{"id":74498,"date":"2022-04-23T09:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/handicrafts-in-sardiniaasphodel-basketsweaving-technique\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T09:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:56:02","slug":"handicrafts-in-sardiniaasphodel-basketsweaving-technique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/an-island-a-continent\/handicrafts-in-sardiniaasphodel-basketsweaving-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"HANDICRAFTS IN SARDINIA>ASPHODEL BASKETS>WEAVING TECHNIQUE&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=center><a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/7765.html\">first page<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;| <a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/7769.html\">the types<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;weaving technique&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/7766.html\">picking asphodels<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;| <a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/7768.html\">history<\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>THE&nbsp; WEAVING&nbsp; TECHNIQUE <img decoding=\"async\" hspace=10 vspace=3 src=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/opsmedia\/jpg\/7837.jpg\" align=right> <\/p>\n<p>Once picked, the asphodel is left in the field for a period of 10-20 days: in this way it softens and can be split vertically. <br \/>Then the plants are left to dry in the sun, usually scattered in small bunches or fanwise in courtyards and streets. <br \/>When s&#8217;iscraria is sufficiently dry, it is put into bundles, sos mannucros, which are placed in the house in a dry place where they can be kept for a long time. <\/p>\n<p>Before starting the actual weaving, the asphodel is immersed in a basin for 5 or 6 hours so that it becomes soft and pliant. <br \/>Then the bark (sas&#8217;orrias) is separated from the pithy part of the plant (sa matha). <br \/>The bark is wound around the soft part and holds the slender branches together. <\/p>\n<p>To make holes and sew, an awl (su raju) and a large pointed needle made from a cattle shin-bone split vertically are used.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- SOURCE 7767.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>first page&nbsp;&nbsp;| the types&nbsp; |&nbsp;weaving technique&nbsp;|&nbsp;picking asphodels&nbsp;&nbsp;| history&nbsp; THE&nbsp; WEAVING&nbsp; TECHNIQUE Once picked, the asphodel is left in the field for a period of 10-20 days: in this way it softens and can be split vertically. Then the plants are left to dry in the sun, usually scattered in small bunches or fanwise in courtyards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74498\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}