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Making Cordage From Yucca Fibers

Using this technique works the same for any thickness whether your making thin fishing line to full scale rope.

Take two bundles of Yucca fibers.


Take two ends of the bundles and place them together one on top of the other.


Hold the two crossed bundles in the left hand.


With the right hand, twist the top bundle away from your body.



With the right hand, grab the non-twisted bundle with your fingers.


With the right hand again, twist the two bundles rotating right hand towards your body.


Hold the bottom bundle between your fingers with the left hand to keep the two bundles separate.


Repeat these steps over and over until you have the length of cordage your looking for.






Finished.

How To Separate Yucca Fibers

The Yucca plant is one of the strongest fibers you can find in the wild. It's important that being too rough on the leaf will be costly. To get the most out of this plant, it's best to be gentle. The goal is to prepare strong strands for cordage.

First, you will need a Yucca leaf.



Next, you will need a club or stick.



Lightly hit the leaf from base to tip until it's bruised.




Rub the leaf to loosen the fibers.


Use the edge of the baton to scrape off the pulp.



At this point, you should start to see the fibers separate.




Gently pull the fibers apart by hand.


These strands can go a long way to be strong useful cordage. The finish to this process should look like the wiry strands below.