Maori Women Knitting.
i "Maori women knitting? I should think they are. I have never had such : good orders for knitting wool as I re- ' ceive almost daily from the river pas," said a Wanganui shopkeeper to a re- ■ porter recently. To the supple Maori ! fingers trained through generations , in manipulating intricate patterns in j the weaving of the beautiful flax mats, , and similar handicrafts of far-off days, the apparent mysteries of the knitting needles and th'e crochet hooks are simplicity itself.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 305, 19 August 1932, Page 3
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