Videos showing banana fibre woven into bashofu cloth

Bashofu weaving includes the preparation of the warp (twisting, dyeing, warping, etc.), the weaving itself and a number of post-weaving steps to be taken to finish the weave.

TEWAZA - Kijoka Banana Fiber Cloth

Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square

February 2017 in Kijoka (Okinawa, Japan)

5 min

Bashofu weaving at Yoron Minzoku-mura - 2012

from MrHuraibo's YouTube channel - place Yoron Minzoku-mura on Yoron Island (Kagoshima-Prefecture, Japan)

twisting yarn & warping

3 min

warping (with another tool) 

2 min 56 sec

winding up the warp

3 min 21 sec

threading warp through heddles

2 min 19 sec

weaving

2 min 57 sec

finishing the weave

3 min 45 sec