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Snake Weave

The Snake Weave is effectively a Box Knot stretched out
through the same weaving techniques used to make belts or
even straw hats or common braid. Clean and complex
looking, the Snake Weave is primarily utilized in the
creation of the Rope Panty.

Rope length: Any length
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Rope diameter: / 4 inch to / 2 inch

1 2 3 4

Starting from the end of a Along the desired length of Rotate the rope on the left- Then, rotate the rope on the
long outstretched bight of your piece, make equal- hand side back toward the right-hand side back toward
rope, twist the right-hand sized openings by twisted bight and lay it the twisted bight, weaving it
side of the bight over the crisscrossing the left-side diagonally atop the adjacent under both edges of the
left-hand side to create a rope over (and the right-side O loop, making sure to adjacent loop, but over the
loop that looks like a U over rope under), to form cross both the left and right rope that crosses between.
an O shape. successive twists. of the loop.

5 6 7 DONE

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 above weave both ends of the all the way back to the first successfully completing the
until you… ropes… loop at the end, Snake Weave!

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