So I am making nettle cordage... right now. I am taking a break whilst I eat my tea and I want to use this time to ask a few questions
Why do you dry the nettle out and then rehydrate them?
How do I splice effectively? I am rolling two strands on my legs and then lengthening each strand by taking a couple of fibres, bending them, putting the V at the joint of the currently two attached fibres and rolling them into the current strands.
Have I rehydrated my fibres too much, It's making my thigh like a desert ice skating rink and the fibres are just slipping all over the place!?
When I prepared them I used the finger and thumb trick to separate the outside from the inside but I seem to still have a lot of woody parts in patches... I guess being able to separate the fibres entirely is just practice
Why do you dry the nettle out and then rehydrate them?
How do I splice effectively? I am rolling two strands on my legs and then lengthening each strand by taking a couple of fibres, bending them, putting the V at the joint of the currently two attached fibres and rolling them into the current strands.
Have I rehydrated my fibres too much, It's making my thigh like a desert ice skating rink and the fibres are just slipping all over the place!?
When I prepared them I used the finger and thumb trick to separate the outside from the inside but I seem to still have a lot of woody parts in patches... I guess being able to separate the fibres entirely is just practice