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I noticed there wasn't really a design for a paracord laptop harness/carrier made out of just paracord that didn't involve simply weaving it, so I dec...
You won't need much for this project. I used about 44 feet of paracord, though you will probably need more if your laptop is bigger. I used my 10" Ace...
Cut four lengths of paracord to the same length. These strands will form the body of the harness. Mine were 8' long, but you might want to add an extr...
Pair off your body strands and find the center. Tape it off and keep the two pairs separate from each other. While you're here, break off a few piece...
Center the taped pieces at the top of your laptop, one on each side, and tape them down about as long as you want your handles to be. Err on the side ...
Do a cross knot where your paracord strands reach the edge of the laptop Instructions for a cross knot can be found online, though I walk through the...
On each side, braid the strands loosely together to create a slight side to the harness. No need to pull it too tight and, actually, I recommend that ...
On each pair of strands, do yet another cross knot about half an inch from the bottom of your laptop when the strands are pulled at about a 45 degree ...
Cross each pair under the laptop to the other side, weaving the strands between each other. Do this for all four pairs so that it's symmetrical. The ...
Take each pair of strands and do another set of cross knots. These are the last set, I promise you. Once those are done and evenly spaced, cross the s...
Take each pair of strands and loop them over the strands that you taped down to the laptop (if you opted to use tape) Once you loop them over, start ...
I recommend very much that you take the harness OFF of the laptop to trim and burn the ends from the cobra stitch. Afterwards you can put it back on a...
Take those strands (mine were 6' and gave me about 7" of handle each) you set aside waaaay back at the beginning back out! Its time to put some handle...
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Jun 19, 2011
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