We often use storage baskets when organizing things in daily life. Today we will practice how to weave bamboo and rattan into a storage basket.
Ratan weaving is a traditional practical handicraft, which generally requires rattan cutting (removing knots on the rattan), picking rattan, washing rattan, drying rattan, twisting rattan, pulling rattan (planing rattan), peeling rattan, bleaching, There are more than a dozen processes including dyeing, weaving, and painting.
However, the DIY tutorial for this beautiful rattan storage basket that I want to share below does not need to be so complicated. It can be woven directly from processed rattan. 
1. Cut off canes of similar length. Soak in warm water for about an hour, then take it out to remove the moisture from the rattan. 
2. Detailed tutorial on rattan storage basket and DIY illustration of handmade rattan storage basket
3. Here is a demonstration of making a square storage basket, so the length and number of horizontal and vertical rattans are 7. The length is determined according to the size of the desired storage basket. 
4. Arrange the 7 canes closely and fix them with tape. 
5. Start to horizontally displace the bottom of the weaving storage basket. 
6. Interweave to create the bottom of a square. 
7. The flexibility of the rattan is very good, and it will not break even if it is bent like this. 
8. Fold all the rattan at the bottom like this
9. Start weaving the sides of the storage basket
10. Weave the sides of the storage basket. 
11. A ruler is indispensable and is often used in the process of basket weaving. 
12. The storage basket looks like it. 
13. Storage basket with woven sides. 
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14. Start the final finishing step and insert the excess rattan into the braided rattan. 
15. In order to increase the strength of the basket, add a rattan inside. 
16. The extra part is also inserted into the rattan. 
The simple, convenient and practical storage basket is complete
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