How to Make a Paracord Hurricane Lanyard
Paracord is a tough, weather-resistant and inexpensive material available cheaply from a variety of sources that run the gamut from online retailers to military surplus dealers. Making a Hurricane lanyard out of paracord will only require that you select your paracord Hurricane colors -- royal blue and bright yellow -- and have a few spare hours to devote to knotting strands together to fashion the length of the lanyard. Though a little time-intensive, this craft can be easily finished by kids and adults alike.
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Things You'll Need
- 7 feet of royal blue paracord
- 7 feet of bright yellow paracord
- Tape measure
- Snap hook
- Lighter
- Scissors
Instructions
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Select which color paracord you would like to be the dominant color.
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Fold the strand of dominant color paracord in half. Holding both strands together, form a simple knot roughly three inches from the fold.
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Slide the loose ends of the cord through the loop of the snap hook. Pull the loose ends back toward the knot until the distance between the knot and the ring is roughly six inches.
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Arrange the ending strings of paracord to either side of the two knotted strands looping through the metal clip.
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Fold the loose paracord string on the left side of the two center strands across to the opposite side, leaving a small loop on the left beside the center strands.
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Bring the right strand down beneath the excess string of the left side string, and guide it through the small loop.
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Repeat the process from the opposite side. Fashion another loop with the now right side string, guiding its loose end across the center strands. Loop the left side string beneath this excess, and up through the loop formed on the opposite side of the center strands.
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Repeat until you have fashioned enough knots to come to the base of the metal clip.
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Find the center of your secondary color strand, and place it behind the beginning knot of the body of the dominant color knots.
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Fold the right strand over the body of the dominant color knotwork, leaving a small loop beside the finished knotwork.
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Bring the left strand under the tail of the right strand and up through the knot, repeating the same steps used on the body.
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Fold the new right strand, and repeat these steps until you come to the metal clip of the lanyard.
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Trim the excess paracord carefully, leaving roughly 1/4 inch poking out of the last knots.
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Melt these ends with a lighter; this will stop them from fraying. You may wish to add a bead of plain craft or hot glue to the final knots to ensure they don't slip.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep the knots formed loose, so that the completed lanyard is flexible rather than stiff.
References
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