How To Make A Ocean Plait Rope Mat

Four complete turns are shown in the animation.

How to make a ocean plait rope 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. About 8 2m of rope with roughly a 10mm diameter. I provide photos and step by step but the animated knots version is definitely superior. I used paracord 550 which produces a nice small decorative mat.

Ocean plait mat tutorial. In this video i show you how to tie the ocean plait mat which is one of the most popular rope mats out there. This mat works great under hot dishes right ou. For this project you will need to first pick your rope.

The possibilities for these are endless. Thread the same a similar colour to your rope. Let s make an ocean plait mat. Each mat starts with an overhand knot and can be lengthened merely by using longer loops and crossing them over each other again.

We will start with an overhand knot. Pull the left cord through the loop. A knife preferably a hot knife but it doesn t matter too much to cut the rope. 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.

362 is a member of a large family of symmetrical mats made by weaving the ends. Ocean plait mats make excellent hot pads cushion covers door mats you name it. The mat was made using 1 4 inch 6 mm hemp rope. Start by making a loop.

To make an ocean plait mat you will need. The ocean plait mat abok 2243 p. The tightness of the original knot determines the number of additional.