Weaving Grass Mats

Camouflage mats for blinds can be easily made from local materials at virtually no cost.

Weaving grass mats.

My videos cover bushcraft wilderness survival. Today i show you how to make a woven cattail mat that i am going to use for sun drying wild cherries. Steps to weaving a cattail mat 1. See map below see map below firstly the the papyrus grass needs to be planted cultivated and harvested this is done in commercial quantities in places like bang sa kao however it is common to see papyrus growing in the yards of houses in many villages.

About mcq bushcraft wilderness life. Weaving the mat is best done with two people one person doing the job of raising and lowering the warp threads and the second person inserting and battening the grass or filling yarn. Trim the bottom port. Check out the video and see how it s done let s get creative this morning.

Today s lil explorers challenge is weaving grass mats. China automatic jacquard weaving machine jacquard loom tatami grass mats machine polypropylene matting plastic making machines mat production manufacturing line warping machine pp extruder extrusion line plastic. If you want to see people weaving grass mats on a larger scale one of the best places is in the village of bang sa kao in the chanthaburi province. Start by raising the warp threads this creates a space called a shed the vertical space created between the raised and unraised warp threads.

These will last for several years if cared for properly. These come from slough grass beckmannia syzigachne i cut an area about 10 x 20 with a weed whip.