How To Make A Ocean Plait Rope Mat

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How to make a ocean plait rope mat.

Ocean plait mats make excellent hot pads cushion covers door mats you name it. I provide photos and step by step but the animated knots version is definitely superior. What we ll be demonstrating today is the method described in the ashley book of knots page 362 2243 which as many of you may know is the bible of knot tying and a book that s definitely worth adding to your library. We will start with an overhand knot.

A knife preferably a hot knife but it doesn t matter too much to cut the rope. The tightness of the original knot determines the number of additional. It looks similar to the ocean plait mat but it is a longer mat. Thread the same a similar colour to your rope.

To make an ocean plait mat you will need. For this project you will need to first pick your rope. Start by making a loop. Each mat starts with an overhand knot and can be lengthened merely by using longer loops and crossing them over each other again.

I learned how to tie this knot by using the guide at animated knots and got my initial inspiration for this from a blog post by stormdrane from 2007. Let s make an ocean plait mat. For a 3 pass version i used up about 7 feet of cord. The mat was made using 1 4 inch 6 mm hemp rope.

Four complete turns are shown in the animation. I used paracord 550 which produces a nice small decorative mat. Pull the left cord through the loop. The ocean plait mat abok 2243 p.

I used 24 feet 7 3 meters of rope to make a 3 pass version of the mat. 362 is a member of a large family of symmetrical mats made by weaving the ends. In this video i show you how to tie the ocean plait mat which is one of the most popular rope mats out there.