• cordage methodology [ identification ; harvest ; hand-twist & leg-roll methods; splicing ;anti-fraying; firing ; maintenance / repair ]
• cordage testing [ strong , durable , can fold over on itself]
• cordage styles [ threads , laces , lashes , cords , ropes ; dynamic v. static rope]
• cordage material [ plant stalks , leaves , roots , vines , bark ; hide , sinew , intestines , hair ]
• natural cordage example fibers [ dogbane ( bast ); milkweed ; New Zealand flax ; nettles ; hemp ; flax ( leaves ); cattail ; yucca ; agave ; douglas iris ; willow ( bark ); maple; basswood ; cedar; leather root ( root ); spruce ( root ); beach lupine ; tule (whole stem ); straw ; juncus ]
• tying [ knots ; loops ; ladders ; hitches ; securing; binding & fastening ; shortening ; nets ; lasso ; climbing knots ; lashing & frapping]
• essential knots [ bowline ; power cinch knot ; square knot ; sheet bend ; lark's head ; slipknot ; prussic loop ; self-tensioner; Canadian jam knot ; water knot]
• essential hitches [trucker's hitch ; taut-line hitch; clove hitch ; half hitch ; timber hitch;two half hitches ]
• essential lashes [transom knot]
• rope-tossing
• natural glue examples [e.g. pine & birch pitch ; gum ; resin ; bark ; hide ; hoof ; horn; cartilage ; mixing w/ fat , charcoal / ashes , veg*n scat ]
• pitch-sticks [ making & using]
• earth concrete [ bone shavings, sand , pine sap ]
• primitive vise