Hi All,
I am new to using natural rush and grossly underestimated how much I would need to weave a small bench/cat bed I built. I am about halfway through and am out of cattails. I am thinking of just buying some pre-twisted natural rush and continuing on but am wondering if there is anything wrong with that approach other than mismatching rush. My cat is probably going to rip a hole in this immediately anyway so that may be the least of my concerns...
It would definitely look different...but if you want to call it a practice piece so kitty can sit on it...go for it! You can take it apart next year. I'm guessing 6/32 pretwist is close to what you have
For further context, I harvested in September, but just started working on it now in November and all my local cattails are brown and withered. So I would probably need to wait until next fall to harvest more.