Caning Patterns

[Kathryn Klos]

Several of the old companies used this "canoe weave" or diamond pattern. It's original to our Detroit canoes and also Penn Yan... but some of the other companies used seven-step. There seems to be a bit more *spring* in a canoe-weave seat.

 

[rakwetpaddle]

I think the "Canoe Weave" is the standard 7 step process. It may also reference the "Diamond Pattern", a 6 step weave with 2 horizontals, 2 verticles, and 2 diagonals.

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Yes, the "canoe weave" I've referred to skips a step (it's the 6-step "diamond" pattern), making the seat a bit more flexible and taking less time to do, which was probably another reason it was used on canoes: the builders jobbed this part of the process out.

 

[rakwetpaddle]

ooops-its one vertical, one horizontal, and weave the diagonals.

 

[Fitz]

Doubled up Canoe weave

I tried this pattern on a couple of seats. It is a variation of the canoe weave, where the horizontals, verticals, and diagonals are all doubled up.

 

[rakwetpaddle]

caning

Fitz, I likes dat!

 

[rakwetpaddle]

Hi Gil;

I'll see you Saturday! That is a deal I cannot pass on.