Buff your chosen tinder material between your hands, in the same way you would scrub socks by hand, to expose its finer fibres and help it catch a spark more easily.
As you tend your fire, remember that the type and size of wood affects how hot and quickly it burns, and that wood left in the round burns slower and hotter than split wood.
Position your length of roundwood on a wood block so the cut will open up under gravity as you saw.
Hold the workpiece in your non dominant hand and the knife in your dominant hand in a fist grip.
Identify the nuts or berries you want to gather, using a field guide to confirm the species with confidence before picking or eating anything.
Wearing gloves, pick young nettle tops, avoiding any with caterpillars.
Forage or purchase your chosen dye plant material, correctly identifying it and harvesting sustainably to allow for regeneration.
Cross cut a thumb thickness piece of wood to make the bow, roughly shoulder to fingertip in length.
Cut the top sixty to one hundred centimetres of a spruce or fir tree, including enough length for a handle.
Mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and salt, then add the water gradually to make a dry dough.