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Four half-hitch Mat Mat had a total of seven bights around the outside.
Now for a mat of four Half Hitches. Reviewing the The Three-Hitch Mat had nine outer bights. This
patterns above you can see that for every Half Hitch means that our Four-Hitch Mat should have eleven
after the first we add two bights to the perimeter. bights on its perimeter. Again, take note of the two
We started with a Single-Hitch Mat, which has triangular-shaped crossings and the square crossing
five bights around the perimeter. The Two-Hitch between them, just as for the Two-Half-Hitch Mat.

1 beneath the right edge of the far left loop, as in 5 – turn back on itself anti-clockwise and pass
Form three half hitches anti-clockwise and under-
hand and tuck the left edge of the far right loop
over, under, over, under…
Stage 1 of the three half-hitch Mat…

2 – form a fourth half hitch, again anti-clockwise 6 – cross under itself,

and underhand, and pass the loop over, under,
then pass over, under,
over…
over, under…

3 – pass the left cord over, under, over, under to

make a turned-back clockwise loop…

4 – then pass 7 – turn back on itself again and go anti-clockwise,
splitting the ladder over, under, over, under, over
through the centre of the first turned-back loop
it under, over,
(from Stage 3).
under, over,
aiming down
and to the
right…