CRAFTSTEADING - Use Plants to Make Anything
CRAFTSTEADING - Use Plants to Make Anything
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2. CORDAGE: how to make string, twine and rope out of natural plant fibres growing in your garden.
8 minutes Posted Dec 2, 2021 at 9:00 pm.
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 Plants for cordage  <br>

You can make useful string and twine and rope out of plant fibres.  

The term cordage encompasses everything from fine string to cords to thicker ropes. All of these things begin with strands of fibre twisted or braided together in a way that gives them strength and length. You can start by making thin string, then twist lengths of this string together to make cord, then twist lengths of the cord together to make rope.  

You’d be surprised how many plants have leaves or stems that contain fibres tough and long enough to be turned into useful cordage - plants that grow in your garden or in the wild, or weeds that grow by the roadside. You can grow your own fibre plants or forage for them. 
 You’ll never run out of cordage again!