Braiding that much rope took... a while.

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Somewhere between two and an half and three hours.  My right hand held up really well, my left has raw patches.  Not through the skin, just... rather close.  I must have done well.  Even with an four inch diameter eye at each end, I ended up with 46 feet of braided rope.  I didn't measure the cords before I started, but they couldn't have been that much longer than advertised.  Tight, very tight.  I kept extreme pressure on the length, and pulled the braid very tight.  Yes, I spliced the eyes in.  It's the first time I have done that, too.  That was a bit more work than I thought it would be.  Keeping it taught as a whole, then twisting with as much pull as I could give.  Plus hassling with the cords, especially at that length.  Oh, I'm sure there are sailors who have worked longer ropes, and others.  But for a beginner, that was a bit of work.  No breaks in there, straight through, and that after I got the first eye in, and the first foot or so.

Now I am just a bit hungry.  Fruit sounds good.  Meat sounds better but I don't have any cooked.  I could try some of the hamburger in with the last of the grain/seed mix.  Well, and some fruit.  Shredded cheese would be good on the mix, but I'm just all out of ambition.  I am hoping to finish off dishes and laundry, but other than eating, and those as mere maybes, that will be it for tonight.  Not bad, not bad at all though.  I'll take it.  Arms are becoming sore.  Later.