How To Make A Ocean Plait Rope Mat

For this project you will need to first pick your rope.

How to make a ocean plait rope mat.

Pull the left cord through the loop. About 8 2m of rope with roughly a 10mm diameter. Ocean plait mat tutorial. To make an ocean plait mat you will need.

This mat works great under hot dishes right ou. Ocean plait mats make excellent hot pads cushion covers door mats you name it. In this video i show you how to tie the ocean plait mat which is one of the most popular rope mats out there. The possibilities for these are endless.

For a 3 pass version i used up about 7 feet of cord. 362 is a member of a large family of symmetrical mats made by weaving the ends. I used paracord 550 which produces a nice small decorative mat. Four complete turns are shown in the animation.

We will start with an overhand knot. Each mat starts with an overhand knot and can be lengthened merely by using longer loops and crossing them over each other again. Start by making a loop. A knife preferably a hot knife but it doesn t matter too much to cut the rope.

The mat was made using 1 4 inch 6 mm hemp rope. Let s make an ocean plait mat. It looks similar to the ocean plait mat but it is a longer mat. I used 24 feet 7 3 meters of rope to make a 3 pass version of the mat.

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. The tightness of the original knot determines the number of additional.