Know Your Maori Weaving
by Murdoch Riley
2005, Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd, 60pp, soft cover

Know Your Maori Weaving is a great first book for anyone considering taking up any form of Maori weaving, including plaiting, weaving, and Tukutuku ( woven wall panels).

The book contains sections on:

• traditional weaving materials ( flax)
• other plant weaving materials
• dyes from native plants
• weaving strips of flax
• basic weaving techniques
• weaving flax mats
• weaving headbands
• finishing simple baskets
• kete baskets
• piupiu ( skirts)
• weaving with prepared flax
• spinning thread
• weaving a poi cover
• tukutuku wall panels
• tukutuku materials/ colours
• tukutuku panel construction
• Whakatauki - proverbs and sayings

That's a lot packed into a small book, and what I especially like is that instructions are accompanied by clear illustrations. There's enough information for you to be able to make your own flax weaving or tukutuku panel.

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