Lime Bast Rope from sap Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 24 sec
✓ Published: 15-Dec-2016

Description:
Making a rope from lime bast, the way it's been done for over a thousand years in Norway.nnRopemaker Ingunn Undrum and boatbuilding apprentice Dennis Bayer head out to harvest the bark of lime trees (linden tree), in the spring when the sap is rising.nThe paper thin layers of bast are glued together, and need to soak for a long time in the sea to seperate. The water in the Hardanger fjord is cold even during summer, so the bark is soaking until fall, for 3-4 months.nRopemaker Sarah Sjøgreen lay