Baling twine has many uses around the barn and pasture. You can use it as a tie for various projects such as tying feed buckets to walls, or fans or jollyballs to rafters. It is good for tying stall guards and tying down tarps. Baling twine is also useful to cordon off muddy pastures in spring, make handles for the ends of electric fencing and create pulls for light switches and loft stairs. With twine and imagination, there are countless possibilities for this area of the farm.
When an emergency arises, baling twine can create a makeshift halter or lead rope. Temporarily fix broken latches, halters, bridals and rains. Other emergency uses include cinching your jeans, replacing broken blanket straps, making a grab strap for beginning lesson takers, making anti-grazing reins or replacing broken bootlaces.
Imaginative uses are numerous and include weaving the twine into a belt, dog leash, a halter or lead rope; making a hammock; creating macramé pot hangers; braiding into tail strings for blankets; and making a grooming whisk. One imaginative use is to braid into a sparse tail and use as a fly swatter.
Crocheting or weaving with the twine offers numerous possibilities for the use of twine outside, around the barn as well as inside the home. Some crafts ideas for baling twine include rugs for the kitchen, mats for the porch, placemats and even baskets and teddy bears.