Oh yes, I see. The withe usage additions seem to have lured into [patchwise] crafting, now picking wrong formula for tying equipment requirements.
For a "kind of a fix" (only to save cordage) this can be eased by removing lenght requirement for cords arrow section of diy_glossary.txt as follows: (replace red line with green one)
However, even after this it still needs cutting cords in pieces manually beforehand.
.Arrow. [effort:1] [phys:hands,one-armed] *CARPENTRY* /30/ [patch:5]
{Branch} [remove] [patchwise] [noquality]
{Knife}
{Feather} (3) [remove] [patchwise] [noquality]
{Cord} =1= [remove] [patchwise]
{Cord} [remove] [patchwise]
{Rock} [remove] [patchwise] [noquality]