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I made twine from yucca that I locally harvested and processed. I made a two ply hand spun rope with the reverse wrapping plus splicing in additional yucca strands. The first 10 ft I completed over many days because it was so tiring for my hands. But then we got to go to a hot springs so I was able to do the remaining 10 ft in water and that was way easier on my hands!

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  -  make at least a 20 feet length of twine
  -  the twine must be plied

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
  -  your raw materials
  -  your process of making twine
  -  your completed twine (with a tape measure, perhaps)
yucca-harvest.jpg
yucca leaves for making twine
midway.jpg
hand twisting twine
20ft-of-2-ply-yucca-twine.JPG
20 feet of 2-ply handtwisted yucca twine
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Cheryl Loomans approved this submission.
Note: Yucca sounds very stiff. No wonder your hands got tired. Well done!

 
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