[EricH]

Before sewing Velcro onto your ropes, double-check Q6's answer. Emphasis mine:

Non-adhesive-backed hook and loop fastener may be part of, or the entirety of, a legal ROPE, provided that the ROPE is entirely made of "flexible, non-metallic fibers twisted, tied, woven, or braided together" per I04 (e.g. something stuck to or wrapped around the outside of the ROPE does not satisfy this requirement unless it's whipping as permitted per I04 part D).

Cue debate on whether sewing Velcro onto the rope counts as sticking it on or weaving it in.