Small rope mats make excellent tablemats and hot pads.
Climbing rope mat pattern.
In order to fit larger size rope as well as small i made the diamond grid 3 holes on each side.
Make sure you don t pull it too tight.
What you will need for your rope mat 40 m of old climbing rope or two 20 m ropes a wooden board of 75 x 65 cm a hammer 18 nails at least 5 cm of length a rope cutter borrow one from your local dealer or climbing gym in din.
When you re finished it ll look something like this.
I drew a border around the outside to remind myself to leave room for screws and such.
Send me your old climbing rope and ill weave you a rug in the pattern above.
Using a sharpie i drew a diamond grid that teh rope will follow while creating a mat.
I ve seen this thing referred to as an ocean mat a prolong knot a ladder mat and a sailor s true love mat whatever you want to call it it s a noble expression of the manly art of knot tying and this tutorial at the uk s scullion enterprises will show you how it s done.
Ensure that the ropes lie next to each other not on.
Weave the fifth and final round by simply following the rope around the circuit as before.
Ashley provides a huge selection of designs some of which are very elaborate with many crossings.
There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find.
Pat the mat down with your palms so that it lays flat.
The rope should be at least 50m 150ft in length if you want 3 passes blue rug if less than 50m i can still use the pattern above but with 2 passes pink.
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Any activity that involves ropes is potentially hazardous.
Follow this step by step tutorial video to learn how to make a climbing rope rug using the ocean plait method and a retired climbing rope.
Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug.
Make your own rope mat the step by step guide features a detailed video walkthrough presented by the lovely heather as well as text based instructions a printable pdf rope mat template and a list of all the materials required.