Next, add the ground weed to the paper. Use your left hand (or right, depending on which you’re using to hold the paper) to smooth out the weed in the paper until it’s nice and even. The shape of the weed now will determine the final shape of your joint, so make sure it looks how you want it to at this stage.
Here’s where it starts to get tricky – the next step is to pinch the two sides of the paper over the weed contained within, and carefully roll it back and forth until the ground flower is formed into a tube shape. This is where your joint really takes form.
Next, the hardest part of all – colloquially known as “The Tuck” (ok, I just made that name up), the goal of this step is to tuck the edge of the paper without glue into the crevice between the shaped tube of weed and the far edge of the paper. I wish I could tell you that there’s a silver bullet solution for this step, but it just takes a bit of practice to get it right. If you’re really struggling, you can use a credit card to help tuck it in – just use the corner of the card to tuck the edges together.
Once you’ve got your paper tucked, all you’ve gotta do is roll it up – use a firm grip to keep the consistency and shape of the joint, roll it up, lick the sticky, and finish rolling to seal it.
If you’re using a filter, now’s the time to push in that remaining ¼”, firming up the base of the joint. Some people prefer to add the filter after rolling, rather than rolling with a filter in – if that’s you, now’s the time to add your filter.
That’s it – you’re done! You’ve just rolled a joint from scratch! Let it dry for a minute, then spark it up – you’ve earned it.
