Category: Windmill Knot weave

Text instructions by Anna Subritzky for these flax stars with a little of the background of the tradition. I’m interested to find out what I can substitute harakeke for, here in Europe.

Windmill Knot weave by Outi Honkimaa and Seija-Sisko Mustonen
Tuulimyllypunonta translates as Windmill Braiding in Finnish

Quick video by Archetypal Visual Arts showing how to make a coconut leaf windmill toy.

Instructions how to make a porotaka by Avalon Primary School, New Zealand – flax leaf spinner toy from the Cook Islands.

Instructions by New Zealand Electronic Text Collection – from the Cook Islands

Windmill Knot weave with plaited handles.
Video by DIY art and CRAFT

Beautiful bag from Japan made with Windmill Knot weaving. Love the graded shape it makes.
Minne.com

A video in Chinese showing a neat way of finishing off Windmill Knot weave to give a flat top.
by ivy手作, Ivy Handmade

A story to describe how to make a windmill toy from coconut palm,
by Marion Healy, Mackay Queensland Australia

The Windmill knot is a basis for some small Maori weaving projects.
by Mandy

A short video tutorial by pinkyFROG SHOP on the Windmill Knot techniques – in Malay.

A look at the traditional Maori Windmill Knot weave in search of a name for Windmill Loop Weaving.
Journal of the Polynesian Society