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Making Cordage from Nettles

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Naturalist John Rhyder shows us the techniques to make cordage using nettles - from the initial preparation of the plant fibres through to the `twist and clamp` process ensuring the nettle `string` has the strength and flexibility required. http://www.woodcraftschool.co.uk An Adliberate film http://www.adliberate.co.uk for WoodlandsTV http://www.woodlands.co.uk/tv


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Why do they make it when it's wet because it goes weird when it dries

PRIMITIVE CRAIG

May 9, 2017

Thanks for sharing. Good to know this kind of stuff. A little different than other videos of the same information and I suppose better in away than the others I've seen. I might go out and try to make a bow, string and arrows just to see if I can make them

ǝʌǝʇs uʍop ǝpısdn

June 16, 2017

I liked everything about this, but in particular I liked the use of the word "woodcraft" at the end. In this country we have woods and woodcraft is what we can practice.

Zoe Hancock

September 5, 2017

Finally a fellow British survivalist!

panguan

September 30, 2017

You can also soak them in water, like a stream or pond, overnight or for a few hours to neutralize the stinging stuff.

Jim Jong Jung

October 18, 2017

Great explanation, thanks. Kids should have part of their education in the woods, put it in the National Curriculum!

LibellulaGlass

December 17, 2017

Grinstopher that’s fascinating thank you for sharing – I had heard something about this before but not in such detail xx

Lizzie Dean Makes

January 21, 2018

My Grandad used to grasp nettles and strip them like that, then laugh when I tried to do it and stung myself !

Graham Walters

April 2, 2018

Thank you. Brilliant.

Walking Freeman

April 8, 2018

It's called Forest School and it's slowly being incorporated into the National Curriculum, especially at Primary and some secondary levels.

Jamie Grover

August 30, 2018