Our next door neighbour, Jacqui, is an extremely talented flax weaver. She has put up a site that describes her flax weaving in great detail. She has also made some of her individual pieces available for sale. The site is called Goose Park Blog.
She rang me up the other day and said, “I’ve put up this site, but nobody’s coming to visit. Do you know what I can do to get people to visit my site?”
I said that I had an idea about how to get a few people to have a look. *grin*
Jacqui and her partner B (I don’t know if he wants me to mention his name) are living totally off the power grid. They have solar panels and a Pelton wheel microhydro system. It’s a BEAUTIFUL place. Jacqui also loves her geese, so don’t forget to read all about them if you’re curious.
Jacqui has offered to pay Becky and me a commission in honey (she’s a bee keeper too) if any of you decide to buy some of her kits. I like the idea of an affiliate relationship that compensates the referrer in honey. HA
I know that many Kiwis are familiar with flax weaving, but I had never seen it and was taken aback by it when I saw it for the first time. Jacqui makes each piece by hand from wild flax that she harvests on her land. Anyone who has created anything with natural materials will find this fascinating.
At a minimum, I thought that you guys might be curious to read about what’s going on next door to the Farmlet / Cryptogon operations center.
Hi
Thanks for the link, I’m interested in both flax weaving and geese.
Cheers
Bridget
Checked out the site – great! I love Harakeke. I think that’s what I liked most about Christchurch, actually. The stuff is growing everywhere! Funny that most people seem to hate it and do all they can to try to eradicate it – gets in the way of lawns and all that.
David Holmgren has written and talked about introducing it to grow on a largish scale in Australia due to its many uses.
When we were in ChCh at the start of the year, the friendly customs people kindly took the nice flax dish we’d bought off a guy at the local market off us. Can’t be too careful when it comes to national security, I guess…
“When we were in ChCh at the start of the year, the friendly customs people kindly took the nice flax dish we’d bought off a guy at the local market off us. Can’t be too careful when it comes to national security, I guess…”
Turns out it wasn’t the flax they took off us, it was a jar of pickled something or other. Oops.
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Hi All,
Thanks for your interest in the Goose Blog. I think it’s fantastic, and the geese are very fine creatures in real-life, too. Owen and I like to watch them through the fence when they come down to graze in the bottom paddock.
@ Bridget: Thanks for the award. That’s very kind of you. I’ve enjoyed taking a look at your blog. Seems like we have lots in common.
Cheers,
Rebecca