Blog posts

Woven star

Wrist band

Simple star

2-D star

3-D star

Fantail

4-plait cord

6-plait cord

Jewellery

Foliage

Row or ara

Straight edge

Open-weave

Inner fibre

Flax creations

Dyed strips

Dyeing fibre

Flax paper

Beach combing

Gifts

Planter

Butt handles

Angel 1

Angel 2

Bottle cover

Poppy

Belt

Wax on flax

Pīngao

Lacebark

Some projects are simpler than others. See Flax Weaving Projects for the
projects listed in order of difficulty and for other projects.

Posts about my books

July 2025: “Creative Flax Weaving”

Dec 2024: “Flax Weaving for Children of all Ages
Te Raranga Harakeke mā ngā Tamariki Katoa”

Dec 2020: “Fun and Functional Flax Weaving”

March 2016: “Weaving Baskets, Backpacks, Boxes and Other Projects”

July 2013: “Weaving flowers from New Zealand Flax”

Feb 2009: “Weaving Flowers from New Zealand Flax 1st Edition”

All posts — listed in most-recent-first order

July 2025: “Creative Flax Weaving” book

June 2025: Weaving a flax star for Matariki
Rarangatia he whetu harakeke mō Matariki

Dec 2024: “Flax Weaving for Children of all Ages Te Raranga Harakeke mā ngā Tamariki Katoa” book

November 2023: Robyn Kahukiwa and weaving taniwha

July 2023: Meeting Te Rā — The Sail

 

• June 2023: Three sets of books gifted
• April 2023: Celebrating the sales of over 10,000 copies of my books on New Zealand flax weaving
• Dec 2022: Weaving a simple star
• Aug 2021: A full upgrade of my flax weaving website
• 7 Dec 2020: “Fun and Functional Flax Weaving” book
• 13 Jul 2020: Even diagonal weaving — or finding the ara
• 27 May 2020: A second set of project instructions translated into te reo Māori
• 30 Oct 2019: Weavers’ National Hui 2019
• 14 Sep 2019: Translating this site into te reo Māori
• 29 Mar 2019: Weaving an open-weave basket
• 25 Oct 2018: Weaving a sun visor hat
• 30 May 2018: Weaving jewellery
• 25 Mar 2018: Earning an income from your craft
• 6 Mar 2018: Weaving a water bottle cover
• 16 Jan 2018: Weaving in Rarotonga
• 19 Dec 2016: Weaving a flax planter
• 31 Aug 2016: Flax weaving for charity
• 19 Mar 2016: Weaving Baskets, Backpacks, Boxes and Other Projects
• 25 Jun 2015: Flax weaving for gifts
• 1 Apr 2015: Weaving a remembrance poppy
• 1 Apr 2015: Camp Quality weaving workshop
• 11 Jul 2014: Country Life interview on flax weaving
• 6 July 2014: Basket weaving of Vietnam
• 8 Dec 2013: Flax weavers and their weaving
• 9 Nov 2013: National gathering for flax weavers
• 29 Jul 2013: Netted flax flowers
• 5 Nov 2012: Flax weaving on a marae
• 9 May 2012: Being creative with fibre
• 25 Feb 2012: Using flax for foliage
• 13 Dec 2011: Making flax paper
• 8 Aug 2011: Weaving a flax fantail
• 5 Feb 2011: Beachcombing for flaxworks
• 9 Dec 2010: Flax weaving for Christmas
• 21 Nov 2010: Flax butt handles
• 22 Sep 2010: Weaving in Norfolk Island
• 31 May 2010: Weaving a rounded six-plait cord
• 27 Feb 2010: Where does this bag come from?
• 16 Jan 2010: Flax on the brain
• 17 Dec 2009: Flax angel with flaxen hair
• 30 Aug 2009: Links to flax weaving groups
• 30 Aug 2009: Growing and weaving pīngao
• 23 Feb 2009: Weaving Flowers from New Zealand Flax
• 21 Dec 2008: Making a flax angel
• 31 Oct 2008: Weaving a three-dimensional star
• 9 Jul 2008: Weaving a four-plait cord
• 26 May 2008: The fibre in flax
• 14 Apr 2008: The wax on flax
• 14 Jan 2008: Finishing the top edge of a basket
• 17 Dec 2007: Weaving a flax star
• 12 Nov 2007: Bands for the boys (and girls)
• 28 Sep 2007: Taking flaxworks overseas
• 30 Jul 2007: Weaving a flax belt
• 14 Jul 2007: Simple designs for dyed flax
• 15 Jun 2007 An article in the Christchurch Star
• 2 Jun 2007: Harvesting the lace from lacebark
• 7 May 2007: Experimenting with dyeing flax fibre
• 24 Apr 2007: Flowers for OSCAR