Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook

The step-by-step photos finally got me through a rush-seat project I'd been putting off for months. My grandmother's old rocker looks fantastic now, and the binding cane section alone was worth the price.

I bought this to re-cane my grandmother's rocking chair and the diagrams walking through each weave pattern made it way less intimidating than I expected. The section on calculating how much cane you need saved me from ordering the wrong amount twice.

The step-by-step diagrams for the seven-step strand cane pattern finally made it click for me — I redid the seat on my grandmother's rocking chair and it looks store-bought. Wish the photos were in color, but honestly the line drawings are clear enough.