Up to our ears in voivoi

Voivoi = the plant used for weaving mats

The women in my village spent 3 full days weaving new mats for our village office. It was fun to hang out with them and goof off. Plus I've improved my weaving skills.

Voivoi takes a full week (provided there's no rain) to prepare for weaving. There are many steps, and I forget most of them, but it's a lot of work. Just know that.

I've been kind of a downer lately, so I wanted to post an upbeat blog. In the last photo you can really see the voivoi all over the house. It's hanging, there are strips ready to be used, discarded strips, the actual mat. We ended up weaving 2 mats and they look really nice in the office.