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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 226.—Sennit tuft and tassel techniques. a, transverse method with cord: cord contains two plies (1, 2) and with every second twist a tuft of coir fiber (3) is placed between plies; overlapping method with two tufts of fiber is shown by tufts 4, 5. b, transverse method with braid: braid with three plies (1, 2, 3) includes a tuft (4) by placing it transversely under every second turn of ply that comes into middle position from left; overlapping tufts may also be used to give extra length t…

Figure 226.—Sennit tuft and tassel techniques. a, transverse method with cord: cord contains two plies (1, 2) and with every second twist a tuft of coir fiber (3) is placed between plies; overlapping method with two tufts of fiber is shown by tufts 4, 5. b, transverse method with braid: braid with three plies (1, 2, 3) includes a tuft (4) by placing it transversely under every second turn of ply that comes into middle position from left; overlapping tufts may also be used to give extra length to tufts. c, oblique method with braid only: after commencing braid, a tuft (1) is added to left-hand ply as it comes into middle, and as it is crossed by right-hand ply, a tuft (2) is added from that side; following left ply (3) and right ply (4) are twisted into position without adding any tufts, but tufts from left (5) and from right (6) are added on next two twists from their respective sides; thus tufts are added alternately from either side with every second twist on respective sides. d, tassel technique, first stage: braid (1) left at commencement end with fibers of the three plies (2) free and unknotted to form part of tassel; coir fibers 220 mm. long laid around braid end with middle point coinciding with end of unfrayed braid and lashed to braid by lashing (5) of a coir fiber in transverse turns. In figure, the near fibers left out for clarity. Thus added fibers (3) above lashing mingle with those of braid plies, whereas other half (4) hang down below lashing (5). e, tassel technique, second stage: lower half of fibers turned upward to join upper half and coir fiber tied with transverse turns in lashing (6); length of tassel from inner lashing (d,5) is half length of added fibers, namely 110. mm.

Figure 226.—Sennit tuft and tassel techniques. a, transverse method with cord: cord contains two plies (1, 2) and with every second twist a tuft of coir fiber (3) is placed between plies; overlapping method with two tufts of fiber is shown by tufts 4, 5. b, transverse method with braid: braid with three plies (1, 2, 3) includes a tuft (4) by placing it transversely under every second turn of ply that comes into middle position from left; overlapping tufts may also be used to give extra length to tufts. c, oblique method with braid only: after commencing braid, a tuft (1) is added to left-hand ply as it comes into middle, and as it is crossed by right-hand ply, a tuft (2) is added from that side; following left ply (3) and right ply (4) are twisted into position without adding any tufts, but tufts from left (5) and from right (6) are added on next two twists from their respective sides; thus tufts are added alternately from either side with every second twist on respective sides. d, tassel technique, first stage: braid (1) left at commencement end with fibers of the three plies (2) free and unknotted to form part of tassel; coir fibers 220 mm. long laid around braid end with middle point coinciding with end of unfrayed braid and lashed to braid by lashing (5) of a coir fiber in transverse turns. In figure, the near fibers left out for clarity. Thus added fibers (3) above lashing mingle with those of braid plies, whereas other half (4) hang down below lashing (5). e, tassel technique, second stage: lower half of fibers turned upward to join upper half and coir fiber tied with transverse turns in lashing (6); length of tassel from inner lashing (d,5) is half length of added fibers, namely 110. mm.