Braiding or plaiting involves twisting threads together into cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. Other methods are knitting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. Beyond weaving, fiber structures were created through knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and interlacing. The three different techniques of Pomo basket weaving are plaiting, coiling, and twining. Industries which benefited included flour milling, brewing, silk weaving, lace-making and straw plaiting. Sennit is a type of cordage made by plaiting strands of dried fibre or grass. The Aetas are skillful in weaving and plaiting. Boys and girls were taught skills such as needlework and straw plaiting. In Belize, plaiting of the maypole along with coconut tree climbing and greasy pole competitions. The inhabitants of Houghton Regis were for long employed in straw plaiting. Ruth learns straw plaiting and makes a hat and cooks a Victorian style curry. The straw of Tuscany, specially grown for plaiting, is distinguished into three grades of quality. It has been used for straw plaiting hats and other similar uses. Gloves, usually black, are optional, as is the plaiting of the horse's mane and tail.