First attempt at braiding DNA style paracord lanyards (also BK16 sheath de-looping).

[Eero]

I had fun with this project. I watched a video on youtube that was about 3min long and had down
the basic looping pattern pretty quickly. I wish I had some different colors to weave together. The
white is ok I guess but I'm going to weave some OD green together next.

I de-looped my BK16 sheath. There is approx 12 feet of paracord attached to my fire steel. I'm just going to throw it in my bag and if I ever am on the road and in need of cordage then I can just unwrap it.

 

[Paden87]

Looks good man I need a good fire steel like that I just have a small flint rod.

 

[sharp'N'pointy]

The contents of the Altoids tin reminds me of bacon. MMMmmmmm baconnnnn

 

[Eero]

The contents of the Altoids tin reminds me of bacon. MMMmmmmm baconnnnn

like this??

 

[The Warrior]

like this??

Damn that smells good.

 

[Cwilliamson]

Mmm...bacon...nice lanyard work.

 

[Armedtetrapod]

I find it to be the easiest weave there is.

 

[Wolf_1989]

Thor approves of the bacon content in this thread

 

[Paden87]

Here's one I just made

 

[Brimstone]

Bacon thread....mmmmm

Now to figure out how to make a bacon lanyard...

 

[thatotherguy]

mmm bacon
Nice work, and fyi, a dual color weave doesn't usually work too well with the double helix knot. A weave and center strand being different colors works qute well, but the actual weave you have to be really careful with to make it look good.

 

[Eero]

Here's one I just made

Nice! Kinda crooked like my first few. Took me a while to figure out how make a smooth and symmetrical twist. The knots I posted above are kinda crooked. Since then I've made about a dozen more and with practice I've gotten a little better. Now to learn the cobra stitch.

 

[Paden87]

Nice! Kinda crooked like my first few. Took me a while to figure out how make a smooth and symmetrical twist. The knots I posted above are kinda crooked. Since then I've made about a dozen more and with practice I've gotten a little better. Now to learn the cobra stitch.

It's not crooked I just reversed the rotation a cuple times.

 

[Bladite]

yay macrame

 

[DerekH]

Guys if you are wanting a cleaner knot for the beginning and end of your lanyards might I recommend the "lanyard knot"? (Also known as the diamond knot I believe.)

http://www.animatedknots.com/lanyard/index.php?LogoImage=LogoG..

 

[thatotherguy]

the Celtic Bar is a fairly easy one as well- and it looks great.

 

[paperairplane]

The cobra stitch / portugese sinnet / solomon bar - is the same basis for what you are making. Right now you tie all the knots to the same side, which makes the twist - just alternate the direction you tie the knot each time and you get a straight bar.