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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Oh, something or three I forgot to tell y'all about. Epic Hemp Rope Treatment I have been kind of following epic hemp rope treatment. Mostly, but not entirely. I have kind of learned where I can deviate depending on what I am after. So, one day I had shit tons of hemp string. I spent all night doing 3-strand braids. Made two really big large and three mediums. Seriously all night. Both of the larges are just ove 20' each and the three mediums are (were) just under 20 each. So I did this and that and got down with boiling. Unfortunately I fell asleep for more than a few hours. The water boiled out and my rope got burned. Something like five hours and sore fingers tips down the drain. Ahhh! I was so pissed. Salvaged what I could. Lost a few feet here and there. One one of the mediums I lost about 4'. I carry this lost strand with me and play with it on occassion. It broke in damn nice. Anyways, my burned rope has far more personality than I ever expected. I thought it was ruined, but it is awesome. Full of personality and irony. It is burned, so it smells naughty. And I didn't bother de-fringing it, so it is pretty rough for being hemp. I have come to love my burned hemp rope. Happy accident if I've ever had one. Another thing I have been learning about is sewing. Like with a sewing machine. In particular, I'm interested in recycling old clothes into something that I can use. For example, cutting off pant legs and turning into a mini duffle bag. My burned hemp rope is in a denim pant leg tied off with an awesome whipping knot on the inside. I also have a bag that I sewed from an old button up shirt. I sewed it like a mini duffle bag with both lapel pockets on it. The draw string on this is a sliding sheet bend. I can't wait to make more of these. You know, go to Good Will and load up or something. Hacking more than Photoshop, damnit. Loading...
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