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Stuff Every Basketry Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Basketry merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What should you do first to stay safe when using basketry cutting tools?
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    Ask your counselor about hazards and safe handling. Learning the hazards and safe handling steps before you start helps prevent cuts and scrapes.

  2. How can you help prevent cuts while working with basketry tools?
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    Keep tools sharp and cut away from your body. Sharp tools and cutting away from your body reduce the chance of injury.

  3. What is a good first step for a small cut or scrape from basketry work?
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    Clean it and get first aid help. Cleaning the injury and getting proper first aid treatment helps it heal safely.

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  1. What should you do first to stay safe when using basketry cutting tools?
  2. How can you help prevent cuts while working with basketry tools?
  3. What is a good first step for a small cut or scrape from basketry work?
  4. Which basket type is made by sewing materials in a spiral?
  5. Which basket type uses wide, braid-like materials such as palms?
  6. Which basket type often uses reed, cane, willow, oak, or ash?
  7. What are the main parts of a basket?
  8. In a round basket, what are the stiff upright pieces called?
  9. What are the flexible pieces that fill in a basket's sides called?
  10. Why is reed a popular basketry material?
  11. Which reed type is used for most square baskets?
  12. Which reed type is used for many round baskets?
  13. Which reed type is used to twine?
  14. What can you do to vines to make them more pliable before weaving?
  15. Which part of a vine is often preferred for basketry?
  16. What can reed be dyed to look like?
  17. Which material is used for coiled basketry?
  18. Which material is used for plaiting basketry?
  19. Which materials are used for twining basketry?
  20. In twining, what do the flexible weavers cross through?
  21. What is a common use of baskets during the Industrial Revolution?
  22. What did some pannier baskets carry to troops during the World Wars?
  23. What is one example of a pliable basketry material?
  24. What is one example of an animal material used in basketry?
  25. What kinds of objects can basketry techniques make besides baskets?
  26. What is a basket maker or basket weaver called?
  27. What is a basket base often made from?
  28. What can change the pattern of a basket?
  29. What is a wooden base useful for?
  30. What is one way to achieve a multi-colored basket?
  31. What is one use for water hyacinth in basketry?
  32. What is one decorative material used in basketry?
  33. What is one common material for baskets in East Asia?
  34. What materials does Polynesian basketry use?
  35. What did Ngarrindjeri women use for coiled basketry?
  36. What do Arctic and Subarctic tribes use for basketry?
  37. What did Inupiaq men begin weaving baskets from around 1900?
  38. What material do southeastern peoples traditionally split for basketry?
  39. What is double-weave basketry?
  40. What do northwestern peoples use for basketry?
  41. What are California and Great Basin coiled baskets often woven from?
  42. What do the Seri people use to sew baskets in northwestern Mexico?
  43. What are Zulu telephone wire baskets made from?
  44. What were Zulu baskets traditionally used to hold?
  45. What did the Vukani Arts Association help revive?
  46. Why should you learn about basketry hazards before starting a project?
  47. In baskets that are not round, what are the static pieces called?
  48. What should you do if a basketry tool causes a deep cut that will not stop bleeding?
  49. What is one job of the base of a basket?
  50. What is a basket rim?
  51. What is a basket traditionally constructed from? 🔒
  52. Besides plant materials, what can baskets be made from? 🔒
  53. What is one specialized use of baskets? 🔒
  54. What was used to make simple containers before woven baskets? 🔒
  55. What is the last basket innovation mentioned? 🔒
  56. What does the phrase about eggs warn against? 🔒
  57. What is the warp in weaving? 🔒
  58. What is the weft in weaving? 🔒
  59. What are the three basic weaves? 🔒
  60. What is a loom used for? 🔒
  61. What is shedding in weaving? 🔒
  62. What is picking in weaving? 🔒