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81 This is one mat which is not 'followed around' and
therefore can be made to any predetermined size. Two
turned bights are laid down, Fig 1 (the longest and
Ocean Mat, uppermost determining the diagonal size of the mat), the
second bight having been dipped under the standing part
Square The top part only of this second bight, mainta ined in an
of the first.
elongated shape is dipped over/under and interlaced with
the first bight, Fig 2. once again leaving two standing
parts. The next move holds good for all further movements
prior to the reeving of the bights,
The left-hand standing part is taken under the right-hand
standing part and twisted anti-clockwise, Fig 3, before
being reeved up through the mat, Figs 4 and 5, and finally
elongated top and bottom, Fig 6. This is continued, the
elongations becoming progressively shorter as the mat is
infilled from diagonally opposite corners towards the
middle (the opposite diagonal). Figs 7. 8 and 9.
Finally, the one end is taken under the remaining standing
part, Fig 10, and reeved up to the opposite corner,
completing the fina l diagonal and the finished mat, Fig 11 .