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Palm-Leaf Drying Mat, Plaited Over-One Under-One
Mature date-palm leaves are made into mats, screens, baskets and fans. Strip the leaflets, soften them in water, and plait them over one, under one into a flat mat to spread dates or grain on in the sun.
The picture: our diagram of the plain plait.
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Strip the leaflets
Strip the leaflets
Cut the leaflets off the midrib and trim them to an even width.
Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:
Amaqabunga wesundu aguqukayo3 kgAmathuluzi adingekayo:
Ummese2
2
Soften
Soften
Soak the leaflets in water until they bend without cracking. Keep them damp while you work.
Amathuluzi adingekayo:
Ibhakede
Amanzi3
3
Plait
Plait
Lay a row of leaflets side by side. Weave crosswise leaflets over one, under one, alternating each row, and push each row tight against the last.
Amathuluzi adingekayo:
Ibhakede4
4
Finish the edges
Finish the edges
Fold each loose end back and tuck it under the neighbouring strips with the awl. Dry the mat flat.
Amathuluzi adingekayo:
Usungulo
Ummese5
5
How many strips?
How many strips?
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