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Ok first off I find a branch, the main things I was looking for are the angles and the secondary branch that will create the fork that rests against the post. something like this is perfect:
What's not clear is the lower of the three forks has another fork in it on the vertical plane. Next up I trim the branch down so I have two pieces to work with:
Then with a knife I flatten one side of each branch so they will lie together snugly IMPORTANT BIT is to be sure that when the branches lie together flat sides together is that you make sure you have two opposing forks one pointing each way and parallel to each other:
Bad photo cos they aren't positioned right hopefully the close up makes it clearer. You should also be able to see that I have created an opposing notch to help hold things in place:
then comes the tricky bit of binding. First off I take a bight (fold) of line and lay it along the branches:
binding back up along the bight I try to keep the binding as tight as I can till I'm left with a short tail at either end of the wrap:
then I thread the wrapped end through the end of the original loop and pull the other tail tight so the loop and tail get drawn under the wrapping:
if that all went to plan then once you've driven a decent post into the ground next to your fire , you have your very own fully adjustable pot hanger :
After making my original one I tried a second method which used a loop of hazel instead of a fork I found that the forked version seems to actually 'grip' the post a little better. That time I made it by splitting the branch back then twisting and bending to form the loop, which is held in place by the same binding:
Written by: Dave Roderick.
