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Plaited cordage
Plaits are quick and easy to make and, with different-coloured strands, highly decorative.
Plaiting is often the best method of producing cordage from less flexible fibres.
Make a simple clamping device from a piece of a split stick and your task will become much easier,
because both of your hands will be free to do the plaiting. Be sure to keep the plaits tight.
With materials such as willow bark that are best worked damp, place a second clamp at the end
of the workpiece to allow you to dry the strap under slight tension. Without this, the strap
will become loose as the fibres shrink.
This tensioning is a principle to apply to all cordage materials made from damp fibres.
Plaits are quick and easy to make and, with different-coloured strands, highly decorative.
Plaiting is often the best method of producing cordage from less flexible fibres.
Make a simple clamping device from a piece of a split stick and your task will become much easier,
because both of your hands will be free to do the plaiting. Be sure to keep the plaits tight.
With materials such as willow bark that are best worked damp, place a second clamp at the end
of the workpiece to allow you to dry the strap under slight tension. Without this, the strap
will become loose as the fibres shrink.
This tensioning is a principle to apply to all cordage materials made from damp fibres.
