How To Make A Ocean Plait Rope Mat

Pull the left cord through the loop.

How to make a ocean plait rope mat.

Start by making a loop. Ocean plait mats make excellent hot pads cushion covers door mats you name it. The ocean plait mat abok 2243 p. I used paracord 550 which produces a nice small decorative mat.

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. I provide photos and step by step but the animated knots version is definitely superior. I used 24 feet 7 3 meters of rope to make a 3 pass version of the mat. A knife preferably a hot knife but it doesn t matter too much to cut the rope.

It looks similar to the ocean plait mat but it is a longer mat. Let s make an ocean plait mat. Ocean plait mat tutorial. For a 3 pass version i used up about 7 feet of cord.

About 8 2m of rope with roughly a 10mm diameter. Thread the same a similar colour to your rope. In this video i show you how to tie the ocean plait mat which is one of the most popular rope mats out there. 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.

For this project you will need to first pick your rope. Each mat starts with an overhand knot and can be lengthened merely by using longer loops and crossing them over each other again. To make an ocean plait mat you will need. 362 is a member of a large family of symmetrical mats made by weaving the ends.

The tightness of the original knot determines the number of additional. We will start with an overhand knot. The possibilities for these are endless.