Adjustable Paracord Glasses Lanyard

This Instructable describes a method of making a paracord lanyard to help keep your glasses on, or near, your head.  Based on your adjustment of the cord, the glasses can either dangle on your chest, or be held snugly to the face.  This method uses only paracord; some alternative approaches that incorporate additional materials are shown at the end.

Step 1 Materials

Required Materials

Paracord, about 1 yard (or 95cm)
Eye glasses or sunglasses (if you don't have these, well, why bother?)
Lighter (to singe cord ends)
Knife or Scissors  (unless you have really sharp teeth)

Optional Materials

Plastic Cord Lock
Wooden bead

Comments

[Kiteman]

I made one of these for Roger-X to go canoeing (but with 2mm cord I had left from another project).

Easy to make, and effective to use.

[frenzy]

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[fjmontiel]

With the wooden baed you can use a little ring made from wire to aboid it to got out of the cord.

Something like this:

[kat_the_vamp]

THANKS SO MUCH :D i made something a bit more complex than this with it but id always wondered how to make those knots

[jdtwelve12]

You're welcome. What did you make?

[kat_the_vamp]

a glasses lanyard thingy i used rex lace and beads

heres a picture https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/390638_2787985983675_1379070580_3114238_1024186454_n.jpg

[pecker]

I like simple.
Made one up while having my breakfast coffee.

[notimeoff]

This is so on the money....I stopped by the surplus shop today and need to get a few "glass's keepers" thy where out. then I find this.......THANK YOU >>>>THANK YOU>>>>THANK YOU.
Now I have a use for all the short bit's of para-cord I have in a bag in my rope box.
Beer are on me if you get to BROOKLYN.

[ronin59]

Simple, elegant and very useful. My first project and I could not be happier! Thanks!!

[mysss]

I find two double overhand knots tightened pretty tightly works great for this--I've used it as an adjustment in two improvised shoulder straps--one on my largest nerf gun ( ;D ) and the other on my (heavier, hehe) industrial flashlight (I had to steal the pad from my messenger bag strap to make that comfortable...). I've never had trouble with that, although perhaps the adjustment would be a little too difficult and the security would be overkill for this. Unfortunately I have no real use for this since I'm blind without my glasses anyway. ;)

[terry1769]

Thanks!  Just saved me a few dollars and the frustration of trying to find a lanyard for new safety glasses.  :)

[Applejacks]

nice ible; as an alternative to the fig-8 knots you could try some prusiks or prusik-like knots. then itd be that much more hardcore

[jdtwelve12]

Thanks!  As I understand it, the Prusik Knot holds tight to the line it wraps around when the knot is under load (perpendicular to the aforementioned line), and it loosens when the load is relaxed.  I'm told this is what makes it useful for climbing purposes.  Since I want the the lanyard to hold fast in whatever position I set it in, I'm not sure how a Prusik would work for this purpose, hardcore though it may be.  :-)  Of course, I'm far from an expert on knots, so I just might not be understanding your intent.  Maybe you could post a picture over what you envision?

[caarntedd]

Double fisherman's bend?

[kcls]

Nice job!

[kissiltur]

the cord lock is a good idea, but you might want to add a knot at the end of the loop to stop it coming off the back when slackening off.

[jdtwelve12]

Nice addition, thanks!