Hey everyone,
I know I showed you what the guy’s are doing so far this winter, now I wanted to show you what the women are doing this winter. They are working on the edge’s of the cattail mat’s for our cattail mat covered summer house. We Have to make 14 new mat’s every winter for this house. If it was not for the women jumping right in and working hard on the edge’s of these cattail mat’s the guy’s would not of got as much done on the House’s in the homesite, so thank you girls your doing a great job. It is so important that we work as a team and the women have done that so far this winter. I want to show some picture now take a look enjoy.
Here’s a mat edge, you can see how long they are. We do them on these table’s to help them from breaking the reeds off keeping them nice and long.
Here’s the edge of a cattail mat, you can see this mat edge look’s great!
This is a edge of the mat rolled up, we roll them so we have room on the table to keep weaving the mat’s edge, this mat will be 13 foot long. This is the longest mat we make.
This is those cattail mat’s going on the house, you can see what the look like when they are done.
This is what the house looks like when we are all done putting all 28 mats on. I hope you like this blog I will have to show you how we sew the mat’s but maybe I will video tape that we will see. Thanks everyone please leave me a comment I want to here from you ok.
Nice job reporting–and nice mats–good work!
Thanks!
Hey jon,
Thanks just try to keep visitor’s to the blog up on what going on at Plimoth plantation in the winter keep looking for more stuff soon!
Hi,
I’d like to have more info on when in the season you cut the leaves, on how you sow the blades together and with what. I would also like to know if you also make carpets, mats, or other articles with cattails. Your pictures are good. Continue your site. Good Luck
The cattail edges do look wonderful—they are beautiful in color.