![]() So long as you use metal nails and needles, you don't realise how useful thorns can be.When you start making thing in a « purist » way, thorns become allies. |
Uses
- Dry thorns make rather resistant nails with a minimal effort, and it's easy to make their shape perfect if needed. I use thorns for someof my coat_hangers
, some of my brooms, or to nail on themselves sticks to make loops for baskets.
- For my sombrero
, a needle did increase my productivity. A needle made with a fresh thorn, just split (no loose hole), so that the thread is blocked into the needle. Be careful : if you can, split before you cut the thorn from the stem.
- A thorn also makes a punch. For my pine needle basket
I used one … or rather two … because after a while I lost the first one.
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