Thursday, June 21, 2007

How to cut Flax

When you go to cut Flax you have to look through the flax to see where the Whaea (mum) , Matua (dad) and Rito (baby) are because you cannot cut the mum, dad and baby but you can cut the grandparents on the outside because if you cut the mum, dad and baby they will not grow back again so then you will not have a flax brush to get flax off so you can work with it for weaving.

2 comments:

Learning Community 4 said...

I've just learnt 2 new things. the names of the flax parents and that you should look for them before cutting the flax. I knew you should cut from the outside but now I know why. Thanks for sharing this with me.
Jocelyn

Room 1 Waikawa Bay School said...

Thanks for your comment, I have also learnt how to make a flax flower as well, and I am really enjoying the weaving.
Courtney.