Hi..My Name is Allen and I live in Oregon. enjoy basketweaving. My wife Nancy and I run a business called Allen's Basketworks where we supply materials to basket weavers all over the world. We also teach classes and seminars in basketweaving. Our shop is at 11008 SE Main street in Millwaukie OR, a quaint Portland suburb. I suggest that all mail be sent to the post office box P O Box 82638 Portland OR 97282. The phone number is 503 238 6384. We are easy to reach from Hwy. 224 or McLoughlin Blvd. ( Old 99 ) Fortunatly the supply of rattan has been stable recently and the reed has all been of excellent quality. We have recently received a supply of real smoked reed ( not the dyed stuff ). It is of a consistant chocolate brown and the color goes all the way through. We also have many colors of dyed raffia as well as a good supply of extra fancy raffia. I am trying to stick with Compuserve guide lines and keep this informative and non commercial. But we do publish a free catalog. The new 1999 edition is just out and if you would like a copy let me hear from you at basketweaver@compuserve.com I changed computers a few months back and have been unable to get into my home page to make any changes. I hope I am making it this time. Oct. 98. A place that is a gold mine of information on basketry is Baskets Etc. "http://ashland.edu/~lbraun/baskets.html"