How to Make Homemade Rope

Imagine you are on an airplane flying over the Atlantic Ocean, when all of a sudden your plane starts to do a nose dive right into the ocean, and you black out. When you wake up you are laying on a beach. You need to build a lean-to for shelter but you don’t have any rope to tie the sticks together. While this scenario may be one you'll never encounter, knowing how to make rope may be a nice skill to have.

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 Steps

1. 1
   Cut your string into a couple pieces a little more than twice the length the rope will be.
   
   
2. 2
   Tie off each end of the string with an overhand knot.
   
   
3. 3
   Take your dowels and place one in each end of the rope where you tied your knots. Secure it by either temporarily fastening it to something, or by having someone hold it.
   
   
4. 4
   Twist the other end of the string. Keep twisting until you feel the rope start to pull really tight and begins to knot up.
   
   
5. 5
   Stick your finger right in the middle of the string and bring your end to the secured end, slowly letting rope twist together.
   
   
6. 6
   Tie an overhand knot securing the ends together so it will not unravel.
   
   
    
7. Warnings

• Don't let the rope knot up before you let them twist together.

 Things You'll Need

• Dental floss, vines or any kind of string
• A dowel, pencil, or any kind of stick