Weaving Palm Fronds Roof

The reason is that they are too short.

Weaving palm fronds roof.

Fold over the ends of each palm frond and tuck each one inside the weaving on the back of the mat. There s a property nearby owned by a friend full of the right kinds of palms so we simply had to have a chat with the caretaker there and negotiate a fair price. Accessing the palm fronds for the thatch roof turned out to be one of the easiest things we ve had to do so far. First they collect a whole bunch of nice coconut palm leaves which are all over the island.

The sabah architectural heritage blog. Push the fronds together in the form to make the weaving tight. Snip two inch wide palm fronds to 11 inch lengths. Fold both fronds in half.

See more ideas about palm sunday palm palm cross. How to weave a thatch roof from coconut palm fronds. Basket weaving with coconut palm fronds march 2011. So here s your step by step instruction for making a palm thatch roof.

Apr 15 2019 explore marie elaine gottuso pelloni s board palm braiding on pinterest. One way to learn palm frond weaving is to start with a simple project such as a palm frond fish. Normally we don t use palm leaves for our cabana roofs.