The Many Uses of Twine

Twine. It's that string-like stuff that holds haybales together. It's almost as useful as duct tape, although not nearly as trendy.

Martha Stewart suggests using twine for things such as:

• Cutting a cake if you don't have a knife
• Knitting and crochet projects
• As a necklace
• As dental floss

Now, I don't know how many times you've used twine for such things, but I have never cut a cake with it, I have no idea how to knit, even us country girls don't use twine for necklaces, and good lord I would never use it as floss, knowing where our twine has been. (Ironically, baling hay was number 36 on Martha's list of 50 Uses for Twine.)

We use twine for things like:

• Emergency belts (and I mean EMERGENCY)
• Makeshift repairs until someone can get around to fixing whatever it is
• Leash or lead rope for loose animals
• Tying it in a rope to drag heavy things

I realize many of you don't have twine just lying around, but in any case you do, (maybe you have a Martha in the family) you can probably find more useful ways to use it.