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Coiled structure in basketmaking – Montresta

Twisted stitch with knot fastening

Material: a bunch of sea hay or reeds, dried and rehydrated.

Stitch: an imbodigadura a nou, using a large needle with a knot fastening between one coil and the next that creates a fretwork effect on the whole piece.

Fixed stitch

Material: a bunch of sea hay, reeds or wheat culms, dried and rehydrated.

Stitch: with a needle or a metal punch using dwarf palm leaves, or light and dark strips of fiber obtained from asphodel stems. The work progresses stitch by stitch.

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