I recently retired an old climbing rope, but didn't want to throw it away. Old climbing ropes can be used for plenty of things. Just not climbing. I started looking around and found rope rugs. Fortunately for me my friends Mark and Stacy had already done all the leg work, and posted the info on Mountain Project.
I built a peg board, and got started. Elsie was there to lend a hand if I needed it. Here is the first pass.
Second pass complete.
Third pass. The rug is starting to take shape. A 60 meter climbing rope is 196+ feet long. As the weave gets more crowded it is getting harder to pull the rope through.
Finally finished pulling the rope. Not much rope left over. All I have left to do is figure out how to tighten up the weave a little bit, and sew the ends together. It was physically much harder than I had imagined. Once you have the first pass complete the brain work is done, but I did have to pay close attention to avoid any mistakes.
I built a peg board, and got started. Elsie was there to lend a hand if I needed it. Here is the first pass.
Second pass complete.
Third pass. The rug is starting to take shape. A 60 meter climbing rope is 196+ feet long. As the weave gets more crowded it is getting harder to pull the rope through.
Finally finished pulling the rope. Not much rope left over. All I have left to do is figure out how to tighten up the weave a little bit, and sew the ends together. It was physically much harder than I had imagined. Once you have the first pass complete the brain work is done, but I did have to pay close attention to avoid any mistakes.
6 comments:
Looks great!
Will you allow yourself to actually step on it? I'm sure there are lots of great memories made on that rope. That is a good way to help preserve them.
Nice Thanksgiving song choice.
Brett, funny you should mention not stepping on the rope. Meagan mentioned it on FB too. I finished it last night, and it looks much better. I'll post a picture.
Glad you liked and got the music pick for Thanksgiving. One of two of the best songs from Iron Maiden.
I think I remember this rope from JT. It served us well then and I'm glad to see you found a better end for it than the trash can.
I'm not sure when I can make it back out, but I'd really love to climb with you again soon!
Thanks Dave. It is the rope from the April J-Tree trip. In fact I retired it at J-Tree in October. Fitting I thought, and it has so many good memories tied to it I wanted to keep it around.
I'm always up for another trip to J-Tree. See you there.
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