THREE-STRAND PLAIT
In the construction of articles of plaited raffia an opportunity opens up to bring the child's inventive ingenuity into play. Get him to think of something he might make, and to construct it roughly of paper. With his model as a guide for shape and size, he can easily reproduce it in raffia. The first pattern may be crude, but each repetition will produce a better one, and interest will lend enchantment, until both pattern and reproduction will be most creditable.
8 Plaited Mat
Problem—To construct a mat of plaited raffia rope.
Material—Raffia.
MAT OF PLAITED BRAID