Cut up phrag leaves into 1" pieces. Soaked them in water for a week (give or take)
Boiled phrag in water with two and a half tablespoons of washing soda (soda added while phrag was already in water)
Boiled for an hour until phrag was dark in colour and slightly limp. I stopped at about an hour mark because I was scared to over-boil.
Rinsed the phrag until water ran as clear as it could
Blended prag with some tap water in blender to form pulp
Distributed phrag pulp into tub of water
Used screen to "paper-make" - shallow side kept forcing itself up so it didn't work. deep side worked, but caused paper to stick to the screen- even after drying, it came out in pieces