Climbing Rope Mat Pattern

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.

Climbing rope mat pattern.

Small rope mats make excellent tablemats and hot pads. 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. Make sure you don t pull it too tight. Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug.

Pat the mat down with your palms so that it lays flat. 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. When you re finished it ll look something like this. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray.

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. 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. Send me your old climbing rope and ill weave you a rug in the pattern above. Ashley provides a huge selection of designs some of which are very elaborate with many crossings.

Using a sharpie i drew a diamond grid that teh rope will follow while creating a mat. In order to fit larger size rope as well as small i made the diamond grid 3 holes on each side. I drew a border around the outside to remind myself to leave room for screws and such. Ensure that the ropes lie next to each other not on.

If you like my video please hit like and subscribe if you d li. There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find. Any activity that involves ropes is potentially hazardous.