Seagrass weaving with a bit of crochet

I mentioned this bit of weaving at the weekend. The African carved chair with an unusual weave and technique. Originally it looks like it was woven in some kind of hemp, well I couldn't really use that this time! So I opted for a fine corded seagrass instead. It was difficult enough making sure that the diamond weaving met centrally on all four rails, but even worse was the unusual crocheted method of double strands around the edge of the seat. I got there in the end....

The green will fade to a caramel colour in a couple of years, so should look very similar to the original.

And here's a close up of that crocheted edge. I like it and will use it somewhere else for something else, sometime!!