HOW TO: Twine Rustic Screens or Mats

In this tutorial I demo an easy bush-craft skill used to make screens, walls, mats, baskets, and a variety of other useful items out of natural materials such as grasses, twigs, bamboo, even modern materials such as newspaper, and commercial restaurant straws. Here, I am using Phragmite stalks that are edible, medicinal, and have a multitude of utilitarian uses such as thatching roofs...

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