Product Description

I am providing an outlet for my weaving family up north to sell the pandanus that they split and dye. And their baskets. I travel to the NT to assist with transport to harvest, collect dyes and then we sit together and do the business. I then buy the fibre from them and I mark it up to cover my costs for time and expenses, so that I can return and continue to build on our friendship which we highly value. It also helps my to continue the cultural connection work I am doing with these women, as I am on a mission to bring them to the coast here regularly, to my home for opportunities to share culture, but really to share my love, my family, my friends and my life with them. And to be able to take others up there to their country. I have built up a large network of weavers and people who highly value spending time with these women, who also appreciate the fibre and the cultural knowledge that is reflected through the fibre, and are happy to invest in it so that they too, can support this work (and get access to an amazing resource at the same time). It is my pleasure and privilege to be in a position to be sharing this work (and fibre) as it is laying the foundations for further growth together and lots more connection and fun and knowledge sharing. We are sisters, and when we are together I teach my sisters things I know and they teach me what they know, and we try out new things together. We have mutual respect for each other’s way of being and each other’s knowledge and it help us grow together and envision amazing things for the future.

Pandanus fibre for sale: new prices for September 2022

Medium length pandanus strands: 90cm-110cm

Variety pack (60 strands) @ $50.

Long length pandanus strands: 110cm-130cm

1. DIY kits @ $50ea

2. Mix packs (50 strands) @ $50.

Extra long length pandanus strands:130cm -160cm

Variety pack (40 strands) $50

Do-it-yourself kits include 30 strands of fibre, instructions for a coil weave stitching technique, needle and emu feathers to decorate your piece with.

It’s premium, graded pandanus fibre,  it’s strong and smooth and a bit leathery (when hydrated optimally) – a pleasure to work with.

I sell naturally dyed raffia too, in a DIY pack for $25 as well as $20 fibre packs.

Payment instructions: please deposit the funds into my account, with your first and last name as the message, and send me the lodgement receipt/details. And your postal address.

Email me at weaverywork@gmail.com or message 0438162552 for details.

Postage costs are $10 for 1 item, $15 for 2-4 items, $20 for 5-8 items.