Thanks for your answers so far. My secret wish would be if there was some kind of chemical to spray into the fabric and make it soft and elastic so that it becomes stretchy. Something that you would only have to do once to pull it to stretch.
But as it is, I will have to try the soak and sun method, and otherwise buy a new cloth. Because as it is, the rope is guaranteed to break soon, or worse, the grooves may break due to the great tension. Let's see, maybe I'll sign up for a Lotus forum as Richard recommends, but usually the members on TM are much nicer.
