Daylily Cordage

[Kepis]

I managed to rescue a few old daylily leaves from the gardener this morning with a view to having a play at some cordage as it's something i've not done for a long time, please bear in mind the bits of cord you see are from leaves straight from the garden and have not been dried and wetted again before use, but it is after all, only an experiment in their practicality and a work out for my arthritic hands.

Normally when cordage making im a thigh roller, but wanting to keep my dexterity, or as much as i can without hurting myself, i played with the overhand method which is something i've always struggled with even before arthritis hit, but although i am quite slow at it, i'm getting there and the results so far are quite pleasing and i'm in no rush these days, so if it takes longer to do, so be it, certainly the cordage is more uniform than thigh rolling.

Can't wait for the Gladioli to stop flowering as i can see coiled baskets as well as cordage from those on the not too distant horizon.

 

[Toddy]

Nice very nice

I like using lily leaves too. It makes really good cordage.
Flag iris isn't quite like water rush, but it's good stuff as well.

 

[Kepis]

Nice very nice

I like using lily leaves too. It makes really good cordage.
Flag iris isn't quite like water rush, but it's good stuff as well.

Tried some Iris earlier in the year, didn't do too well with it, think i left it a little too late before collecting it and it was past it's best. Going to try and harvest he outer fibres from some Loganberry at some point too, figure it grows long like a bramble so might produce some useable lengths of fibre, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[Pattree]

Total admiration to you and other cordage makers.
I am absolutely new to this and I’m starting with nettles. I’ve got a big flint nodule and a paving slab as a kwern and we’ll see where it all goes.

I have so many nettles that I probably don’t need much else.

Edited to correct autocorrect.