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You notice right away that though the details change from place to place, it's all made the same way. Twist it one direction, wrap it the other way.
| Country | Video | Link |
| American West | How the Cowboy Makes his Lariat 1917. Making hair rope with a spinner. |
https://youtu.be/CSUUsLeWYS8 |
| Australia | String Making. Hand twisting two-ply rope. |
https://youtu.be/reSdsm_W-G8 |
| Australia | The Urban-Abo Bushcraft: Cordage (Thigh-Rolling Nettle Fibers). Thigh rolling two-ply rope. |
https://youtu.be/FjvNVMVTqBg |
| Bangladesh | Hand twist jute rope making process, Bangladesh. |
https://youtu.be/CY9B5vdjzqk |
| Colombia | Apice: The Last Ropemakers Interesting bow-powered spindle. |
https://youtu.be/QhGKPt7Cq6Q |
| Ecuador | Creating trenzas (braided rope) from paja in Urbina, Ecuador Twisting single-ply straw rope with only a straight stick. |
https://youtu.be/yrGxs_LRve0 |
| England | Walter Lloyd Rope Making Making rope with a three hook Jack, with a reel, and by hand. |
https://youtu.be/TSXagKiAubE |
| England | Wyedean - Making Royal Horse Artillery Horse Leads Using a Rope Walk Three-ply ropemaking with simple power tools. |
https://youtu.be/LvObdzgpkD4 |
| India | Rope Indian Village People Making in Hand work |
https://youtu.be/om4aqRWeMhw |
| Ireland | Hay Rope Making Demonstration at Dún na Sí Heritage Park Single-ply straw ropemaking with a crank. |
https://youtu.be/-LZQstQ2dIY |
| Japan | Old Engines in Japan (Extra) 1925~1950s Straw Rope Making Machine Antique two-ply ropemaking machine. |
https://youtu.be/w8lIMAlHghQ |
| Japan | Old Japan - Making Rope by Hand Using palm twisting method. | https://youtu.be/hSQ03d2jgE0 |
| Lithuania | Rope making in Lithuania (1939) Using a reel and cranks. |
https://youtu.be/GAjbOGSCkBo |
| Mongolia | Camel Hair Rope Foal Halter (2009) Hand twisting two-ply hair rope. |
https://youtu.be/AwcgAm6Dc1k |
| Netherlands | A lost Craft - Traditional rope making Four-ply (shroud laid) rope on a small rope-walk. |
https://youtu.be/d53_S89owZg |
| Norway | Lime Bast Rope From tree to rope. |
https://vimeo.com/195692949/description |
| Norway | Making a four strand rope of tarred hemp 19th Century ropewalk. |
https://youtu.be/Bquft1_ezIs |
| Peru | Ancient Quechua tradition preserved in the Q'eswachaka Bridge (Andes, Peru) Making the famous Inca rope bridge. |
https://youtu.be/x8jw3EtNP-s |
| Scotland | Da Makkin O' a Keshie Two strand, hand twisted straw rope. |
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1127 |
| Spain | Cuerdas y sogas artesanas elaboradas con fibras vegetales Breaking, skutching, hatchelling, spinning, and laying rope. |
https://youtu.be/sfaLUi-qtnA |
| Sweden | The Rope Walk - Traditional Rope Making for a Swedish East India Ship. Another 19th Century ropewalk. |
https://youtu.be/bYR8Ocw-Fko |
| Switzerland | Bäuerliche Seilerei (1966) | Hanfseil-Herstellung auf einem Bauernhof in der Schweiz. Family farm ropemaking. |
https://youtu.be/E_LYRDi6Zsc |
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