Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Netting shuttles or needles and associated gauge sticks can be traced back into prehistory. One unusually shaped version is associated with the Neolithic and early Bronze Age in Europe. I'm making a version out of red deer antler and testing it on some stinging nettle cordage.

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