Braided Neck Lanyards

[KnotHead]

I've MSPAINT'ed up a couple of crude drawings of what I'm thinking about. Hopefully it doesn't confuse the matter. I don't have ANY neck lanyards made yet but I'm ready to give 'er a crack.

Figure 1:

This is what I meant in my original post. The first and definately do-able idea. Make the braid, fold the ends back over their own leads and backbraid to make an eyelet which will have the hardware attached. Cinch the two braids together near the hardware with a decorative knot. The depiction on the left is exaggerated, on the right is "complete".

Figure 2:

Make one long lead, middle it with a bolt snap and join the leads where they would be at the back of the neck. Perhaps a longer covering knot to hide the join of the two ends, and a knot at the hardware to keep everything in place. Problem with this is how can you join the two ends?

Figure 3:

An adjustable length neck lanyard, is this doable? Two seperate braids to form the whole, all braid ends have some type of decorative terminal knot. One braid overlaps the other and both held together by larger decorative knots that would allow the two braids to slide back and forth underneath to create the adjustable length. The terminal knots would stop the whole thing from coming apart under pressure. Also possibly two knots on either side to hold the two braids together.

Figure 4:

One braided length backbraided to form the neck loop and backbraided at the end to form the hardware eyelet. Covering knots hide the joins. Fairly basic, and simple design.

Any ideas on these? Any OTHER ideas? Looking forward to the brainstorming... I'm interested to know if the adjustable lanyard would be realistic and how to join the ends as in figure 2.

I like the ideas of Fig 1 which would be most likely the quickest and cleanest way.

I also like the idea of Fig. 3 for the simple reason that you could also take the looped end and bring that together into a 6 strand round braid, or an 8 strand round braid thereby making the loop appear to be more natural, or making it look like it belongs there. Do one of those two braids for a length and then separate the 6, or 8 strand round braid into the equivalent smaller round braids and treat the rest of the lanyard as you have designed in your figures for adjusting and such.

I also like the idea of Fig. 4. It would be essentially be nearly the same as Fig 3 in the way the loop is made. Making the loop by starting with the looped end and then bringing that together with another braid. Example; a 4 strand round braid brought together making an 8 strand round braid with a 550 cord as the core for a length, then dividing the 8 strand back to 2 separate 4 strand round braids and then spliced together as in a back spliced technique used aboard ship to bind 2 ropes together that are to short for a specific job.

That's my little tid bit for you. But in the end you're the artist and should go with what you think best for your skills and product.

Brian...

[lilpep]

two splice the braid end with end(beginning) you would leave two strands at the beginning longer than the other two this would give you two longer ones at the end. put make the end meet and feed the longer ones at the end with the shorter ones at the beginning do the same with the other two and burri the ends with in the braid. this is one way to do it or just make them meet and cover them with a pineapple knot. i sent you a link hope this all helps sorry i dont have any pics of the splice.

[entiendo]

Sorry it took so long, here's my lanyard.

[Nod4Eight]

I like the idea in figure 3 with a slight change. Why use 2 completely different braids? I was playing with some Roo and made a bracelet for my gal. 4 strand round braid with a terminal knot on both ends, looped so the ends wrapped around past the other end and a Spanish ring to keep it in place and act as a slide. You would just do it on a longer scale.

It worked good until it stretched out, I didn't stretch my strings