Paracord wrist lanyards with sliding leather turks head knots...

I had a couple of feet of leftover leather lace, and used them to tie these single pass, five lead four bight(5L4B) turks head knots, tightened over wooden beads, which can slide along the loop for adjustment.

The wrist lanyards were made with about 30 inches of foliage green paracord, forming a wrist loop, tying a lanyard knot, running one strand around the swivel snap hook, then working it back into the lanyard knot, so no ends are visible.

And a few more made with some various colors of suede cord/lace from wallyworld...

Pile of lanyards...

An accumulation of recent knot tyings...

Five strand flat sinnet...

Here's another flat sinnet from Stuart Grainger's Creative Ropecraft. It's just one of many shown to be made with up to six strands in the book, like a previous one I blogged about a few years ago.

I've started this paracord belt version, using the buckle from an old leather belt. I've treated the pair of tan paracord lines as one cord. The tan and one of the foliage green paracord cords are strictly core strands for the sinnet to be woven around, and would only need to be as long at the belt would be, where the working strands(3 of them) would need to be much longer. I haven't figured out a needed length, feet of cord per inch of sinnet, because there are variables that would depend on how tight/loose the sinnet is made, size/number of core strands woven around, etc... The sinnet would also work well for a bracelet, pet collar, or strap.

Cord Lock Knot Work...

I used some black and white 0.9mm braided nylon cord/mini blind string, to tie a 5 lead 4 bight (page 46) turks head knot onto this ITW Nexus cord lock.

This particular model has lanyard tie down slots that looked just right for adding the TH knot, so I gave it a try and liked the result. There was just enough room in the slots to use a small Perma Lok lacing needle in making the knot.

And a few more with different sizes and colors of cord...

Cross Knot Lanyard...

I've blogged on this knot before, as the Chinese Crown Knot. I bring it back up since it's one of the knots shown in Decorative Fusion Knots by JD of Tying It All Together. It's one of those knots that works well for a lanyard/fob/bracelet, when tied in a series, and a longer length of them has the look of a chain.

The knots have a square pattern on one side and a cross pattern on the other, which I think goes well with the Victorinox and Wenger Swiss cross shields.

I used about 6 feet of 2.4mm braided nylon cord to make this lanyard with a finished length of around 1.5 feet, adding a snap hook. I started from the center of the length of cord and made each knot about 3/4" to 1" apart, just doing it by eye instead of using a ruler. I finished by wrapping both ends around a swivel snap hook, loosely tying a lanyard knot, pulling the whole length of the lanyard through the center of the lanyard knot, then tightened it up to finish, trimmed and tucked the ends.

A Victorinox Blue Alox Farmer shown attached to the lanyard.

And shown done with two different types/sizes/colors of cord with the knot doubled, and used with paracord for a wallet chain/lanyard.

Modified #2206 from ABoK...

I tied this one with paracord, first tying the knot pattern flat, then forming it around a foam ball to work the slack out and tighten it up.

I followed instructions from The Ultimate Book of Decorative Knots by Lindsey Philpott, for the Double Monkey Fist/Modified #2206, a knot from ABoK(The Ashley Book of Knots).

There's an online tutorial for the Double Monkey Fist/#2206 on the KHWW.net site.

New Knot Books for the New Year...

I received a late Christmas gift card from an Aunt and Uncle, and was able to order a couple of new knot books with it. Both books arrived in today's mail and just flipping through the pages, I can see that both are worthy additions to any knotting library. The Ultimate Book of Decorative Knots by Lindsey Philpott, and Decorative Fusion Knots by JD of Tying It All Together.