Here’s a great little project to do that will help you out when you want to get a fire going, especially if it’s a bit wet in the woods and you’re feeling a chill, or you want to get the coffee on the go and you need your kindling burning so you can get some heat into the coffee pot.
Make sure that you site your fire in a good spot where you’re not going to set the local area on fire and also make sure that you clear up after yourself, leave no trace is very important with fires as they can scar the land.
Here’s a little how-to from Woodswalker of Bushcraft UK on how to create some great little firestarters, these are good for getting the fire going out in the woods but also strike me as a great environmentally friendly idea for getting your wood stoves at home going in the winter.
I know I’m going to get some made and stored away.
I came across this idea when I was messing about with some birchbark. They make excellent firelighters for their size/burn time ratio and could with a bit of ingenuity be primed to take a spark.
Now this part is the middle and on either side, you must tie four strand crown knots. Sounds complex but really all you must do is loop and trap each of the four strands under the adjacent one.
Perhaps researching the knot may help at this point if you are stuck.
Some of the tightly woven ones have lasted a long time with a consistent flame and are excellent as fire starter after igniting something with a fire steel. You probably could weave it a different way, but this is quite simple.
Have fun,
Woodwalker
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