How to tie a lanyard knot...

I use this knot often because it looks nice, is functional, and easy to learn. This is just a short video showing how I learned to tie a lanyard knot with a loop. After tying, if the loop is the size you want, just work the slack out of the knot and tighten it up.



If you need the loop shorter, find one end of the loop lead and create some slack to work thru the knot as shown in the video. To make it longer, use one of the cords opposite the loop and work that slack towards the loop.

This knot goes by several names, here are a few more online links, that show up in a Google search, to help learn it from different perspectives:

Decorative knots #8

A simple lanyard knot

Diamond knot

Boatswain's whistle knot

Lanyard loop knot

Paracord lanyard shoulder strap extender

This has been in my closet for awhile and since I'm hoping to go to the Blade Show this weekend, I would be taking my bag with me. I know paracord has been used to repair broken straps on packs and bags before, but I've not seen anyone use a paracord lanyard as a shoulder strap extender and thought someone might find the idea useful.

I've had my messenger/laptop bag for at least 6 or 7 years now, and the one thing that has bugged me about it is the shoulder strap. Even when fully extended, it's too short for my liking. If worn across the body, the bag sits mid-torso under my arm, just not comfortable for me. I'd prefer it extend down to where the bag sits on my hip.

I used about 12 feet of paracord which makes it a little longer than the usual paracord lanyard that I make like this. The lanyard with the swivel clip has about a 1 foot finished length to add to the shoulder strap. If I needed the lanyard for something else, it can be easily removed. The paracord could be tied directly to the bag for a more permanent solution if someone preferred it that way.

A chain sinnet paracord bracelet

This is one of many possible variations of a chain sinnet. Here I've made a simple paracord bracelet with it. I did this one without a side release buckle, but one could be easily added. I've seen this sinnet/chain/knot demonstrated in a couple of knot books.

The amount of paracord you'll use will depend on your wrist size, but it seems to work out to less than a foot of cord per inch of bracelet. I'd suggest using a 7 or 8 foot length of paracord to start with for an average sized wrist and you'll see how much you'll actually use depending on how tight/loose you you make the bracelet.

It would also make a decent belt, strap, lanyard, or hatband and if you need to take it apart to use the cord, just remove the last strand that locks it in, and you can pull both ends to unravel it in seconds.

I tried a doubled version of the chain sinnet with some black and neon green paracord. I didn't have enough cord left to try it as a bracelet, so I used what I had for a lanyard. Here's a short video showing the sinnet pulled apart.


Knot tying friend, Ken Cardwell, put up a couple of videos for a tying a chain sinnet paracord bracelet in November of 2009, so I went back and added them to this blog post, since I hadn't done a tutorial myself.
 

8 strand square plait lanyard

Lots of tying/untying with this lanyard, which is just under 6 inches long. This was my first try with the 8-strand square plait, seen in the center of the lanyard.

Attached to the lanyard are a Blue Alox Victorinox Farmer and a #1 sized S-BINER.

Spiral braids and lanyard knots...

Just a simple combination of spiral braids and lanyard knots used for this paracord lanyard and fob.

Double tatted bar lanyard...

ABoK#2498 (The Ashley Book of Knots), the double tatted bar, is on the same page of the book as the double tatted chain I previously posted as a paracord bracelet/watchband/lanyard.

I've used it here as a paracord lanyard and added some skull beads in the loops between the alternating ring/cow hitches as they're sometimes called. I finished with a lanyard knot, the two working ends coming out the center of the knot then trimmed/melted/tucked. I used foliage green and coyote brown colors of 550 paracord and a swivel clip.

The pattern is also easily done as a paracord bracelet, with or without the skull beads.

Another paracord watchband...

Following my previous blog post, I've used my Gruen watch to try the double tatted chain/seesaw/zigzag knot as another paracord watchband.

I used about 8 ft. of foliage green 550 paracord(two 4 ft. pieces) and an ITW Nexus 5/8" curved buckle.

It's comfortable and seems to work just fine for DIY paracord watchband use.

Another paracord bracelet variation...

'Ashley's Book of Knots'(ABOK#2505), calls this pattern the 'double tatted chain' and 'seesaw' knot. I believe I've also seen it called a zigzag knot. It's a simple pattern of half hitches with each side.

I used about 9 feet of cord(total of both colors, foliage green and coyote brown paracord), looping the center of each color onto one end of a side release buckle to start. To finish, I just looped the four strands around the other end of the buckle, making a singe cobra stitch with the outer two strands over the center two, trim and melting the ends. It works fine for a bracelet, but I think something stronger should be used if done for a dog/cat collar, though I haven't explored other finishes at this time.



















Here's another bracelet made with paracord and some Cool Glow Stuff 3/32" glow cord.








And done with some 2mm cord and used as a lanyard.

Doubled knife lanyard knot

This is another knot for a simple looking lanyard. When done, you have a short loop on one end and a long loop on the other with the ends of the cord hidden within the knot.

I used maroon paracord and added a #1 size Nite Ize S-BINER and attached a Victorinox Sportsman II SAK.

I used my copy of 'The Book of Decorative Knots' by Peter Owen as a reference for the doubled knot. 

*There was a photo tutorial for tying this type lanyard on the old KHWW.net site, but it's gone now and I haven't seen it elsewhere.

You can slide a cord lock or bead on, and use as an adjustable wrist lanyard.

Here's another made with some shock cord/bungee cord.























I added 4 lead 3 bight Turk's Head knots over the doubled lanyard knots. One done with some glow-in-the-dark cord.