Change of Stroke Technique.

So far we have dealt entirely with a simple check stroke. If this were strictly adhered to in the decorative band, the only possible pattern would be a simple check as shown in Fig. 117. To obtain variety of pattern and design,

Figure 117.
Simple Check Pattern.

the uniform check stroke had to be reinforced by the addition of other strokes which, cross more than one weft Hence, in the pae band we get variety by the introduction of the twill stroke, where the wefts cross two, three or more wefts, and the varying combinations result in different geometrical designs.

The general term for the stroke technique of a pae design is kohianga. Kohi is to pick up, and kohianga refers to the picking up of the dextral wefts. Thus, in speaking of a different design, the expression used is "tu ke te kohi" (the picking up is different). Following on this, the naming of the various parts of a design is given to the white elements in the combinations, namely the lines or motives formed by the dextral wefts that have been picked up. It is these, when placed over the coloured sinistrals, that form the various patterns in the design that receive individual names.