Stuffing and Threading

The celebration over the last bale installed was short lived as there was still plenty to do to be ready for the plastering. We still needed to stuff the seams between bales, pin chicken wire up, and then stitch the bales together.

Stitching, a two person job.  Jan and Heather work well together

In this case the size of the needle really does matter

Here we see a gap in the straw that needs filling. Gaps like these became known as black holes. So much straw disappears into them

The handmade straw stuffer in action

Our friend Nicole stuffing straw in the foreground and Chris prepping flashing in the background