The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
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side of the handle, three rows from the top, making a loop inside. The
weaver is then laid close beside the first twist and follows it across to the opposite side. Now it goes in under the third row on the left of the handle and out on the right side. Each row of twisting must follow close beside the last. Six or seven rows will cover the foundation. The end is fastened off by bringing it inside the basket again where it is cut off. This flower basket may be made without the handles. But they add much to it without being a great deal of extra work. A SUNDIAL Take two pieces of the wood you have chosen: A, 6-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 1/4 in. and B, 7 x 7-1/2 x 1/4 in. _Construction_.--True up each piece to the given dimensions, and sandpaper carefully. Be careful to stroke the wood always with the grain--never across the fibres. [Illustration: Dee's sundial kept fairly accurate time. It is a real ornament to the garden.] [Illustration: Gnomon pattern just one-half actual size] Next make a shadow-piece, or gnomon, as it is called. Get a thin piece of the same kind of wood as is used in piece A, and lay it out as follows: With the fibres running in the direction AB, beginning at point A construct an angle equal to the latitude of the place where the |
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