Cordage

On my walk yesterday, I came across some branches that had been pruned from a tree. Seemingly on a whim, I stripped a few pieces of bark from them, and twisted a piece of cord. I doubled it back on itself, yielding a piece perhaps 20cm long. It was deeply satisfying.

Today, I went back to where those pruned branches were. I believe the branches I took bark from were from a mulberry. Anyway, I took a healthy handful of bark strips away from the pruned branches; I twisted a few cm into a cord to tie them into a bundle to carry home. Now, they're all sitting outside to dry; hopefully, that will make the outer bark easy to remove. Then perhaps I can braid a few feet of cordage. I also have several good chunks of pine sap from a few years ago. If I can make a fire drill or a fie plow or some other good way to make a fire, perhaps I can purify that pitch in a shell or some pottery.