How to Weave With Spanish Moss

Spread newspapers over a flat work surface. Open a package of Spanish moss and spread the moss out on the newspaper. Notice how the Spanish moss is interlocked and in some cases forms a folded, continuous length of fibrous vegetation.

Grasp a handful of Spanish moss measuring about 3 inches in diameter. Use both hands to gently roll and pull the Spanish moss like you would roll play clay to form a log or tube. Move your hands up and down the length of the moss as you roll it until you have formed a "log" of Spanish moss. Make about 10 logs of Spanish moss to begin with, making more logs as you need them. All of your logs will be different lengths.

Begin your weaving at the back of the chicken wire basket. Glue one end of a "log" of Spanish moss to the back center top edge of the basket. According to Southern Living magazine, a hot-melt glue gun is the best method to adhere Spanish moss to chicken wire metal.

Insert the end of the Spanish moss log that isn't glued to the basket into the nearest mesh opening on the top row. Begin at the top of the wire basket and work your way to the bottom of the basket. Pull the end of the moss log through the opening, then push it back to the outside of the basket by feeding it outward through the next wire opening.

Pull the moss log snug against the wire basket, and then insert the end back into the basket through the third opening on the top row. Continue weaving the Spanish moss in and out of the chicken wire row. When you reach the end of your moss log, squirt a pea-sized dollop of glue beneath the moss end and press it against the wire basket frame.

Glue the end of another moss log on top of or near the previous moss log and continue weaving the moss through the wire basket until the entire basket is woven through with Spanish moss. Use your fingers to fluff the moss to conceal any visible metal from the wire basket.