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Maori flax weaving can only be learnt the old way, by sitting, by listening, by touching and by doing. Start with a full leaf and pull off the hard midrib. Split it into strips of an even width right across the leaf. Before weaving, you have to soften the strips by shell or the blunt edge of a butter knife. Scrape the flax in each direction, pulling to the end of the strip each way. Hold the shiny side of the leaf facing you with the stalk pointing downwards.
Topic: Taniko. Is part of topic Techniques for weaving Maori cloaks. T&#257niko is a uniquely M&#257ori variation of whatu (twining) and is used to weave the colourful, intricate borders of cloaks.Learn about the process, purposes, and patterns of this extremely demanding technique.&#257ori weavers developed t&#257niko by introducing coloured horizontal threads to the whatu twining technique. They worked out that they could combine full and half twists to bring one or another colour to the front. In this way, they could create intricate geometric patterns.