learning about matariki and string knots and.......stuff

today me and my class went to a matariki learning thing and we learnt lots first the helpers came aruond and handed us some bits of string.then we got tought how to make a granny knot it was easy all you have to do is get the two ends and put them together and wrap them around your index finger and put the end through the middle and there you have it a granny knot after that we got the two sides and put them inbetween our index finger and your thumb and do it again and then get your index finger and put it under the string on your thumb and drag it to your pinky on the other hand and the same with the  other side.then i cant remember the other steps after that we had to have morning tea when we came back she ended up with her fingers in a little of a tangle then we asked her  how to do it and it was a little bit tricky but we managed to do it well all but me i found it really tricky i couldnt really do the third step my fingers were to long to do it soon after that we got told the true story of matiriki i cant remember it but i know there actually is 9 stars that are visible theres actually billions. tell me what you know about matariki in the comments