Fantastic all! With everybody's input I have been able to make this rope. Thank you everybody for your help.

I just realized something. The rope piece is not converting to a path. When I select the rope segment and click Object to Path, at the bottom of the page I see "no objects to convert to path in the selection."

I tried that several times and it did not work. The shape of my second path just changed slightly. Perhaps my rope is not actually a "pattern" as it were. I am really just learning Inkscape and have to search here and there for tips. I drew the rope by using the :tool_pen: to create a line...

I'm very new to Inkscape. I have a small segment or rope that I drew. I have read that I am able to take that small segment and place it on a path that will take the shape and extend it. I have tried several times to do this by selecting the shape and the path and placing it on the path. I have been...