Let s get creative this morning.
Weaving grass mats.
These come from slough grass beckmannia syzigachne i cut an area about 10 x 20 with a weed whip.
Today s lil explorers challenge is weaving grass mats.
Weaving the mat is best done with two people one person doing the job of raising and lowering the warp threads and the second person inserting and battening the grass or filling yarn.
If you want to see people weaving grass mats on a larger scale one of the best places is in the village of bang sa kao in the chanthaburi province.
See map below see map below firstly the the papyrus grass needs to be planted cultivated and harvested this is done in commercial quantities in places like bang sa kao however it is common to see papyrus growing in the yards of houses in many villages.
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Today i show you how to make a woven cattail mat that i am going to use for sun drying wild cherries.
These will last for several years if cared for properly.
Trim the bottom port.
Steps to weaving a cattail mat 1.
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Today s lil explorers challenge is weaving grass mats.
Check out the video and see how it s done let s get creative this morning.