This webpage is a copy of the comments received on a blog post on Ali’s original website, alibrown.co.nz. The blog post itself is now at “Flax weaving for gifts”.
This webpage is a copy of the comments received on a blog post on Ali’s original website, alibrown.co.nz. The blog post itself is now at “Flax weaving for gifts”.
July 11th, 2015 at 10:24 am
hi i need to know how to order your book, im residing in Hawaii right now.
Thank you,
July 12th, 2015 at 10:23 am
Hello
Thanks for your interest in my book. You can purchase it through Paypal. I’ll send you a Paypal invoice to pay on and when I receive the payment, I’ll send the book to you. You’ll also need to send me your postal address if it’s different from the one on Paypal.
kind regards, Ali
September 17th, 2015 at 10:53 pm
Hi there, do you have any information on how to weave a fine mat? but with patterns woven in. I’m wanting to weave one as a gift & have drawn a design using niho taniwha as the pattern, but am not sure how I would start this? was just looking for general information/techniques for doing so. I should probably mention that the fine mat will be in the style that Samoans use for ie toga and the design woven in will be dyed.Will appreciate any information you can give me. Thank You.
November 24th, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Have bought three of your books and am trying to make flax netting, I have a pasta machine which looks just like the one in the book, but cuts right through the flax so I have lots of this strips, oops. My machine does not seem to be adjustable on the cutters only on the roller. Any thoughts about what I am doing wrong. p.s. this was not a cheap machine.
November 24th, 2016 at 6:51 pm
Hi Lynne
It’s important to put the flax strip through the machine on a slight angle. In this way it will pierce the green outer part of the leaf but not the inner fibre. If you still have the same thing happening after trying this, I suggest you try a different flax. The one you are using may not have enough fibre. Let me know how you get on.