Magic Cattail Wings for Twining Thread and Cordage!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- Stell shows you how to locate and prepare a special part of the leaves of cattail plants that will provide you with fine, supple material for hand-twining thread and light cordage.
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I'm part native american. My mother taught me this technique. I cried watching you do the same. We used our cordage while weaving baskets. I'm now a senior, but I will locate some materials and make a basket in honor of my revisiting this today. Thank you very much.
Did you ever eat them? And if so what parts and how did you prepare them? Thanks, take care.
This is awesome to find out just how fine a cordage you can get for free! Wild stands of willow and cattails are everywhere around here making gathering these materials easy. Making this cordage is a really great crappy weather job even for old hands like mine. Thanks for the extra knowledge! Greetings from Alberta, Canada.
Oh wow my name is Warren brumfield and I just watched your video and I absolutely love that I am a survivalist and I absolutely love the art of self reliance and survival and I want to say thank you so very much for putting your video out there I absolutely love it and I hope you have a wonderful day
Love cattails. Cordage, medical gel, edible root and pollen. I’m building a small pond just to grow them and another pond for other water plants. I make baskets but love reed roots aged then soaked as the material to bind the material together. But the cordage side of what you showed also binds baskets.
My favorite part of this is the difference between the thread and the cordage. I LOVE this video and I'll be checking out your other ones.
This is so cool! I've made cordage from the main part of cattails by basically shredding the main leaves into strips after drying, but was a little dissatisfied with the limited flexibility and weak strength. Doing some research on how to utilize them better and im glad I found your video! Looking forward to trying this later when the cattails are seeding!
Those are wild corn dogs!
Catails are very medicinal. Double bonus for me. Medicinal and for cordage!
dogbane weed and i like using milkweed and corn husk as well and tulip polar bark and bass wood bark and concord grap vine for cordage but dogbane is the best out of all the plant i have used yukka gava a close second of being the best i remember my grandfather made cordage from cat tail but not to common her in west Virginia unless your near water we don't have red cedar here but you can use them for cordage as well with birth bark great video
I love learning new sources for making cordage. I LOVE cattail, because of how much of it is useful, for so many things, all year long (every year I look forward to late spring, when I can harvest pollen to make biscuits and pancakes), but this is new to me. Thanks for sharing.
what other sources do you know about? I've tried milkweed but i just cant figure it out
Wow! Fascinating! I never knew about this material. Gonna have to give it a try.
No, you never will 😂😂😂
the hell is good for sunburn relief
Thank you so much! Your explanations were very clear, and I am looking forward to trying basketweaving with local materials. And now I can try making cordage as well.
May I ask what time of year I should be gathering these materials? I am in Atlantic Canada, so I am thinking mid- to late- August.
Interesting video, thanks you!
Try a drop spindle as well 😊
你的香莆绳子编得非常棒👍👍但我更感兴趣的是，你裤子上的刺子绣，希望你能制作一集关于刺子绣的vlog ，因为你的针线活也相当的好。我有足够的耐心，等待你的刺子绣节目😊😊我将万分感谢!
Thank you very much***
Wow! That really is magical!
This is just Lovely. Thank you!
How long do you dry them? Excellent video
Nice work, thanks
I'm over here windering.if you can make clithing with it, and blackberry or bramble fibers. We have a LOT of blackberry, and it does make nice cordsge. I just wonder if it softens with time and use like nettles and flax do.
Cordage from nettles will knot or weave for clothing. Work it wet on drop spindle will help soften it then work and rub when you roll it up in a ball. I didn’t weave it but I’ve knitted it and made a top to wear years ago
Why dis it take two years for me to see this I need this shit
One of the most important health benefits of cattail is its natural antiseptic property, which has come in handy for various cultures for generations. The jelly-like substance that you can find between young leaves can be used on wounds and other areas of the body where foreign agents, pathogens, or microbes might do damage in order to protect our system. This same jelly from the cattail plant is known as a powerful analgesic and can be ingested or applied topically to relieve pain and inflammation. It is also used for toothache pain straight from the plant. I am curious one thing that I rarely ever see is the use of corn stalk and green brier and willow and wisteria for cordage. I am curious if you have ever hear of bobbin lace making? I was curious if this method could help you in some way?
Very interesting thanks
Video shows it well thanks :)
Вот так из рогоза добывают нить для изготовления ткани рогожка)
Thank you for the detail on this. I wonder if you ever use tools to speed up the process.
Nah. It’s just a sit and fiddle with my hands kind of activity. I know how to spindle and wheel spin, but twining is a bit different.
How do you add in? I don't see a second video. Thank you
Wow! How incredible! 😁 What do you do with all the leaves you have?
I’ve got them bundled and dried for future basket weaving.
Thanks for the video. Is there any issue with this cordage stretching or coming apart when wet?
Moisture strengthens the cordage.
New follower here! Is there some tool I can use to help me make cordage? I have hurt my thumb from cording a lot and now I have to take a break 😢
Would it be strong enough to try to fish with that cordage
Fishing line for survival. It works. Have you tested the strength of your cordage?
Good for tight baskets too. Not sure how well they would hold up for sewing up leather. I was interested in making shoes/sandals with cattails leaves. Need to look into that again. We have so much out here its crazy.
Not yet! That’s a good idea, though!
@@abittwisted Depends on how abrasion resistant it is. Start with crocheting/knitting/nalbinding a hat from it, perhaps a small coinpurse for loose change to start and get a feel for what the fabric is like and how exactly it wears down over time then you can learn if you like it for other uses.
@@abittwisted I have seen sandals that the Paiutes made
DO YOU THROW THE OUTER STALKS? I ASSUME THEY WOULD BE TOUGHER AND THEREFORE BETTER CORDAGE BUT I DON'T KNOW. DOES ANYONE KNOW? THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE GOD BLESS YOU MARANATHA
Do you ever work with the cattail stalk fibers? I've had some good luck in creating strong cordage with the fiber of the stalks, as long as they are harvested in June or July, before they become fully mature. If picked too late in the season, the fibers become woody and broken, much like blackberry fibers.
I have not! I’ll have to give it a try sometime.
@@stellworkstudio4391 It's really strong, if you time the harvest right. Good luck!😄
Also at same time good food at the top of the stalks! The green cobs plus yellow pollen.
Could you spin the fibers with a drop spindle?
I would try it but it seem like it should work.
Can you dye the thread or twinge?
Yep! Anything that will dye cotton will dye cattail.
Why finger spin with fibers dry? Would spinning wet work differently?
They’re not quite dry - there’s still a bit of moisture in them. If they get too dry, they do have to be dampened. Cattail leaf has a tendency to get slimy and difficult to twist in the fingers if it’s too wet, though.
who knew?
thank you
It's called bulrush, the "hotdog" is called a CATKIN. YOUR UMS ARE DISTRACTING & BORING
This person is rude. Don't like it, scroll on.
And I'm sure you don't have any annoying characteristics either 😂