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Please note: The illustration at left, shows drilled holes. The one at right, shows a groove. They're not the same illustration. Two different kinds of caning. Please match to your chair type. If your chairs has holes, go here to find out what size to order. Chair Caning booklet, completely illustrated how-to's. Get this booklet when you're weaving a seat with drilled holes in frame.  OR, buy a Chair Caning Kit to get everything you need for one chair with Drilled Holes.

Use Pre-woven cane webbing for chair seats (shown in traditional hexagonal openwork pattern) for chairs that have a groove around the perimeter of the chair, as shown at left. When you buy the cane webbing at www.seatweaving.org, we include free instructions to show you how to install this easy-to-work-with cane. Go to our Cane Webbing page to learn what you need before you go to the Online Store.  We also have a KIT for cane webbing~ easy to purchase when you only need enough for 1 chair. It includes cane webbing, wedges and spline plus easy instructions.

Does your chair have "rails" or "dowels" around the seat?

(rails, rungs, dowels, horizontal bars, as shown in photo at left.) If your chair is this style, you can use reed, binder cane, ash or fiber rush. Below, see 6 examples of chair weaving styles and materials for chairs with dowel or rung construction.   Remember to totally restore the chair before your weave the seat. Weaving the seat is the last step in finishing the chair.

Do you have a Wicker Chair that needs repair?

These are some of the patterns you can use for seat weaving chairs with "rails".

Finger Lakes Fan Weave booklet by Parkinson, illustrated how-to's. Suitable for porch chairs, dining room chairs. Use wide binder cane or 3/16 to 1/4 flat oval.   See pattern below. 1 coils of reed will weave this seat.	New England Porchweave booklet, completely illustrated how-to's.  Get this booklet when re-weaving a porch rocker type  in plain-weave with Wide Binding Cane or narrow flat reeds. If the weavers are narrow, 3/16" or 1/4" and have a shiny, bark-like appearance, that's binder cane. Porch-weave pattern is best for this. It comes in 4 mm, 5 mm and 6 mm widths. 1 hank of binder cane is needed for the seat. 2 coils or hanks for the back. 1/4" flat reed can also be used (3 lb), but it will not be suitable for outdoors.	Splint Weaving booklet, completely illustrated how-to's. Get this booklet for re-weaving chairs in herringbone pattern with 1/2" flat reeds or 1/2" ash. The pattern is herringbone. You can also use 1" reed or ash. See chair below. 1 to 2 coils of 1/2" flat will weave the seat below.	Fiber Rush Seatweaving booklet, completely illustrated how-to's. Get this booklet for fiber rush seatweaving in the pattern at left. Also has all instructions to adjust for chairseats that are not perfect squares. If you want a twisted paper appearance, it's fiber rush you need. If you want a twisted grass, it's seagrass that you need. Neither is suitable for outdoors. See chair below in fiber rush. One 2 lb coil will weave this kind of seat.	Herringbone Weave booklet, completely illustrated how-to's. Suitable for all Binder Cane widths, and Flat Oval reed in 3/16" or 1/4" width. Use 1 hank, coil or pound for one seat. Also called "twill weave" in some parts of the US. See chair below.	Shaker Tape seatweaving booklet. Suitable for all chairs that have rails around the seat. See chair below. Use This Formula 1. Measure the front rail between the posts in inches. 2. Measure from the center of the back rail to the center of the front rail in inches. 3. Multiply these together. 4. Divide the resulting figure by 9 if you're using 1" tape. Or, divide the resulting figure by 5.3 for 5/8" tape. Answer is the number of Yards needed per chair. 5. Order this number of yards to weave the chair in one color only. Or, order half this amount in each of 2 colors to weave a checkerboard colored chair seat.
	Kennedy Rockers use this booklet & three coils of 6 mm Binder Cane for seat & back.

Do you need to repair a Wicker Chair?

Wicker chairs are usually woven with round reed.
#4 is the most common size. Occasionally you may need other sizes.
Measure the diameter of your material in millimeters before ordering.

To use, simply soak in water for about 1/2 hour and then reweave or
wrap where needed. If your furniture is painted, re-paint it when the reed dries.

Order Round Reed here.

 

Round Reed Sizes	#0	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
mm size	1.25mm	1.5mm	1.75mm	2.25mm	2.75mm	3.25mm	4mm	5.25mm	5.75mm	7mm	8mm
Approx. Ft. per lb.	2200	1600	1130	750	510	360	200	150	110	95	80