Preparing the rope…
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- 1
Leave a tail
Allow enough rope for three sets of three turns. This view leaves the center empty.
- 2
Start the first set
Wrap the first turn around the open center.
- 3
Make three parallel turns
Lay the first three turns side by side.
- 4
Turn across the first set
Start a second set at right angles, going around the outside of the first.
- 5
Complete the second set
Make three turns across the first band.
- 6
Weave the third set
Pass inside the first turns and outside the second turns.
- 7
Complete three final turns
Follow the same inside-and-outside route three times.
- 8
Leave the finishing end
Bring the tail clear of the third group and leave enough rope for gradual dressing.
- 9
Work out the slack
Follow the rope through all nine turns, taking up slack gradually. Keep the three groups aligned around the empty center.