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Step 4Built in Clothesline
Kelp has a built in clothesline!
If you find a long piece of kelp, you can just string the whole stem from tree to tree.
The Northwest Coast Natives used to use dried kelp stems as fishing line. If you need to tie two stems together, use a "granny knot". The "granny knot" looks like a square knot done wrong. It's usually a weak and unsafe knot, but is good for tying roots, vines, bark, and other stiff materials that will break if you bend them too far. I learned this from an Ojibway woman while helping to build a birch bark canoe.
If you find a long piece of kelp, you can just string the whole stem from tree to tree.
The Northwest Coast Natives used to use dried kelp stems as fishing line. If you need to tie two stems together, use a "granny knot". The "granny knot" looks like a square knot done wrong. It's usually a weak and unsafe knot, but is good for tying roots, vines, bark, and other stiff materials that will break if you bend them too far. I learned this from an Ojibway woman while helping to build a birch bark canoe.
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Aug 12, 2009. 11:47 AMcofosho
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Wow! I never knew that about granny knots. Any idea why that is?
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