1-8     Represents *stretching the flax.*  
9-16   Represents *spinning the flax into cord.*  
17-24 Represents *walking the ropes (setting up the cord on a ropewalk).*  
25-32 Represents *twisting the cords into ropes/hawsers.*  
33-40 Represents *the finished rope/hawser.*  

Devised by Sarah Prone Ashby (formerly Prone) to commemorate the rope-making tradition in the town of Bridport, Dorset, home of Bridport Scottish Country Dancers.