Jute Twine and Hand-Laid Jute Rope

Jute's long golden bast fibre spins into a rough, cheap twine and, laid three strands together, into rope. Each step twists the other way from the one before: singles one way, twine the other, and rope strands back again, so the twists lock and nothing unwinds. It starts from retted, dried jute fibre (the nested step).

中级

Two days

说明

From stalk to fibre

Harvesting and retting jute to get the fibre.

Spin singles

Spin the jute clockwise on the drop spindle into firm singles about 2 mm thick, damping your fingers in a bowl of water to smooth the fibre.

此步骤所需材料：

黄麻纤维500 克

水0.2 升

所需工具：

手纺锤

碗

Ply into twine

Ply two singles anticlockwise until the twine hangs straight. That is jute twine.

所需工具：

手纺锤

Make three strands

For rope, ply three equal lengths of strand, each three twines twisted clockwise together, about a third longer than the rope you want.

所需工具：

手纺锤

卷尺

Lay the rope

Tie the three strands to an eye bolt at one end. Put the rope top's grooves between them at the far end, twist each strand tighter the way it was made, and let the rope top walk toward the eye bolt as the strands lay round each other the other way.

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