You sound like a lovely person, these are such relaxing videos.
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@hanavesela58843 жыл бұрын
I wish my hair would look this Gorgeous when not brushed 🤗
@Just_Sara4 жыл бұрын
This is going to be one of those videos that I purposely come back and watch in the winter, just to remember the summer. :)
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
In my case, whilst thinking 'why didn't I pick more of that whilst I had the chance!'
@andyg56063 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks Sally! Perfect timing - just as last year's fibres are getting muddled with this year's!
@bobbyesamdahl Жыл бұрын
At least you label things!!!lol thank you!
@kitdubhran29684 жыл бұрын
I love your hedge bothering videos. And I love that you call it hedge bothering. I’ve got boat-loads of brambles around my property, and I’ll be happy to process them and get them cleaned up AND useful. Lovely. Can’t wait to see what we are going to do with them. We’ve spun with rose fibers before so we’re kind of tempted to see how fine we can get blackberry fibers. Any ideas/advice?
@Just_Sara4 жыл бұрын
ROSE fibers? :O Wow!
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
Rose briar fibres are lovely, they even smell rosy don't they! You'll find bramble almost identical to work with.
@laightnightknits43583 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely video with your calm voice. I love the images of nature and your magic tidying! ☺🥰 ♥
@friedasorber16533 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. I am contuing to experiment with cordage in different fibers. In one of your videos you talk about rhubarb. It works wonderfully but after a few weeks the cords are very brittle. I experienced the same with butterbur, petasites hybridus. Am I doing something wrong? In both cases I peeled the fiber layer of, gently scraped, separated in thin ribbons and let dry. Then slightly moistened to make the cordage.
@guildofsayntlukemedievalar90244 жыл бұрын
Love these videos Sally.
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@finnmacky71064 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so entertaining and educational.
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@robinmorton8585 Жыл бұрын
great to find ya. i'm unorganised. thank you
@1aliveandwell4 жыл бұрын
Will have a look at your prepping vids as tried to get some fiber from old sweet pea plants that are drying up. They seem fibrous. Yes, want to label and organize better (lots of dried stuff for scents...)
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea, let me know how it goes, I haven't tried getting fibres from sweet peas!
@dacenmclean79013 жыл бұрын
@@SallyPointer it actually works really well. I used it for the core of a bow string, it was wonderful.
@1heUndertaker2 жыл бұрын
@@dacenmclean7901 Hi, I'm new to making natural cordage and beginning the journey of experimentation. Your use of natural cordage for a bowstring is very interesting to me, as I would like to learn this ! What draw weight was/is the bow? Is it a self-bow or recurve or some other type? Do you have any further info on what you used and how you made it? Thanks in advance !
@LavenderLori4064 жыл бұрын
You're a genius Sally Pointer
@Suburbanstoneage4 жыл бұрын
I'm excited to gather fibers for winter! And I think hedge bothering is a sensational term. We don't have propped hedges here, but I think that will still be ok
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago, in a fit of silliness, we came up with a 'scientific description' of a hedge-botherer 😆 I think even with the hedge bit it still works in other settings HedgeBotherer: Saepium perturbatrix rusticarum (f),Saepium perturbator rusticarum (m). An increasingly scarce and often crepuscular species generally found furtling in hedgerows in search of interesting forage. Identifying marks may include twigs in hair, scratched forearms, mysteriously bulging pockets, stained hands, and a tendency to talk to shrubbery.
@Suburbanstoneage4 жыл бұрын
@@SallyPointer oh my gosh, that description is perfect, right down to the twigs in hair! I think I've found my species. Also known to have mud smacks on cheeks and clothing, and pockets full of pretty and interesting seeds and rocks found whilst out in the weeds.
@magnuswootton6181 Жыл бұрын
the speed that wild grass grows, youd think there would be never ending hay on the ground everywhere!!!
@russeljoybasindanan9365 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot this really helps me out alot especially in the novel im writing
@dr.lexwinter86044 жыл бұрын
0:15 'Of course what we perceive of as being the outdoor natural world today isn't, is it, it's is a human construct.' And has been since the neolithic era, many tens of thousands of years ago. Every forest maintained by fire and axe, every field removed of stones and stumps. This is the outdoor natural world, as we are part of nature.
@delldell214 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately i think we've been a bit of a victim of our own success in that regard, mono cultures and the decimation of the natural world for example. :/
@Hamespun4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sally, really enjoyed that. K
@henrifischer11192 жыл бұрын
if you want use one of those stored and very dry bunches of fiber, do you (partially) hydrate them first?
@SallyPointer2 жыл бұрын
Just barely dampen them, I usually either run them under the tap or dip them in water briefly, then wrap in a cloth until needed.
@joy_geulon4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful here! What country you live?
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
I'm in the UK, most of my videos are filmed in Herefordshire
@kellydolan9717 Жыл бұрын
In late summer getting into fall like September is it better to rett nettles a bit to make getting the fiber easier?
@SallyPointer Жыл бұрын
You could definitely try it. I've stopped picking for my methods now, but a trial ret of a bundle of stalks is worth trying to see if they are still good in your area
@kellydolan9717 Жыл бұрын
@@SallyPointer I would love to try it but here in high dry Colorado there are not many naturalized patches of nettle. I am going to find out how well they do here because they are sold at garden stores.
@Yorkshiremadmick4 жыл бұрын
WOW Never realised that your legs were so LONG Great Video 👍🏻🙏🏻👍🏻
@Timmyjg20042 ай бұрын
What happens when it fully drys and it’s more brittle after it’s been make into cordage
@SallyPointer2 ай бұрын
Same answer as in the other post, mature fibre shouldn't be brittle
@jeremy1732254 жыл бұрын
Hey ma'am, I've got a question if you don't mind. Can you split fibers (i.e. nettles) let them dry unscraped and then soak them to scrape later?
@SallyPointer4 жыл бұрын
I think it's easier to just keep going from that point with rolling between the palms, running over a blunt (ish) edge and generally breaking down the bonds. It never seems to scrape as well as it does when fresh, but definitely worth trying both ways and see what works best for you!
@jeremy1732254 жыл бұрын
@@SallyPointer So you can get similar results processing dry fibers? I'm still figuring all this out. I've got plenty of time to collect during the day, but the processing has to wait some times and they usually dry out by the time I get to them.
@Yirggzmb4 жыл бұрын
@@jeremy173225 My first foray into foraged fibers was with some okra stalks from my parents' garden. Due to circumstances (ie, forgetting about them) by the time I got around to processing, they were bone dry. Stripped the inner core out, and then got the bulk of the bark off by rubbing bits of the bundle between my hands until I was more or less down to just fiber. So you can definitely get decent fiber from dry materials. I just recommend wearing a mask, as dust flew in every direction as I worked.
@sophievautour85737 ай бұрын
I need to find fibres for twining but it is winter and I find them quite brittle...I wonder if you have tricks, like soaking them in water...? Thanks!
@SallyPointer7 ай бұрын
It's always worth collecting when fibres are at their peak. Some regions do get winter retted fibre, but usually they are pretty cold and dry, it's almost never any good round here where we are fairly wet.
@sophievautour85737 ай бұрын
@@SallyPointer Humm! I think I will explore with stripping bark! Winter is the season when the sap is down. I wonder if neolithics also did this.. Anyway many cultures stripped cedar and willow for basketry...
@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805 Жыл бұрын
Once when I collected nettles I accidentally left them in a plastic bag. I just told myself the bag was open so they could dry out.... When I came back to them they had transformed into a green goo :/
@SallyPointer Жыл бұрын
Oops!
@ateliermailart33713 жыл бұрын
Hi Sally, thank you for your video. Could you write in the information section of the video the name of your plants, because I am French and I do not understand the name of them? Thank you and best regards. Have a perfect day. ☀️
@SallyPointer3 жыл бұрын
Did I not put the botanical names in the video itself? that's unlike me. Sorry about that, will update in due course. It's just Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Burdock (arctium lappa) and nettle (urtica dioica) in this one, nothing unusual.