter or 6/32″ diameter

The average 13 x 13″ chair seat requires 2 pounds. Tools needed: tacking stapler or hammer and small hardware tacks for attaching the rush to the inside of the frame, scissors to cut the material, a T-square or carpenter’s square to check the pattern’s straightness,  a screwdriver and mallet to tap the rush into place, and a 4″ clamp. Weaving Tip: Be sure to keep the materials tight as you weave. The tension in the strands is what creates a perfect looking seat. Whenever you need to leave your project, use a 4″ clamps to hold it to the rail. Be careful not to crimp or flatten the rush with the clamp. History: Fiber Rush has been used to replace bulrush or twisted cattail leaves which are the equivalent weaving material used on museum chairs. Bulrush and twisted cattail leaves are not only very difficult to weave with, but very expensive. For this reason, fiber rush and twisted seagrass as used instead. Fiber rush is a twisted paper but is very durable. Ours is Made in the USA for absolute reliability.