This is made of Chinese raffia by native labour, and is similar to the “Bowen,” but the nature of the fibre is such as to make it decidedly inferior among the Panama imitations.
This is obtained from theraffia or rofia palm, a native of the island of Madagascar.
Twine, Cuban bast, sisal, and various other materials are used for tying, but nothing is better for this purpose than raffia fiber.
After that time the budding should be examined and the raffia removed.
Tie up with raffia and do the rest as said previously.
Continue the Figure Eight stitch as far as you can, then bind the raffia round and round the ring, and sew back and forth through the raffia covering till it is secure.
Lay the short end of another piece of raffia on the middle of the twelve strands, with its tip turning toward the left, and wind the long end round and round from right to left, binding them together for two and three-quarter inches.
At the end a half hitch or one buttonhole stitch is made, to keep the raffia from slipping.
Tie the strands of raffia together at one end, and on each of the other ends thread a fine darning needle.
You can make a pretty and useful sponge bag of raffia in the natural colour with this knot.
Tie the other end of the raffiathrough the disk, as shown in Fig.
A strand of raffia is now doubled around two or three spokes, above the wire binding, and wound tightly around one of the groups until it has covered two inches, from the binding down.
Take six pieces ofraffia and tie them together at one end.
Raffia sewed in the same way over tiny cardboard rings, then tied and cut, makes fascinating little pompons for a doll's hat.
The thirteenth spoke is whittled to a thin point and bound in with one of the other groups, which are wound with raffia down to the end, turned with a half hitch and brought up again.
A braided raffia chain with a cluster of three crystal beads every few inches is so simple that any little girl can make it.
A, put the needle down through the hole in the centre, up through the loop in the raffia (see Fig.
Lay the other end of the raffia on the rope, with its tip turning toward the long end.
How would you like to make a doll's raffia hat, as a birthday gift for one of your special friends--one that will fit her favourite doll?
Sidenote: Sleeve protectors] Sleeve protectors can be woven of raffia in the same way as wristlets.
Sidenote: Raffia] Splicing raffia is the most difficult of all, and the method used in braiding and basket weaving is the best.
Raffia makes a strong bag; silk strips are serviceable, and leather strips are good for school bags.
In this case, the mat should be woven of raffia in the natural color, with stripes of bright color at each end; or, it may be of some dark tone with stripes of a contrasting color.
For raffia use the Diamond dyes which are intended for wool or silk.
While weaving, keep the raffia moist by dipping the fingers now and then in a cup of water.
The illustration shows a raffiamat in process of making.
Worsted, carpet thread and twine will stretch as the work progresses, and raffia will not.
Sidenote: Glove, trinket, and mouchoir boxes] Boxes of all kinds can be made of raffia woven in panels.
If one cares to expend money instead of time and trouble, the raffia can be dyed in very beautiful colors at the dye houses.
Thread a worsted needle with a narrow strip of raffia and buttonhole the edges of the panels together; or, sew them over and over and cover with a braid of raffia.
The color will be improved by soaking the raffia a day in alum water, one-half pound to the gallon.
The natural color of raffia is used, with stripes of cardinal, and the method of stringing color in the warp to obtain this effect is clearly seen.
In raffia you have to be careful to alternate the big ends and small ends so that the weaving will be even.
You braid the raffia first and that gives you an opportunity to make pretty color combinations.
All the time that these descriptions had been given Dorothy and the Mortons had been opening packages of rattan and raffia and laying them out on the dining table.
Instead of covering the wrapping you've just done you turn back and let your bit of raffia go over the left hand arm.
Watch me; lay your raffia at the left side of the upright arm and bring it across from left to right.
We made a small cushion with double raffiaand wove it under and over on a pasteboard loom.
But we have such a short time left that I think those of us who are going to do any raffia work had better learn how to weave evenly and make pretty little duds out of the woven stuff.
You make raffia mats or baskets in just the same way, only you sew them with raffia," explained Della.
You thread theraffia into a wooden bodkin about twenty-six inches long.
Please, ma'am, my raffia is giving out," grumbled Tom.
You used raffiaat first because the spokes were so near together.
I'd like to know next about these raffia sofa pillows that Ethel Blue and Della have been making.
This weave may also be used with raffia to make matting for the dining-room floor.
The suggestions include a range in materials and processes from very simple foldings in paper to quite complex processes in reeds and raffia and methodical construction in wood.
All day she sits making raffia wreaths to take back--making wreaths--making wreaths!
From the floor beside her, the raffia wreath half in the making, Mrs. Coblenz reached up, pressing it flat to the heaving old bosom.
He picked up theraffia circle, placing it back again against the quiet bosom.
Weave the center of this basket with brown raffia to carry out the same effect as the brown reed.
Hemp, which is imported from the Philippine Islands, may be used as a foundation for raffia and sweet grass baskets.
Raffia is the outside covering of the Madagascar palm.
When two rows have been finished, the third and last step is made by weaving the raffia under 1 spoke and over the next, thus separating each spoke.
Place a wet strand of raffia back of the 4 horizontal spokes; pass it over the group of 4 vertical spokes, back of the 5 horizontal spokes, over the lower 4 vertical spokes and back of the first group of horizontal spokes.
LID Weave a good center, over the 6-1/2 spokes, with either raffiaor No.
Separate the groups of fours into groups of twos by bringing the raffia over 2 spokes, under 2 spokes, treating the short spoke as a separate group.
Bast fibre and raffia fibre are to be preferred for light subjects of this character, as they can be split to any degree of fineness.
For tying plants to trellises and stakes soft tarred string or raffia (the fibre from the Raphia palm of Madagascar) is used.
Next huts of bamboo andraffia leaves are built upon it, and a special platform of logs is coated with clay to serve as a fireplace for cooking.
Both buildings are constructed like large native huts out of unhewn logs and raffia leaves, and I myself, under Mr. Christol's direction, took part in the work.
The forest gives him wood, bamboos, raffia leaves, and bast for the building of a hut to shelter him from sun and rain.
The vines should then be loosely tied to the supporting wires withraffia or soft cotton yarn.
Heavy fruits will cause the supporting wires or bands of raffia to break or girdle the vines unless they are supported independently.
The ring with which to lift the lid is made by wrapping raffia three or four times over the finger, and then buttonholing it over.
As in the case of reed, so with raffia before constructing with it, pass a piece to each child and give the life history of the plant.
Take two more eighteen-inch splints; having placed one inside the edge and the other outside the edge of the basket, with a needle and a long thread of raffia whip over and over.
If ribbon or raffia is used tie the ends in a bow.
Be very careful to have the dyes strong enough, as raffia absorbs an enormous amount of coloring.
Now with the raffia weave in and out, interlace the thread at the corners, and draw it tight enough to hold the splints in place.
Tie a knot in each end, and ravel the ends of raffia to form a tassel.
Use a very long needle and carry the raffia from one side of the seat to the other in close lines until the space is covered one way.
Begin the use of raffiaby teaching the child the three-strand plait, adding a new thread from time to time, until a long rope is made.
In beginning the combined reed and raffia work, the first thing I should make is a miniature umbrella.
In plaiting, keep the raffia damp and use strands of equal size.
Wrap closely with raffia the intervening spaces between the seat and the brace so as to leave no unsightly ends.
Turn up the sides, fasten the corners together with raffia or cord, tying a small bow.
To be fit for use it must be blanched, either by tying up with raffia in a loose bunch, or by placing two wide boards in an inverted V shape over the rows; and in either case be sure the leaves are dry when doing this.
With the acquisition of skill, they go on making more and more difficult objects; pupils of nine or ten make raffia baskets, boats, and dolls’ furniture.
The raffia should not be bluestoned, as it will last long enough without and will be sure to rot in a few weeks, and the trouble of cutting it will be avoided.
Before using, the raffia should be washed quickly in a stream of water in order to remove the bluestone which has crystallized on the outside and which might corrode the graft.
The grafts are laid on this stand with the scions resting against the cleat, and are then tied with the two pieces of bluestoned raffia that have previously been placed above each pair of nails.
Wool-twine is also still largely used for tying, but it is not so cheap and handy as raffia, and it usually has to be cut when the trellis is stripped at the winter pruning, while the raffia breaks with a quick pull of the vine.
Some complain that the raffia is not strong enough to hold the vine during the season, but it can easily be doubled.
Raffia is not so easily carried in the field as the wool-twine or the willow, and this fact interferes with its popularity.
Raffia is obtained from the strippings of an oriental palm (Raphia Ruffia).
Some wove gay-colored yarn on small frames, others braided raffia baskets, or made squares of plaited slips of paper, while Mrs. Morrow told them something about the art of weaving.
WEBER: Wouldn't it assist the union, if the graft didn't make a perfect fit, to wrap it with raffia to hold it together?
Now take your rush or raffiaand darn up one side of the card and down the other and back again, leaving one long side of the card free.
This is a little bag made ofraffia or rushes, woven on to a warp of string.
Illustration: A shoot of an improved variety of rose grafted and held in place with raffia to the stock of a sturdy growth like Manetti.
The bud and its supporting bark are inserted between the wood and bark of the stock, the latter then being wrapped with a few turns of raffia to hold the bud in place.
A very sharp knife is required, with some raffia for tying the bud securely into the stock.
The raffia can be colored with Diamond dyes and wee rugs made for the doll-house on tiny looms.
If lavender or sweet grass is obtainable, that will be even better than reed or raffia for the edge, lending its fragrance to the gift.
If held smoothly, several strands of raffia may be used at one time.
In course of ages great skill was acquired in thus using all kinds of flexible materials; artistic baskets were produced of raffia and reeds, and fine garments of linen, wool and cotton.
Then make a covering of raffia as explained on page 46 and hang up by the cord.
Then wind around and around closely and smoothly with a strand of raffia so as to bind firmly together.
Then hold a fine basket reed or piece of raffia along the edges and overcast.
Woven Mat= (Loom, raffia) Thread a little loom with raffia warp as described on page 90.
Draw the pattern for the raffia covering on paper, the circle for the bottom being the same size as that of the bottom of the bag.
The colored raffia is introduced in the same manner that the thread is spliced, by laying it along the reed and sewing over it.
Baskets are known as the woven baskets made of the round or flat rattan and the sewed baskets made from the raffia and reeds.
Coil the other end, leaving ten or fifteen inches uncoiled, and tie with raffia two or three times.
Lay the end of the raffia to the point and along the sharpened end of the reed and hold it in place with the left hand.
Lay the end of the raffiato the end of the reed, along the reed and around the bend, and by a sharp turn in the thread wind four or five times over the raffia, covering the bend in the reed.
When the pattern is completed baste a strand of raffia on the pattern, following the lines of the design.
Thread the end of the raffia that has been cut from the tree into the needle, thus working with the fiber, as it is less liable to split.
The last two rows of the basket might be stitched with colored raffia unless it detracts from the design.
By a sharp turn in the thread begin winding over the reed andraffia to the point.
Roughly speaking, we should say that raffia is strong enough for plants that can be supported by the little round stakes sold in bundles, but that plants needing the square Dahlia stakes also need strong ties.
Shirley Poppies have delicate stalks, and when you grow a clump in your garden, you should put a few stakes amongst them, and tie them with raffia or string, as otherwise they get beaten down and spoiled by a summer storm.
Daffodil leaves may be tied up with string or raffia if they are sprawling over seedlings, or over plants you want seen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raffia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cotton; fiber; nylon; thread; wool
