Basketweave Braid
by Sue McKinnell 8x32 Jig for 3C
Bars  
1-8 1C set, cast off 1 place as 2C step up, and dance a half figure of 8, 1W up between 2C and 1M down between 3C.
9-12 Half reels of 3 across the set, 1W passing 3W LS and 1M passing 2M LS to begin. 1C end in 2nd place on own sides.
13-16 Diagonal rights and left halfway, 1C crossing RH with 1st corner positions to begin (1W up, 1M down).
17-20 Half reels of 3 across the set, 1W RS to 2W position and 1M RS to 3M position to begin.
21-24 Diagonal rights and lefts halfway, 1C crossing RH with 2nd corner positions to begin (1W down and 1M up).
25-32 1C dance up between 2C, cast off, cross down between 3C, and cast up to 2nd place on own sides.
Repeat.
Suggested music is Any Good Jig (The Vermont Highlander’s Jig) from Tullochgorum.
In Milanese lace (one type of bobbin lace I like to do), stitches are braids and basketweave is one of these braids that has many crossings.
  07/17