Collection item
Morehu Korowai, 2024
This korowai is a taonga representing the talents of our knitters, woven together with whanaungatanga and manaakitanga. It was made Maanawatia a Matariki 2024 by the tauiwi wahine roopu of the Epsom Community Library led by Whaea Deidre Schwaiger. This is a structured progression envisioned project. It evolved through a cooperative process of trust in the craft of knitting, measuring, learning, and sharing korero. Knitting is a korowai for our roopu, a warm embrace that holds us all securely.
Details
Photographer:
Nathalie Gregory
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Epsom Community Library Knitting Roopu
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Maker:
Epsom Community Library Knitting Roopu
Garment type:
Knitted korowai
Material:
Acrylic yarn donated by the group
Features:
Knitted as a rectagular piece that wraps and ties, panelled sections with black cable knit stitch, and hukahuka made of yarn on red ground, wide band across top with koru pattern
Colour:
Black, white, red
Exhibition:
KNIT: Original fashion created from yarn
Last published:
2026
Date:
2024
