🪨 First Tools
Sharp edges, string, knots, and handles — the small things every other craft is built on.
Make sharp tools from stone
Break the right rocks the right way to get cutting edges, scrapers, and hammers.
Make needles and hooks from bone
Split and grind bones into needles, fish hooks, and hole-pokers that stone cannot match.
Twist plants into string and rope
Roll and twist bark, nettle, or grass fibers into cord strong enough to trust your work to.
Tie knots and lashings that hold
Learn a small set of knots for tying things down, binding poles into frames, and hanging things up.
Weave a basket
Bend fresh green shoots over and under each other until they hold a shape that carries things.
Carve wooden tools
Use your stone edge to make a digging stick, a mallet, a spoon, and pegs.
Put a handle on a stone head
Notch, lash, and wedge a stone blade onto a wooden handle to make an axe you can really swing.
Sharpen and care for your tools
Grind edges on a wet stone and keep wood and cord dry so your tools outlast the seasons.