Our climbing rope rug (pic-heavy instructions included)
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We recently retired a climbing rope and decided to make a rug out of it. After Googling for the beta, doing our own analysis, and getting a workout pulling rope through weave, we now have an 2 1/3' x 1 3/4' quadruple-weave rug from a retired 10.2mm x 60m climbing rope: |
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Nice work you guys it looks great. Thanks for the pics as I have always wondered how it was done. Next time call me as I think I can get at least another year out of your rope and then I will be happy to give it back for you to reuse. |
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Eric Rhicard wrote:Nice work you guys it looks great. Thanks for the pics as I have always wondered how it was done. Next time call me as I think I can get at least another year out of your rope and then I will be happy to give it back for you to reuse.Eric, you beat me to it. =) Stacy, thanks for the time and effort documenting this; great job! I have a couple that are ready to begin their lives as doormats. How close would you say that is to 10m you have left? Both my potential candidates are 50m. |
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I have made 11 rugs for family and friends. You can see pictures at: greg-hand.com/rugs/ . I only do 3 passes as the 4th seems too tight. Each pass takes about 40 feet of rope for the size I make. Plus, you can use multiple ropes of contrasting colors. I even made one from remnants of 5 ropes. Once you have your pegboard made, it takes about 1 hour to weave. |
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Daryl Allan wrote: How close would you say that is to 10m you have left? Both my potential candidates are 50m.Daryl, we measured 11.5' (3.5m) left of rope. Sorry! I guess that means you'd be limited to a triple-weave rug. You can see the triple-weave stage photo; you can either leave it that loose (which isn't bad) or tighten it up and end up with a smaller rug. BTW, Tucson-area folks are welcome to borrow our peg-board! You've made some really beautiful rugs Greg! - Stacy |
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Thanks again Stacy. Greg, are the pegs on your board at the same intervals or shorter for a three pass? |
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Eric Rhicard wrote:Next time call me as I think I can get at least another year out of your rope and then I will be happy to give it back for you to reuse.When our friends began to decline to climb on our rope, I thought it was due to the multiple soft spots they commented on while belaying or those whippers they watched me take. Now I realize it could be that my new deodorant aint making it. That would explain some of the facial expressions too. -Mark |
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Wow! That is the most elaborate rope rug I have ever seen. Well done. In my opinion that rope did need to be retired. But, EFR you probably would have used it for another 3 years (until someone borrows it and gives it back to you with a core shot, sorry). |
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SWEET! How long did it take you to do that? I had a book years ago that showed how to do it, but in my move i lost it. |
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Really nice job on the rug! |
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Harold Lampasso wrote:How long did it take you to do that?It seemed like it took a long time (several hours in all, over the course of 3 days). But that is mostly because this was our first one, and we had procedural things to work out. I think the weaving itself took about 2 hours; I think it could be done in less time next time. One thing I forgot to mention is that we washed the rope beforehand. |
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Thanks for posting this. I needed some guidance on constructing my rope rug and found your post. I replicated the peg board and the rug came out perfectly!! |
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I'm guessing the 30" dimension in the peg board is wrong. It's probably supposed to be 29" since the peg board looks symmetrical in the photo. I'm going to try 29"... |
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Actually, looking at it again it looks like the 18", 22", 26", and 27.5" measurements are wrong. They should be 19", 23", 27", and 28.5", no? |
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I used the same instructions with the same board. It is a long process, drinking near the end is a real possibility if not a necessity. The pic.s below show a "two rope" weave using the same procedure. |
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Thank you for the detailed instructions. I was disturbed by the lack of symmetry in the peg board dimensions so I changed the dimensions as I described above (from 18", 22", 26", and 27.5" to 19", 23", 27", and 28.5"). I ended up with a nice rug measuring 74cm x 55cm. I used almost all of a 60m rope -- maybe there were two meters left. Instead of cutting it I was able to weave the extra into the rug. Maybe you can see where I have five strands together in a couple places. The weave doesn't look as tight as in some of the other photos I've seen. Because I didn't pull the rope tight? Or because my rope was thinner? (I don't know the width, but it looks pretty close to the 9.8mm rope that I recently bought to replace this one.) Or because I changed the dimensions? I don't think so. Anyway, I'm quite happy with it. |
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Thank you Mark and Stacy for the instructions. I followed them closely, only changing the peg board dimensions for symmetry (like Bryan did above). I used a 60m 9mm rope and had about 5m left after weaving it tight. It took quite a few hours to do this, but it was worth it. I can’t think of a more honorable way to retire an old climbing rope. |
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I’ve made a few of these rugs now as gifts and after the first two I decided it was much easier to draw the pattern on the board as a reference. In my opinion this is better then constantly looking back at the screen to make sure you have the correct weave pattern. This will also save you a ton of time. Also I drew a little arch around the nails that need a little more slack because the first pass of rope is on the outside of the bend. This prevents the rope from bunching up around the bends.null |
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Very cool! A bigger rug would have more usefulness. Maybe somehow 2 ropes? Super cool project! |
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This is great! Thanks for posting this you guys. Appreciate the detail (wouldn't expect anything else from you!) and easy to follow guide. |