Harvesting together, cleaning and weeding as you go, catching up, commenting on the weather and the kids. Some teasing and laughing, heads bowed, hearts joined in karakia.
That's my ideal mystical fairy tail weaving daydream. In reality, weaving for me has been a surprisingly lonely enterprise.
I have spent hours prepping, hours of weaving in the wee small hours, scouring verges and drains for the best kind of harakeke that I need for a certain project, but I have done it on my own.
While I have found a vibrant community online through The Hetet School of Maori Art, real live people to weave with are scarce.
In the last couple of months I have found two ladies that work in beautifully with all we are trying to achieve here at Flax and Fibre. Shayna Rusbridge and Samala Waipouri.
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| Samala Waipouri, weaving whariki, at The Flax and Fibre workshop |
Now I am not alone in my weaving. I am so much looking forward to this collaborative new chapter in my weaving journey.
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