Plying Ramie Fibers into Thread, Echigo Jōfu

Making ramie threads sometimes as fine as a human hair by twisting fibers end to end.
The ends of these fibers are not knotted but instead twisted end-to-end into a plied joint. As in twisting a rope, the counteraction of a z-twist in the individual elements of the joint and an s-twist twining these two elements together are used to create a joint that does not pull apart.