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Ocean mat or ocean plait: even a simple ocean mat, such as the one we have illustrated and described
below, requires a great deal of cordage to complete the plait.

Begin by forming two bights in the centre of the rope (figure 96.1) and twist both bights

anticlockwise before crossing the crowns of the bights, left-hand sided bight over right-hand sided
bight (figure 96.2). Now you can take the ends diagonally down from top to bottom through the centre
of the bight. The top right end is first reeved under one, over two, under one, then the other end is
reeved over one, under one, over one, under one, over one (figure 96.3). All that remains to be done

now is to follow the pattern around one end at a time, working each from bottom to top then from top
to bottom. After three circuits the whole can be worked tight, the ends cut off and hidden under the
mat.

figure 96.1