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Book synopsis

An engaging makers'' guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams.

Straw plaiting has been used to make accessories from hats and baskets to handbags, trimmings and homewares around the world for centuries. Once employing tens of thousands of people in the UK alone, the craft is now listed as Critically Endangered on Heritage Crafts'' Red List.

This book aims to change that, drawing on more than 50 previously unpublished patterns and techniques from around the world that will help you to unlock the history and preserve the skills of straw plaiting.

For each pattern, follow the step-by-step diagrams and instructions and discover how they were developed whilst learning about materials, tools and preparation. Once familiar with the plaiting techniques – using straw as well as other materials – you will be able to develop your own skills, possibly blending in recycled materials, which are increasingly being used to produce beautiful and unique pieces.

Book details

• Full title: Straw Plaiting
• Subtitle: Heritage Techniques for Hats, Trimmings, Bags, and Baskets
• Author: Veronica Main
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9781789940756
• ID: 42333634
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 1576 g
• Dimensions: 280 × 216 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. August 2023

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