Learning to weave Harekeke Puti Puti

Hello Viewers,

Today I made some Harekeke Puti Puti (Flax Flowers)This took me 14 Minuets to do a Flower.I made a flower in the bouquet it is the one in the front of the Harekeke. Three main things to remember:

• Before you cut the Harekeke (Flax) you have to do a Karakia. (prayer)
• You always cut the Harekeke (Flax) on a slant/diagonal.
• It is important to cut from the outside not the middle.

If you want to make the Harekeke here are the steps:

• First you need to part the Harekeke(Flax) into 4 parts.P.S You can do more than four.My Mum did 8.
• Next comes the hard part to explain you have to start weaving so what we did was the first section is folded in front of the second section and then behind and then in front again.
• Then you grab the next section and do the same as the step before it is a little hard to say so I will try and make a video if I have time today for you.
• You keep following this pattern and will eventually it makes a flower.
• At the very end you tie the smallest Harekeke parts together.

                                         

Have you ever made a Harekeke Puti Puti?(Flax Flower)If you have comment if you found it easy or hard.If you haven't give it a go.Remember you need Harekeke. If you dont have any you can make it out of any bendable material.For example:Coloured paper,Paper,fabric and bendy plastic.

I hope you liked this if you did comment what you liked about it and please give me some feedback.

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