Figure 40. Braid technique of full-leaf braided basket. a, section in middle defined by counting off about five opposite pairs of leaflets and cutting nicks (6, 7) on under surface of midrib to outer side of end leaflets (1, 5); the two ends bent up at right angles to middle section; seven opposite pairs of leaflets counted on either vertical limb and ends cut off; horizontal middle section forms bottom of basket; commencing with leaflets on one side of midrib, three-ply braid started at bottom; middle leaflet (3) forms first ply, left leaflet (2) brought over it to form second ply, and leaflet on right (4) brought over to middle position to form the third ply; the back ply (3) brought over to the middle position from left ready to have weft from left added to it. b, from last position, leaflet 1 added to middle ply; back ply on right (2) crossed to middle position from right and next leaflet on right (5) added to it; this includes last leaflet from bottom section; from now on, with each turn of braid, leaflet added alternately from either side commencing with lowest leaflet (1′) on left and then lowest leaflet (1″) on right; when all side leaflets have been added to braid, ends continued on as free braid tail (8) and knotted. Basket turned over and leaflets on other side braided in similar manner; the two braid tails knotted together to form handle for basket.