Three-hitch mat hair ornament

This instructable aims to show you how to make a nice hair ornament by tying a three-hitch mat. Complete it with a chopstick, or a handcarved stick, to complete the ensemble.

The core idea of the whole thing is to tie a three-hitch mat (don't worry - I'll describe this in minute detail), and then use it as a sort of coarse hair net - with the hair in a knot underneath the knot, and the stick to hold it all in place.

Step 1 Materials used

In this example, I'm using black 550 paracord. I picked out about 11.5 ft / 345cm of rope.

In most photos I use, there's a DVD case for size comparison.

Comments

[PerfectPantaloons]

Do we need to take the red pill for this to work properly?

[peaceloveyarn]

woiuld a rope of braided yarn work if it was really thick?

[biggfoot53]

I believe this is called the masthead knot mat, at least that's what i learned from the internet.

[Skip]

 how hard would this be to make out of wire?

[missmanytoes]

I've seen this done with guitar strings (both metal and nylon), I would think that would be a good quality springy kind of wire to use that wouldn't kink too easily

[rachel]

A bit tricky: you do a lot of looping around and around, and threading in new strands along old - your wire would have to be VERY wrigglable, very resilient to folding back and forth, over and over, without it breaking. And wire will tend to be slightly on the stiff side for making the shaping easy.

Try it though! Maybe a thin wire in a plastic sheath will be flexible and durable enough to do it! Once you have, do report back. :-)

[love em geeks]

Awesome!
I'm thinking maybe I'll try sewing it to a rigid headband..? Should look great...
Thanks :)

[bulsatar]

Good choice for the dvd!   :)

[capricorn]

 Right in time for Sister in law's Christmas present :)

Awesome 'Ible mate :)

[rachel]

I'm glad you liked it. Do show us photos of your version when you're done with it!