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How To Weave Your Own Paracord (Video)

video How To Weave Your Own Paracord (Video)

Here is a video I made about how to weave kumihimo braids, a braid very similar to paracord. This is a cool way to make your own costom lanyards with designs you made using the kumihimo pattern generator.

I have a blog HERE!

9 comments

Sep 9, 2011. 5:41 AM

embochner says:

what kind of string did you use?

Sep 9, 2011. 7:59 AM

nepheron (author) says:

I used copper colored size 3 crochet yarn :)

Sep 12, 2011. 6:13 AM

Kryptonite says:

It would be quite a complex system, but would look awesome if you could do that!

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Sep 9, 2011. 10:51 PM

sunshiine says:

Nice job! Thanks for sharing you hard work!

Sep 9, 2011. 11:59 AM

zazenergy says:

Totally awesome! Good job with the video (I know how hard those can be to put together). Kudos!

Sep 9, 2011. 2:22 PM

nepheron (author) says:

Thanks! It's hard work, but I love doing it. I already have 2 more in the works!

Sep 9, 2011. 5:34 AM

Kryptonite says:

Great vid! very instructive. It could help if the slower bits were sped up for the sake of brevity.

I love the finish, what sort of strength addition can you get?

Sep 9, 2011. 8:04 AM

nepheron (author) says:

Thanks! I was afraid that people wouldn't follow if I went to fast. However I may have over done it :) !

This method of braiding has a hollow center (that's why it stretches so much when you first pull on it). I think If you used synthetic string for the braid and a heavy duty synthetic string for the core, you could make a pretty stong rope.

The next step is finding out how to automate the process. This brading takes a very long time, so It's hard to do experiments!