retired Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 (edited) My first post here has me wanting something. As my name may imply I have a bit more time on my hands these days and have started to weave my old climbing ropes into floor mats. I've cleaned out my inventory and need more raw material. I would love a donation of your retired climbing rope and will weave you a rug from half of it ( I find 1/2 of a 60 meter rope is ther perfect size for a 1.5' x 3' mat) I live in the columbia gorge but get out to smith rock quite frequently to meet up. e-mail me if you may be intrested. Edited January 20, 2003 by retired Quote
rr666 Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Got any pictures of your rugs you can post? Quote
retired Posted January 20, 2003 Author Posted January 20, 2003 Very good idea, here is shot of 4 different ropes Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Very cool, do you sell em? Also, I like that tile floor...gonna do something similar to my cabin kitchen floor someday. Â Those rugs look like they'd bunch up and shiz. Could you glue them to a solid backer to hold their shape, or what? Quote
obsydian Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Can you post instructions on how to make one? Quote
erik Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 DO A GOOGLE SEARCH..I KNOW I HAVE SEEN A SITE THAT IS ALL ABOUT IT Â Â Quote
retired Posted January 20, 2003 Author Posted January 20, 2003 thanks for the good comments. I'm thinking more of giving them to freinds and family and less about selling them. The key to the weave is the carrick bend. I found a book on decorative knots that showed the basic weave layout but there was very little on the internet. what is hard is figuring out how large to start the layout and keeping everything straight during the process. I thought people might like the mat from there own rope since the memories are part of the whole deal, and what do you do with an old rope anyway? Quote
obsydian Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 post the url if you find it, I looked about 15 minutes and didn't find anything, looks like the library is the next stop Quote
icegirl Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 you can find the carrick bend in any "knots for sailing" books... Â Very nice rugs! Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I use old ropes for my boats and hauling stolen Wherehauser logs at night. Quote
Dru Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I dontretire ropes. I use them till they are dangerous then leave them fixed on uncompleted mountain projects a la Beckey in the 60s. Quote
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