Okay, no pirate I know ever used white rope. And that was driving me crazy. After three hours of madness, I was not happy with the way the mast looked. And I still had another one to make. Then I found this........
A piece of burlap. A trip to Michaels paid off when I spotted these hanging from a display. They were all ratty and the threads were hanging loose. But to me...this was perfect! I bought a roll and took it home and proceeded to take it apart.
This was much tougher to work with and I broke the cleats over and over again trying to thread this much thicker line through the holes. I broke many a sewing threader trying to get the job done too.
But I think the final result looks much better don't you? Now I can believe this is the work of a pirate! In all, it took over 5 hours to finally get this piece of the model correct.
Add in a few "ocean wave" trimmings and another step in the process is finished!
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