tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post7246217213003935050..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Spinning and Stitching in KeralaBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-54584282887788953082012-12-26T07:50:09.210-08:002012-12-26T07:50:09.210-08:00A good overview of rope making technology can be f...A good overview of rope making technology can be found here: <br />http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/06/lost-knowledge-ropes-and-knots.htmlWolfgang Brinckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314364206955412017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-2931715111813484812012-12-22T07:05:17.827-08:002012-12-22T07:05:17.827-08:00Others will know much more than me but here is my ...Others will know much more than me but here is my observation of the process.<br /><br />The ladies are twisting the coir into thread as the lift in from the bags. Much the same way as my wife make nettle fibre string. As far as I know the secret of creating laid rope is that at each stage twisted threads, cords and rope are married by reverse twisting so as to hold together.<br /><br />So if the ladies create the individual threads then the machine spinning them together is twisting against their existing twist direction. But haven't you made bowstrings on the same principle?Edwinnoreply@blogger.com