How Do You Make Ribbon Rope In The Woods?
Many arts are lost to time. One of these is that of the production of ribbon rope. long ago native American weavers would make strong rope and snares using native plant fibers. The western version of this would be that of the bastard which in its literal usage is a maker of fiber rope. Whether one is lost in the woods or merely needs some rope this technique is still very important. n North American there are many plants whose fibers are ideal for the making of rope. One of these is that of the basswood whose name derives from its fibrous inner bark. First one must find and identify one of these trees. They are ironically one of the easiest trees to identify. Look on the banks of rivers for a green-barked tree whose leaves are very large and heart-shaped. This is the common basswood or the Tilia Europaea. • Take a knife and make a vertical incision about four feet long down its trunk. Make another incision parallel to your last one, the distance these lines are apart determines how wid
