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I1ERAMIC STUDIO 
the tie in the center. Lay the other half across this in the 
opposite direction, the two ties meeting. Then from the 
upper half of the button above the tie, take the first ten 
straws at the right and put them under those beneath. 
Then from below the tie, take the ten upper straws at the 
left of this half, and put them under the ten below. (See 
illustration No. i ) . Now you have in your button four quarters, 
each containing ten upper and ten under straws. From 
one of these quarters take the upper straws and turn them 
back upon the next quarter. Then of the lower ten, leave 
four straws at the left. Take up and turn back the first 
two at the right of these, leave the next two at the right, 
and take up the two at the extreme right. Then lay across 
under the two pairs bent up, the first upper pair that were 
turned back. 
Now beginning at the right, bring down the first pair 
bent up over the pair laid across. Take up the next pair 
at the left, bring down the next pair to the left of these, 
and lay the next upper pair across under those bent up. 
Bring down over these the pair left standing, and take up 
the pair farthest to the right. Lay the next upper pair 
across, and bring down the last pair. You have four 
upper straws left unused. 
Lay these across like the others and leave them. Braid 
the other three quarters in like manner. 
Thus far the button has been braided with the straws 
in pairs. Now starting from either corner, counting 
toward you, take the third pair and turn back the two 
upper straws. Then counting to the left from these, 
take up the fourth under straw. Lay across under it the 
first of those turned back. Take up the next under straw 
to the right of that one up. Put across the next upper 
straw. Bring down the left of the two up, and take up 
the next under straw to the right of the one standing. Put 
across the next upper straw; bring down over it the left 
one that is up, and take up the next right under one. Keep 
on like this till you reach the next corner. Here you will 
have one straw left up. Take up with this the first under 
straw in the next quarter and put under them the first 
upper straw in the next quarter. (It is awkward, but the 
thing to do, and it forms the corner of your button.) Put 
down as before the outer one up, and, with the one left 
up, take up the next under straw to the right. Lay 
across the next upper straw. Go on in this way till you 
reach the starting point, when there will be no more to 
take up, but put down the outer of the two up. Lay 
the next upper one across and bring down the last straw 
up. Now your button is complete. (See illustration No. 2.) 
Anywhere between the corners, counting from right 
to left, take up the third under straw. Put the first upper 
one across under it. Take up the next straw to the right 
of the one up, put the next upper one across; bring down 
the outer one of the two up. Take up the next straw to 
the right of the one up, put the next upper one across. 
Continue in this manner till, as in finishing the button, 
you come to the place where you started, and, as before, 
bring down the outer of the two up. Put across the next 
upper straw and bring down the last one up. 
We have braided a plain turn, and can keep on with 
these turns till the basket is five inches deep, or we can 
insert here a border braided "in twos." 
For this we will take up the third and fourth under 
straws to the left, leaving two down at the right of these. 
Lay two upper straws across. Bring down the two left 
up and take up the next two at the right. Put the next two 
upper straws across. Keep on in this way till the turn is 
completed. For the next turn, take up two under straws 
where there are two at the right of them down. Put the 
two upper ones across. Bring down over these the two 
up and take up the next pair at the right. Through this 
turn, the two straws that are put across must be over two 
and under two. For the next turn, bend back a pair 
of upper straws, and of the under ones, take up the fourth 
straw to the left. Lay the first upper straw across. Take 
up the next straw to the right. Put across another and 
then do as in a plain turn, the only difference being that 
half the time the upper straw will be over three straws 
and under two; the rest as before. This completes the 
border. The rest of the turns are plain till the basket is 
of the required height. 
The last process is called "binding off". In this we 
use two three-quarter turns. These differ from the plain 
turn only in using one under straw at a time, so that the 
upper straw, when laid across, goes over two and under 
one. As usual, take up one under straw that has two at 
the right. Lay the upper one across, bring down the 
straw left up, and take up the next straw to the right. 
Do this twice more, and the third time, when you take up 
the straw at the right, there will be three under straws 
at the left of that. Take up the outer one of these, then 
lay your next straw across, bring down both straws left 
up, and take up the one at the right of each. Put the 
upper straw across. Do this once more. Then there 
will be two under straws down at the extreme left, one up, 
two down to the right of that, one up, and two down. 
Put the next upper straw across, then take the under straw 
at the extreme left and turn it back on the one laid across. 
Bring down the two straws up, over the two across; take 
up as before the one at the right of each one brought down. 
Lay the next upper one across, and turn back on it the 
under one at the extreme left. Keep on in this manner 
until you come to where there are no more straw at the 
extreme right to take up. Bring down the two straw 
left up, the one at the right finishing the first turn. Go 
on with second turn as before (except that the straws 
turned back must be slipped under the straws at right, 
which is the beginning of first turn), till there are no more 
straws to take up. There are two under straws at the 
left and two upper ones held down by one straw from each 
turn at beginning. Bend back the outer straw, slip it 
under the first of these, carry it to next, slip it under that. 
Repeat this operation and the basket is bound off. 
No. 3. 
