Natural cordage

Did you know you can create your own rope from plants growing near your home? Here are 23 common species that are ideal for making cordage.

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Rope is an essential survival item, and as a result the ability to make your own cordage is important as well. Once you know how to make cordage, no matter what situation you find yourself in, as long as you can find some kind of plant to get fibers from, you can make cordage. Learning to make cordage is actually quite simple. However, mastering it can actually take a while. This is a skill that I actually learned in college. During college I was an anthropology major, and one of the classes…

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Knowing how to make DIY rope can be immensely helpful around the homestead. Follow our step-by-step guide and start making your own today!

Forage_from_nature on Instagram: "For those that requested a slower version of how to make cordage, here it is. The fibres I used to make this cordage was chasmantha floribunda. #cordage #cordagemaking #naturalfibres #chasmanthafloribunda #naturalfibers #naturalfibrecordage #foraged_from_nature #foragedfromnature"

Plastic Bag Cordage : This is basically a method of natural cordage making using plastic bags, which don't require the splitting, pounding, drying, soaking, or other prep work that most natural materials do. There are a few other plastic bag ropes and yarns on here. I'm …

Now that is completed we are moving onto the walls of your basket. The upright parts of a basket are called the stakes, we are going to place these in now. Get the 15 lengths of thicker brambles, you’ll still need the tops to be flexible as you’ll be weaving your border with these later.

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Make Cordage from Natural Materials In this episode, we show you how to take natural materials, such as bark, and make your own cordage. This might be a primitive skill, but everyone needs cordage and if you are out you have no choice! A great skill to have and hope you can give it a ...