Willow weaving technology varies with varieties


Weaving process for containing goods: most of them are made from willows of the same year, but also with other branches. Different knitting processes are adopted at the bottom, upper and edge of the utensil. There are round, elliptical and rectangular shapes at the bottom,

① Weaving process for containing goods: most of them are made from willows of the same year, but also with other branches. Different knitting processes are adopted at the bottom, upper and edge of the utensil. There are round, elliptical and rectangular shapes at the bottom, which are respectively bottomed with sunflower piles, "meter" piles, "feng" piles, fried dough twist piles, pepper holes, triangular holes, sieve holes, warp and weft knitting, and twisting, looping, picking, pressing and other process piles. Warp and weft knitting is mostly used for the upper part of the utensils, including single and double strip turning knitting, spinning knitting, and mutual picking, pressing, reverse and positive twisting knitting of pepper eye, triangular eye, etc. The edges of the objects are mostly made of pile, winding, braiding and other processes, which can shape and decorate even if the weft is fixed. Some of the shorter objects adopt the process of replacing the edge and the side, which has a unique style. Some of them are also matched with handles or painted with colors.
② Weaving assembly process: mainly used for furniture. It is mainly made of perennial or current thick wicker, combined with thin wicker, rattan and bamboo strips as binding materials, baked, looped and shaped, and assembled with screw connection, gluing and concealed connection of wooden nails, binding and other processes. Some are made of thin pads, and the bottom is installed on the furniture. Most of them are also painted.
③ Warp and weft knitting technology: tight and smooth, mostly used for farm tools. It is made of thread rope as warp and wicker as weft, and is woven by techniques such as warp and weft picking and pressing, taking shape and wrapping edges. Farmers use this process to weave a water bucket and apply pig blood, which can be used without leakage.