Post #33186 by Basement Kahuna on Tue, May 6, 2003 5:11 PM

I used 1/4-inch birch plywood to get the three basic stave shapes, then once I had a form I added the real bamboo hoops on the inside (You can bend them by running them through boiling water). The lashing is raffia, three strands at a time continuously (cut ends evenly and tie to the next three strands). Thrice around the hoops, twice around the splits.