I was working in the kitchen and Galen, who always seems to be underfoot, got his paw under my foot. His scream was terrible and now he won't let me touch him. Even Tyr abandoned me to see how he was doing. I feel terrible.
This was as far as I got at the end of the first day, with a lot of help from my dad. I got a bit further today but of course, I forgot to take a picture. I've reached the point where you start weaving the cane in and that takes a lot longer than just the straight stringing you see above. I ordered a book on caning which should get to me sometime this week. Dad took me around their house so we could see examples of other types of seats that were caned. One of them is a rocking chair that was my grandmother's and has both the seat and the back caned. I should have taken a picture of that one, too, because my dad did a great job with the caning. I need another couple of weekends with my dad to finish this chair.
It was a fun craft weekend. My sister worked on some sewing projects, Mom wrapped Christmas presents and Dad and I worked on the chair. There was much laughing and a good time was had by all. I suspect we'll be doing more of these weekends. Now, I have to go check on my boy.
I've always had a feeling that caning would take about 10 times longer than you think it should. Looks fun, but fiddly. Or looks fiddly, but fun, maybe...
Posted by: gayle | November 21, 2011 at 09:55 AM