Lei - Basic and Haku style
Recipe Information
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Lei - Basic and Haku style |
Submitter: |
ladygorb |
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Holiday Crafts |
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29 Nov 2005 |
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Description: Celebrate summer If you can string beads, you can make a lei. |
Recipe Ingredients
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- Basic Lei:
- Pick about 80 fresh flowers early in the morning. Otherwise you can use carnations, marigolds, orchids, roses or any other medium sized flower.
- 1 lei needle about 10 inches long or use a large sewing needle.
- 45 inches of dental floss or carpet thread.
- Haku style:
- 1 inch by 28 inches of plyable base (banana leaf, soft cotton string or fabric
- Sturdy twine
- fern, flowers, leaves
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Recipe Instructions
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The Basic Lei
You'll be making a finished lei that is 36" long..
Carefully string the flowers together by going through the centers of the flowers, from front to back, and slide them two or three at a time down the string.
When you've finished, store your lei in the refrigerator in a moistened plastic bag till you're ready to use it.
Haku style:
This lei is popular for wearing as a head lei. Small ferns, leaves and flowers of every kind are beautifully woven together to make an impressive, colorful head piece to wear around a hat or on your bare head.
In Hawaii, we start with a base about 1" wide by 28" made from the plyable base of a banana leaf. You can use thick soft cotton string or a piece of fabric.
You'll need a length of sturdy twine to wrap the leaves and flowers onto the base.
Gather together a bit of fern, leaves and a couple of flowers. Place this on the base and wrap the twine around it twice.
Repeat this procedure layering the groupings along the base until the lei fits comfortably around your head. Tie and you're done!
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